2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

Gold	Amy Mbacké Thiam Senegal (SEN)
Silver	Lorraine Fenton Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze	Ana Guevara Mexico (MEX)

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.71	Q
2	4	Ana Guevara	Mexico	50.99	Q
2	6	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal	50.99	Q
4	6	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	51.09	Q, SB
5	4	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	Russia	51.12	Q
5	5	Monique Hennagan	United States	51.12	Q, SB
7	1	Kaltouma Nadjina	Chad	51.24	Q
8	2	Michelle Collins	United States	51.26	Q
9	5	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.37	Q, SB
10	1	Demetria Washington	United States	51.50	Q
11	3	Olesya Zykina	Russia	51.56	Q
12	1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.71	Q
13	4	Florence Ekpo-Umoh	Germany	51.77	Q
14	1	Natallia Solohub	Belarus	51.78	q
14	6	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	51.78	Q
16	3	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	51.79	Q
17	2	Lorraine Fenton	Jamaica	51.80	Q
18	4	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	51.92	q, PB
19	5	Donna Fraser	Great Britain	52.02	q, SB
20	2	Claudia Marx	Germany	52.03	Q
21	4	K. Mathews Beenamol	India	52.17	q, SB
22	5	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	52.20	q
23	6	K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha	Sri Lanka	52.21	q
24	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	52.33
25	1	Anna Kozak	Belarus	52.35	Q
26	6	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	52.38
27	3	Catherine Murphy	Great Britain	52.40
28	3	Francine Landre	France	52.57
28	5	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	52.57	SB
30	5	Natalya Antyukh	Russia	52.71
31	2	Foy Williams	Canada	52.92
32	1	Zana Minina	Lithuania	52.98
33	3	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	53.07
34	6	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	53.08
35	6	Jitka Burianova	Czech Republic	53.29
36	4	Nova Peris	Australia	53.55
37	2	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	54.08
38	3	Julia Alba	Spain	54.73
39	4	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	54.82
40	1	Gretta Taslakian	Lebanon	57.06	PB
41	3	Mereoni Raluve	Fiji	58.03
42	2	Gladys Mateyo	Zambia	59.30
	1	Alena Petrova	Turkmenistan	DQ
	2	Verica Dimitrovska	Macedonia	DQ
	6	Klodiana Shala	Albania	DQ
	1	Sandrine Kangni	Togo	DNS
	4	Odonsuren Oyuntuya	Mongolia	DNS

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal	50.21	Q, NR
2	1	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.32	Q
3	2	Kaltouma Nadjina	Chad	50.38	Q, NR
4	2	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	50.50	q, SB
5	3	Ana Guevara	Mexico	50.58	Q
6	1	Olesya Zykina	Russia	50.59	Q
7	3	Lorraine Fenton	Jamaica	50.61	Q, SB
8	1	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	50.71	q, SB
9	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	50.87
10	2	Monique Hennagan	United States	50.98	SB
11	3	Michelle Collins	United States	51.22
12	1	Demetria Washington	United States	51.26	PB
13	2	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.40
14	3	Florence Ekpo-Umoh	Germany	51.47
15	1	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.66
16	3	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	Russia	51.68
17	2	Claudia Marx	Germany	51.75
18	3	Donna Fraser	Great Britain	51.77	SB
19	1	K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha	Sri Lanka	51.83	SB
20	3	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	51.96	PB
21	3	Anna Kozak	Belarus	52.13
22	1	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	52.28
23	2	K. Mathews Beenamol	India	52.68
	2	Natallia Solohub	Belarus	DQ

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal	49.86	NR
	7	Lorraine Fenton	Jamaica	49.88	SB
	3	Ana Guevara	Mexico	49.97	SB
4	5	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.49
5	6	Kaltouma Nadjina	Chad	50.80
6	2	Olesya Zykina	Russia	50.93
7	1	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	51.97
	8	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	DNF

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