1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m walk				women
5000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women

The women's 400 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 3 and 4 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Helga Arendt West Germany	Diane Dixon United States	Jillian Richardson Canada

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Maree Holland	Australia	52.90	Q, AR
2	3	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	52.91	Q
3	1	Marina Shmonina	Soviet Union	53.03	Q
4	2	Diane Dixon	United States	53.15	Q
5	3	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	53.22	Q
6	3	Helga Arendt	West Germany	53.31	q
7	1	Judit Forgács	Hungary	53.33	q
8	1	Jearl Miles	United States	53.33	q
9	2	Jillian Richardson	Canada	53.36	Q
10	2	Erzsébet Szabó	Hungary	53.41	q
11	3	Marina Kharlamova	Soviet Union	53.44	q
12	3	Iolanda Oanță	Romania	53.50	q
13	2	Marcia Tate	Jamaica	53.53
14	2	Angela Piggford	Great Britain	53.69

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Diane Dixon	United States	52.12	Q
2	1	Jillian Richardson	Canada	52.17	Q
3	1	Maree Holland	Australia	52.21	Q, AR
4	1	Marina Kharlamova	Soviet Union	52.23	PB
5	2	Helga Arendt	West Germany	52.29	Q
6	2	Marina Shmonina	Soviet Union	52.33	Q
7	2	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	52.35	Q
8	1	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	52.52
9	2	Iolanda Oanță	Romania	52.93
10	2	Erzsébet Szabó	Hungary	52.93
11	2	Jearl Miles	United States	53.28
12	1	Judit Forgács	Hungary	53.86

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Helga Arendt	West Germany	51.52	CR
	4	Diane Dixon	United States	51.77	AR
	5	Jillian Richardson	Canada	52.02
4	6	Maree Holland	Australia	52.17	AR
5	2	Marina Shmonina	Soviet Union	52.44
6	1	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	52.60