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

Medalists Gold Amy Mbacké ThiamSenegal (SEN)Silver Lorraine FentonJamaica (JAM)Bronze Ana GuevaraMexico (MEX)

Results

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Grit Breuer 50.71 Q 4 Ana Guevara 50.99 Q 6 Amy Mbacké Thiam 50.99 Q 6 Mireille Nguimgo 51.09 Q, SB 4 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya 51.12 Q 5 Monique Hennagan 51.12 Q, SB 1 Kaltouma Nadjina 51.24 Q 2 Michelle Collins 51.26 Q 5 Karen Shinkins 51.37 Q, SB 10 1 Demetria Washington 51.50 Q 11 3 Olesya Zykina 51.56 Q 12 1 Sandie Richards 51.71 Q 13 4 Florence Ekpo-Umoh 51.77 Q 14 1 Natallia Solohub 51.78 q 14 6 Heide Seyerling 51.78 Q 16 3 Falilat Ogunkoya 51.79 Q 17 2 Lorraine Fenton 51.80 Q 18 4 Grażyna Prokopek 51.92 q, PB 19 5 Donna Fraser 52.02 q, SB 20 2 Claudia Marx 52.03 Q 21 4 K. Mathews Beenamol 52.17 q, SB 22 5 Aliann Pompey 52.20 q 23 6 K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha 52.21 q 24 2 Otilia Ruicu 52.33 25 1 Anna Kozak 52.35 Q 26 6 LaDonna Antoine 52.38 27 3 Catherine Murphy 52.40 28 3 Francine Landre 52.57 28 5 Jane Arnott 52.57 SB 30 5 Natalya Antyukh 52.71 31 2 Foy Williams 52.92 32 1 Zana Minina 52.98 33 3 Christine Amertil 53.07 34 6 Allison Beckford 53.08 35 6 Jitka Burianova 53.29 36 4 Nova Peris 53.55 37 2 Carmo Tavares 54.08 38 3 Julia Alba 54.73 39 4 Tsvetelina Kirilova 54.82 40 1 Gretta Taslakian 57.06 PB 41 3 Mereoni Raluve 58.03 42 2 Gladys Mateyo 59.30 1 Alena Petrova 2 Verica Dimitrovska 6 Klodiana Shala 1 Sandrine Kangni 4 Odonsuren Oyuntuya

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Amy Mbacké Thiam 50.21 Q, NR 1 Grit Breuer 50.32 Q 2 Kaltouma Nadjina 50.38 Q, NR 2 Falilat Ogunkoya 50.50 q, SB 3 Ana Guevara 50.58 Q 1 Olesya Zykina 50.59 Q 3 Lorraine Fenton 50.61 Q, SB 1 Mireille Nguimgo 50.71 q, SB 2 Heide Seyerling 50.87 10 2 Monique Hennagan 50.98 SB 11 3 Michelle Collins 51.22 12 1 Demetria Washington 51.26 PB 13 2 Sandie Richards 51.40 14 3 Florence Ekpo-Umoh 51.47 15 1 Karen Shinkins 51.66 16 3 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya 51.68 17 2 Claudia Marx 51.75 18 3 Donna Fraser 51.77 SB 19 1 K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha 51.83 SB 20 3 Aliann Pompey 51.96 PB 21 3 Anna Kozak 52.13 22 1 Grażyna Prokopek 52.28 23 2 K. Mathews Beenamol 52.68 2 Natallia Solohub

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

References Finals Results Semi-finals results Heats results