1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 1991 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.

Schedule[]

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Final[]

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	53.11 CR
	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	53.16
	Janeene Vickers (USA)	53.47
4.	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)	53.95
5.	Kim Batten (USA)	53.98
6.	Anita Protti (SUI)	54.25
7.	Heike Meißner (GER)	55.26
8.	Margarita Ponomaryova (URS)	55.27

Semi-Finals[]

• Held on Tuesday 1991-08-27

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Anita Protti (SUI)	54.26
2.	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)	54.44
3.	Janeene Vickers (USA)	54.63
4.	Heike Meißner (GER)	54.77
5.	Gowry Retchakan (GBR)	54.88
6.	Frida Johansson (SWE)	55.36
7.	Anna Chuprina (URS)	55.81
8.	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	56.62

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	54.24
2.	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	54.36
3.	Kim Batten (USA)	54.70
4.	Margarita Ponomaryova (URS)	55.22
5.	Monica Westen (SWE)	55.51
6.	Irmgard Trojer (ITA)	55.66
7.	Sabine Busch (GER)	55.93
8.	Gudrun Abt (GER)	56.17

Qualifying heats[]

• Held on Monday 1991-08-26

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Janeene Vickers (USA)	54.85
2.	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	54.94
3.	Gowry Retchakan (GBR)	54.95
4.	Frida Johansson (SWE)	55.60
5.	(BEL)	58.39
6.	Marie Womplou (CIV)	58.80
7.	Elma Muros-Posadas (PHI)	59.90

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Anita Protti (SUI)	54.53
2.	Margarita Ponomaryova (URS)	55.87
3.	Gudrun Abt (GER)	56.16
4.	Lency Montelier (CUB)	57.72
5.	(CHN)	58.05
6.	Omotayo Akinremi (NGR)	58.25

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	54.70
2.	Anna Chuprina (URS)	56.15
3.	Sabine Busch (GER)	56.37
4.	Donalda Duprey (CAN)	56.38
5.	Lyn Massey (NZL)	57.55
6.	(JPN)	59.71
7.	Gretha Tromp (NED)	1:00.45

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Irmgard Trojer (ITA)	55.77
2.	Kim Batten (USA)	55.77
3.	Monica Westen (SWE)	55.79
4.	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	57.13
5.	Nicoleta Carutasu (ROM)	57.26
6.	Liliana Chalá (ECU)	1:01.49
7.	(SEY)	1:05.92

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)	55.81
2.	Heike Meißner (GER)	56.00
3.	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	56.35
4.	Rosey Edeh (CAN)	57.32
5.	Jacqui Parker (GBR)	57.81
6.	Reawadee Srithoa (THA)	58.74
7.	(NOR)	59.00

See also[]

• 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Barcelona)

References[]

• Results