Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 10 and 12 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Judi Brown-King United States | Sandra Farmer Jamaica | LaTanya Sheffield United States |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Judi Brown-King | United States | 56.32 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sandra Farmer | Jamaica | 57.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Tania Fernández | Cuba | 57.08 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Odalys Hernández | Cuba | 57.56 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | LaTanya Sheffield | United States | 57.66 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 57.67 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Gwen Wall | Canada | 58.96 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Dana Wright | Canada | 59.40 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Maria Bortolocci | Brazil | 59.66 | |
| 10 | 2 | Christa Schumann | Guatemala | 1:02.97 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ingrid Rosero | Ecuador | 1:03.38 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Judi Brown-King | United States | 54.23 | GR, NR |
| | 6 | Sandra Farmer | Jamaica | 54.59 | NR |
| | 4 | LaTanya Sheffield | United States | 56.15 | |
| 4 | 3 | Tania Fernández | Cuba | 56.33 | |
| 5 | 7 | Liliana Chalá | Ecuador | 57.13 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Odalys Hernández | Cuba | 57.41 | |
| 7 | 8 | Dana Wright | Canada | 57.50 | |
| 8 | 2 | Gwen Wall | Canada | 58.82 | |
