World Athletics Championships 1995/400 m for women

5th World Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	50 athletes from 29 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 5th (preliminary) August 6th (semi-finals) August 8th (final)
Medalists Marie-José Pérec ( FRA )   Pauline Davis ( BAH )   Jearl Miles ( USA )

The Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium in 2006

The women's 400-meter run at the 1995 World Athletics Championships was held from August 5 to 8, 1995 in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium .

It was won by the French Olympic champion from 1992 , world champion from 1991 , reigning European champion and vice European champion from 1990 Marie-José Pérec . Silver went to Pauline Davis from Bahamas . The US defending champion Jearl Miles finished third. She had won gold ( 1993 ) and silver (1991) and silver at the 1992 Olympic Games with her country's four-by-400-meter relay .

Existing records

World record	47.60 s	Marita Koch	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
World championship record	47.99 s	Jarmila Kratochvílová	1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland	August 10, 1983

The existing World Championship record was missed at these World Championships by 1.29 seconds. Only world champion Marie-José Pérec and vice world champion Pauline Davis stayed below the fifty-second mark.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in seven runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Forward 1

August 5, 1995, 9:30 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	51.29 s
2	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	51.39 s
3	Tatiana Chebykina	Russia	51.58 s
4th	Linda Kisabaka	Germany	51.96 s
5	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	52.10 s
6th	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	53.48 s
7th	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	54.93 s

Forward 2

August 5, 1995, 9:35 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Maicel Malone	United States	51.22 s
2	Julia Duporty	Cuba	51.55 s
3	Olga W. Nasarova	Russia	51.55 s
4th	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	51.79 s
5	Grace Birungi	Uganda	53.92 s
6th	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	53.92 s
7th	Lu Xifang	People's Republic of China	56.64 s

Forward 3

August 5, 1995, 9:40 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.24 s
2	Yulia Sotnikova	Russia	51.39 s
3	Zhang Hengyun	People's Republic of China	51.59 s
4th	Uta Rohländer	Germany	51.68 s
5	Norfalia Carabali	Colombia	51.96 s
6th	Öznur Dursun	Turkey	54.21 s
DNS	Kannan Solaimathi	India

Forward 4

August 5, 1995, 9:45 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.18 s
2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	51.21 s
3	Kim Graham	United States	51.39 s
4th	Li Jing	People's Republic of China	51.50 s
5	Sandra Kuschmann	Germany	51.99 s
6th	Olga Moroz	Ukraine	52.31 s
7th	Sharron Celecia	Gibraltar	1: 01.03 min
DNS	Kate Clarke	Liberia

Forward 5

August 5, 1995, 9:50 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.72 s
2	Jearl Miles	United States	50.94 s
3	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	51.32 s
4th	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	51.39 s
5	Evelyne Élien	France	53.34 s
6th	Mercy Addy	Ghana	54.29 s
DSQ	Bernice Morton	St. Kitts and Nevis	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track

Forward 6

August 5, 1995, 9:55 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.30 s
2	Olena Rurak	Ukraine	51.32 s
3	Daniela Georgiewa	Bulgaria	51.37 s
4th	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	51.96 s
5	Lee Naylor	Australia	52.37 s
6th	Vernetta Lesforis	St. Lucia	56.43 s
7th	Mirna El-Laz	Lebanon	56.96 s
DNF	Francine Landre	France

Forward 7

As fourth of their preliminary run, Ludmila Formanová missed the semifinals by one place

August 5, 1995, 10:00 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.60 s
2	Renée Poetschka	Australia	51.26 s
3	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	51.57 s
4th	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	52.05 s
5	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	52.24 s
6th	Dora Kyriakou	Cyprus	52.81 s
7th	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	Vanuatu	53.92 s
8th	Bipendu Mbombo	Zaire	1: 1.60 min

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

August 6, 1995, 7:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.49
2	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.56
3	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.64
4th	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	51.18
5	Yulia Sotnikova	Russia	51.41
6th	Kim Graham	United States	51.77
7th	Ximena Restrepo	Colombia	51.82
8th	Li Jing	People's Republic of China	53.46

Semi-final run 2

August 6, 1995, 7:18 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	50.43
2	Maicel Malone	United States	50.77
3	Renée Poetschka	Australia	51.00
4th	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.03
5	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	51.46
6th	Daniela Georgiewa	Bulgaria	51.65
7th	Tatiana Chebykina	Russia	51.67
8th	Claudine Williams	Jamaica	52.99

Semi-final run 3

August 6, 1995, 7:25 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jearl Miles	United States	50.39
2	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.42
3	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.85
4th	Olga W. Nasarova	Russia	51.83
5	Julia Duporty	Cuba	51.85
6th	Uta Rohländer	Germany	51.99
7th	Olena Rurak	Ukraine	52.01
8th	Zhang Hengyun	People's Republic of China	52.59

final

Marie-José Pérec became world champion, the 1992 Olympic champion , 1991 world champion , reigning European champion and vice European champion in  1990

August 8, 1995, 7:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marie-José Pérec	France	49.28
2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	49.96
3	Jearl Miles	United States	50.00
4th	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.60
5	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.70
6th	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.77
7th	Maicel Malone	United States	50.99
8th	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.13

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  The defending champion Jearl Miles won bronze this time, she had with 4 x 400-meter relay teams of their country one gold ( 1993 World Championships () and two silver OS 1992  / WM 1991 ) won

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  Cathy Freeman, who came fourth here in Gothenburg, was Olympic champion in her homeland in Australia in 2000

Video

• Women's 400m Final - 1995 IAAF World Athletics Championships on youtube.com, accessed June 6, 2020

Web links

• 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 18, 2020
• Women 400m Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) on todor66.com (English), accessed May 18, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 400 m, Gothenborg 1995, p. 262f (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 6, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 6, 2020
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on June 6, 2020