# 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–8 March 2014.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Francena McCorory United States | Kaliese Spencer Jamaica | Shaunae Miller Bahamas |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 49.59 | Milan, Italy | 7 March 1982 |
| Championship record | Olesya Forsheva (RUS) | 50.04 | Moscow, Russia | 12 March 2006 |
| World Leading | Francena McCorory (USA) | 50.85 | Albuquerque, United States | 23 February 2014 |
| African record | Charity Opara (NGR) | 50.73 | Stuttgart, Germany | 1 February 1998 |
| Asian record | Li Yajun (CHN) | 52.27 | Beijing, China | 24 February 1996 |
| European record | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 49.59 | Milan, Italy | 7 March 1982 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Christine Amertil (BAH) | 50.34 | Moscow, Russia | 12 March 2006 |
| Oceanian Record | Maree Holland (AUS) | 52.17 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 March 1989 |
| South American record | Aliann Pompey (GUY) | 51.83 | New York City, United States | 26 February 2010 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 53.15 | 51.20 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 March 2014 | 10:05 | Heats |
| 7 March 2014 | 20:55 | Semifinals |
| 8 March 2014 | 19:40 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Regina George | Nigeria | 51.60 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas | 52.10 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.13 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Patricia Hall | Jamaica | 52.19 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 52.26 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Francena McCorory | United States | 52.37 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Denisa Rosolová | Czech Republic | 52.37 | Q, SB |
| DQ | 3 | Kseniya Ryzhova | Russia | 52.47 | Q, Doping |
| 8 | 2 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | 52.61 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 2 | Joanna Atkins | United States | 52.61 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Margaret Adeoye | United Kingdom | 52.69 | q, SB |
| 11 | 4 | Esther Cremer | Germany | 52.71 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Kineke Alexander | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52.80 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 53.07 | |
| 14 | 2 | Shana Cox | United Kingdom | 53.10 | |
| 15 | 3 | Nicky van Leuveren | Netherlands | 53.34 | |
| 16 | 3 | Melissa Caddle | Guyana | 54.56 | |
| 17 | 4 | Samantha Edwards | Antigua and Barbuda | 54.74 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 (Q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Francena McCorory | United States | 51.35 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 51.58 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas | 51.63 | Q, SB |
| DQ | 2 | Kseniya Ryzhova | Russia | 51.64 | Doping |
| 4 | 1 | Patricia Hall | Jamaica | 52.82 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.97 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Joanna Atkins | United States | 53.20 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Margaret Adeoye | United Kingdom | 53.59 | |
| 8 | 2 | Esther Cremer | Germany | 53.60 | |
| | 1 | Denisa Rosolová | Czech Republic | DNF | |
| | 1 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | DQ | R163.2(b) |
| | 1 | Regina George | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Francena McCorory | United States | 51.12 | |
| | Kaliese Spencer | Jamaica | 51.54 | PB |
| | Shaunae Miller | Bahamas | 52.06 | |
| 4 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.20 | |
| 5 | Patricia Hall | Jamaica | 52.51 | |
| 6 | Joanna Atkins | United States | 52.55 | |