1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
# 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 12 and 14 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Sandie Richards Jamaica | Tatyana Alekseyeva Russia | Jearl Miles Clark United States |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 51.76 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.86 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | Tatyana Alekseyeva | Russia | 51.97 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 52.10 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jillian Richardson-Briscoe | Canada | 52.15 | |
| 6 | 1 | Renee Poetschka | Australia | 52.70 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ester Goossens | Netherlands | 52.73 | NR |
| 8 | 1 | Kim Batten | United States | 52.77 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Karin Janke | Germany | 52.83 | |
| 10 | 3 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Belarus | 53.24 | NR |
| 11 | 3 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 53.59 | |
| 12 | 1 | Regula Zürcher-Scalabrin | Switzerland | 53.76 | |
| 13 | 3 | Donalda Duprey | Canada | 54.52 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 50.93 | NR |
| | Tatyana Alekseyeva | Russia | 51.03 | NR |
| | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 51.37 | PB |
| 4 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 51.45 | |
| 5 | Renee Poetschka | Australia | 52.29 | |
| 6 | Kim Batten | United States | 52.70 | |
