2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal from March 9 to March 11 2001. It was the first time the Championships had been held in Portugal...

was held on March 9–11.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....	Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay...	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....		52.11	Q
	1	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...		52.48	Q
	4	Shanta Ghosh Shanta Ghosh Shanta Ghosh is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She lives in Germany with her close friend Dirk Strutsky.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.46 s...		52.49	Q
	4	Nadjina Kaltouma		52.53	Q, NR Chadian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Chad maintained by Chad's national athletics federation: Federation Tchadienne d'Athletisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:...
	2	Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay...		52.61	Q
	3	Catherine Murphy Catherine Murphy (athlete) Catherine Ann Murphy is a Welsh athlete who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the 4X400m relay.Born in Sheffield, she lives in London.Catherine announced her retirement from athletics on 28 April 2006....		52.61	Q
	3	Suziann Reid		52.65	Q
	2	Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003....		52.99	Q
	3	Ionela Tirlea		53.05	q
10	1	Natalya Sologub		53.10	q
11	1	Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey is a Guyanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters.Aliann graduated from Cohoes High School and received her bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1999....		53.32	q
12	1	Foy Williams		53.39	q
13	2	Chrysoula Goudenoudi		53.62
14	2	Žana Minina	Lithuania	53.68	NR Lithuanian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Lithuania maintained by Lithuanian national athletics federation: Lietuvos Lengvosios Atletikos Federacija .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceOT = oversized track...
15	3	Catherine Scott Catherine Scott Catherine Scott is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in the 4 x 400 metres relay, winning an Olympic silver medal in 2000. she is the sister of Michael Blackwood.-Achievements:-External links:...		53.82
15	4	La Donna Antoine		53.82
15	4	Maria do Carmo Tavares		53.82
18	4	Karen Shinkins		53.90

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Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	2	Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay...	51.63	Q
	2	Suziann Reid	51.84	Q, SB
	2	Nadjina Kaltouma	51.92	Q, NR Chadian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Chad maintained by Chad's national athletics federation: Federation Tchadienne d'Athletisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:...
	2	Shanta Ghosh Shanta Ghosh Shanta Ghosh is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She lives in Germany with her close friend Dirk Strutsky.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.46 s...	51.93
	1	Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....	51.98	Q
	1	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...	52.18	Q
	1	Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003....	52.43	Q
	1	Catherine Murphy Catherine Murphy (athlete) Catherine Ann Murphy is a Welsh athlete who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the 4X400m relay.Born in Sheffield, she lives in London.Catherine announced her retirement from athletics on 28 April 2006....	52.45
	1	Ionela Tirlea	52.87
10	2	Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey Aliann Pompey is a Guyanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters.Aliann graduated from Cohoes High School and received her bachelor's degree from Manhattan College in 1999....	53.18
11	2	Natalya Sologub	53.60
12	1	Foy Williams	53.61

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....	51.04
	Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay...	51.56
	Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina Olesya Nikolaevna Zykina is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.-Achievements:...	51.71
4	Nadjina Kaltouma	52.49
5	Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan Monique Hennagan is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She won her first relay medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and her second in 2003....	52.93
6	Suziann Reid

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