2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
# 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Sandie Richards Jamaica | Olga Kotlyarova Russia | Olesya Zykina Russia |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 52.11 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 52.48 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Shanta Ghosh | Germany | 52.49 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | 52.53 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 52.61 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Catherine Murphy | Great Britain | 52.61 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Suziann Reid | United States | 52.65 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Monique Hennagan | United States | 52.99 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 53.05 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Natalya Sologub | Belarus | 53.10 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Aliann Pompey | Guyana | 53.32 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Foy Williams | Canada | 53.39 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Chrysoula Goudenoudi | Greece | 53.62 | |
| 14 | 2 | Žana Minina | Lithuania | 53.68 | NR |
| 15 | 3 | Catherine Scott | Jamaica | 53.82 | |
| 15 | 4 | LaDonna Antoine | Canada | 53.82 | |
| 15 | 4 | Maria do Carmo Tavares | Portugal | 53.82 | |
| 18 | 4 | Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 53.90 | |
| | 2 | Damayanthi Dharsha | Sri Lanka | DNF | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 51.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Suziann Reid | United States | 51.84 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | 51.92 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Shanta Ghosh | Germany | 51.93 | |
| 5 | 1 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.98 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 52.18 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Monique Hennagan | United States | 52.43 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Catherine Murphy | Great Britain | 52.45 | |
| 9 | 1 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 52.87 | |
| 10 | 2 | Aliann Pompey | Guyana | 53.18 | |
| 11 | 2 | Natalya Sologub | Belarus | 53.60 | |
| 12 | 1 | Foy Williams | Canada | 53.61 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.04 |
| | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 51.56 |
| | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 51.71 |
| 4 | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | 52.49 |
| 5 | Monique Hennagan | United States | 52.93 |
| 6 | Suziann Reid | United States | 1:11.50 |
