Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres
Final classification
Columns: ATHLETE | FINAL | LANE | SEMI | QUART | HEAT
Marie-José Pérec ( FRA ) | 48.25 | 3 | 49.19 | 51 | 51.82 | Cathy Freeman ( AUS ) | 48.63 | 4 | 50.32 | 50.43 | 51.99 | Falilat Ogunkoya ( NGR ) | 49.1 | 5 | 49.57 | 50.65 | 52.65 | Pauline Davis ( BAH ) | 49.28 | 2 | 49.85 | 51.08 | 51 | Jearl Miles ( USA ) | 49.55 | 8 | 50.21 | 50.84 | 51.96 | Fatima Yusuf ( NGR ) | 49.77 | 6 | 50.36 | 51.27 | 52.25 | Sandie Richards ( JAM ) | 50.45 | 7 | 50.74 | 51.22 | 51.79 | Grit Breuer ( GER ) | 50.71 | 1 | 50.75 | 50.57 | 52.2