The women's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships was held over three rounds at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, on 18 and 19 March 2022.

The gold medal was won by Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas in 50.31 seconds, the silver medal by Femke Bol of the Netherlands in 50.57 seconds and the bronze medal by Stephenie Ann McPherson of Jamaica in a national record of 50.79 seconds.

Background At the start of the 2022 championships, Jarmila Kratochvílová of Czechoslovakia held the world record of 49.59 s set in 1982, Olesya Krasnomovets-Forsheva of Russia held the championship record of 50.04 s set in 2006, and Femke Bol had the world leading of the 2022 season up to that time of 50.30 s set on 27 February 2022.

+Records before the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Record Athlete (Nation) Location Date World indoor record 49.59 Milan, Italy 7 March 1982 Championship record 50.04 Moscow, Russia 12 March 2006 World leading 50.30 Apeldoorn, Netherlands 27 February 2022

Qualification

Athletes could qualify for the 400 metres by archieving the entry standard of 51.00 s outdoors or 52.90 s indoors from 1 January 2021 to 7 March 2022, by receiving a wild card for the overall winner of the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour, or by virtue of their position on the World Athletics Rankings on 9 March 2022 with a target number of 30 athletes."World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade22 – Qualification System and Entry Standards", World Athletics, 19 March 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2025.

Results Round 1

Twenty-six athletes from twenty nations competed in the five heats of round 1 on 18 March, starting at 11:41 (UTC+1) in the morning. Twelve athletes, the first two runners in each heat () and the next two fastest runners (), qualified for the final. Five runners set season's best times in this first round.

+ Results of round 1 Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Notes 1 2 5 51.48 2 5 2 51.74 , 3 1 6 51.75 4 5 5 51.86 5 1 5 51.96 6 5 6 52.11 7 4 5 52.22 8 5 4 52.25 , 9 4 4 52.34 10 3 6 52.37 11 4 3 52.51 12 2 6 52.53 13 1 4 52.65 14 2 3 52.72 15 4 6 52.78 16 1 3 52.89 17 3 4 52.93 18 3 5 52.94 19 1 1 53.01 20 1 2 53.05 21 2 4 53.05 22 4 1 53.13 23 5 3 53.36 24 3 3 53.47 25 4 2 53.62 26 3 2 54.03 27 2 2 54.65 28 5 1 56.20

Semi-finals Twelve athletes from nine nations competed in the two heats of the semi-finals on 18 March, starting at 18:36 (UTC+1) in the evening. Six athletes, the first three runners in each heat qualified for the final (). In the first heat, Stephenie Ann McPherson of Jamaica had a season's best time () and Aliyah Abrams of Guyana set a South American record () of 51.57 s. In the second heat, Shaunae Miller-Uibo of The Bahamas and Jessie Knight of Great Britain and Northern Ireland had season's best times.

+ Results of semi-finals Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Notes 1 1 4 51.26 , 2 1 5 51.28 3 2 5 51.38 , 4 1 3 51.57 , 5 2 3 51.67 6 2 4 51.81 7 1 6 51.87 8 2 1 51.93 9 2 2 52.00 10 1 2 52.28 11 2 6 52.40 12 1 1 52.95

Final

Six athletes from five nations competed in the final on 19 March at 19:55 (UTC+1). Shaunae Miller-Uibo of The Bahamas was ahead of the other runners at 100 metres, and she maintained her leading position the rest of the race. Miller-Uibo won in a season's best time of 50.31 s, followed by Femke Bol of the Netherlands who finished in second place in 50.57 s and Stephenie Ann McPherson of Jamaica in third place in a national record () of 50.79 s.

+ Results of the final Rank Lane Name Nation Notes 6 50.31 4 50.57 5 50.79 4 3 51.40 5 2 52.34 6 1 52.67

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