# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

These are the results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marie-José Pérec France (FRA) |
| Silver | Pauline Davis Bahamas (BAH) |
| Bronze | Jearl Miles United States (USA) |

## Results
### Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 50.60 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 50.72 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jearl Miles | United States | 50.94 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 51.14 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 51.21 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Maicel Malone-Wallace | United States | 51.22 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 51.24 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | Renee Poetschka | Australia | 51.26 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 51.29 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.30 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Claudine Williams | Jamaica | 51.32 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | Yelena Rurak | Ukraine | 51.32 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Daniela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 51.37 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Melanie Neef | Great Britain | 51.39 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Yuliya Sotnikova | Russia | 51.39 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Kim Graham | United States | 51.39 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Nancy McLeón | Cuba | 51.39 | q |
| 18 | 4 | Li Jing | China | 51.50 | q |
| 19 | 3 | Zhang Hengyun | China | 51.51 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Julia Duporty | Cuba | 51.55 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Olga Nazarova | Russia | 51.55 | Q |
| 22 | 7 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 51.57 | Q |
| 23 | 1 | Tatyana Chebykina | Russia | 51.58 | Q, PB |
| 24 | 3 | Uta Rohländer | Germany | 51.68 | q |
| 25 | 2 | Olabisi Afolabi | Nigeria | 51.79 | |
| 26 | 1 | Linda Kisabaka | Germany | 51.96 | |
| 26 | 3 | Norfalia Carabalí | Colombia | 51.96 | |
| 26 | 6 | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 51.96 | |
| 29 | 4 | Sandra Kuschmann | Germany | 51.99 | |
| 30 | 7 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 52.05 | |
| 31 | 1 | Idalmis Bonne | Cuba | 52.10 | |
| 32 | 7 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | 52.24 | |
| 33 | 4 | Olga Moroz | Ukraine | 52.31 | |
| 34 | 6 | Lee Naylor | Australia | 52.37 | |
| 35 | 7 | Dora Kyriakou | Cyprus | 52.81 | |
| 36 | 5 | Evelyne Elien | France | 53.34 | |
| 37 | 1 | Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 53.48 | |
| 38 | 2 | Grace Birungi | Uganda | 53.92 | |
| 38 | 2 | Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | Zambia | 53.92 | NR |
| 38 | 7 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | Vanuatu | 53.92 | NR |
| 41 | 3 | Öznur Dursun | Turkey | 54.21 | |
| 42 | 5 | Mercy Addy | Ghana | 54.28 | |
| 43 | 1 | Hsu Pei-Chin | Chinese Taipei | 54.93 | |
| 44 | 6 | Vernetta Lesforis | Saint Lucia | 56.43 | |
| 45 | 2 | Lu Xifang | China | 56.64 | |
| 46 | 6 | Mirna El-Laz | Lebanon | 59.96 | |
| 47 | 4 | Sharron Celecia | Gibraltar | 1:01.03 | |
| 48 | 7 | Bipendu Mbombo | Zaire | 1:01.60 | |
| | 5 | Bernice Morton | Saint Kitts and Nevis | DQ | |
| | 6 | Francine Landre | France | DNF | |
| | 3 | Kannan Solaimathi | India | DNS | |
| | 4 | Kate Clarke | Liberia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jearl Miles | United States | 50.39 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 50.42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 50.43 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 50.49 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 50.56 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 50.64 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Maicel Malone-Wallace | United States | 50.77 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 50.85 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Renee Poetschka | Australia | 51.00 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 51.03 | |
| 11 | 1 | Melanie Neef | Great Britain | 51.18 | |
| 12 | 1 | Yuliya Sotnikova | Russia | 51.41 | |
| 13 | 2 | Nancy McLeón | Cuba | 51.46 | |
| 14 | 2 | Daniela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 51.65 | |
| 15 | 2 | Tatyana Chebykina | Russia | 51.67 | |
| 16 | 1 | Kim Graham | United States | 51.77 | |
| 17 | 1 | Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 51.82 | |
| 18 | 3 | Olga Nazarova | Russia | 51.83 | |
| 19 | 3 | Julia Duporty | Cuba | 51.85 | |
| 20 | 3 | Uta Rohländer | Germany | 51.99 | |
| 21 | 3 | Yelena Rurak | Ukraine | 52.01 | |
| 22 | 3 | Zhang Hengyun | China | 52.59 | |
| 23 | 2 | Claudine Williams | Jamaica | 52.99 | |
| 24 | 1 | Li Jing | China | 53.46 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 49.28 | |
| | 5 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 49.96 | NR |
| | 3 | Jearl Miles | United States | 50.00 | |
| 4 | 4 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 50.60 | |
| 5 | 1 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 50.70 | |
| 6 | 8 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 50.77 | |
| 7 | 7 | Maicel Malone-Wallace | United States | 50.99 | |
| 8 | 2 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.13 | |