1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics was held in Gothenburg, on 8, 9 and 11 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kim Batten United States (USA) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Tonja Buford United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Deon Hemmings Jamaica (JAM) |

## Results

### Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 54.72 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Tonya Buford | United States | 55.15 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kim Batten | United States | 55.71 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Silvia Rieger | Germany | 55.75 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Heike Meissner | Germany | 55.95 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Trevaia Williams | United States | 55.98 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Belarus | 56.03 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Tetyana Tereshchuk | Ukraine | 56.16 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 56.23 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Karen van der Veen | South Africa | 56.32 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Omolade Akinremi | Nigeria | 56.46 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Monika Warnicka | Poland | 56.88 | q |
| 13 | 4 | Irina Lenskaya | Ukraine | 57.52 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Olga Nazarova | Russia | 57.64 | q |
| 15 | 4 | Debbie-Ann Parris | Jamaica | 57.83 | |
| 16 | 1 | Louise Fraser | Great Britain | 57.99 | |
| 17 | 3 | Miriam Alonso | Spain | 58.36 | |
| 18 | 1 | Åsa Carlsson | Sweden | 58.42 | |
| 19 | 2 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 58.47 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Gudrun Arnardottir | Iceland | 58.57 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Marie Womplou | Ivory Coast | 58.67 | |
| 22 | 2 | Zhanna Sokolova | Tajikistan | 1:13.16 | |
| | 2 | Hsu Pei-Chin | Chinese Taipei | DQ | |
| | 2 | Tatyana Kurochkina | Belarus | DQ | |
| | 3 | Nezha Bidouane | Morocco | DQ | |
| | 2 | Rosey Edeh | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Kim Batten | United States | 54.15 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 54.33 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Tonya Buford | United States | 55.30 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Silvia Rieger | Germany | 55.69 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tetyana Tereshchuk | Ukraine | 56.09 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 56.21 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 56.52 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Heike Meissner | Germany | 56.75 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Monika Warnicka | Poland | 56.88 | |
| 10 | 1 | Olga Nazarova | Russia | 56.89 | |
| 11 | 2 | Omolade Akinremi | Nigeria | 57.07 | |
| 12 | 2 | Gudrun Arnardottir | Iceland | 57.29 | |
| 13 | 2 | Irina Lenskaya | Ukraine | 57.33 | |
| 14 | 1 | Trevaia Williams | United States | 1:04.84 | |
| | 1 | Karen van der Veen | South Africa | DQ | |
| | 2 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Belarus | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Kim Batten | United States | 52.61 | WR |
| | 3 | Tonya Buford | United States | 52.62 | |
| | 4 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 53.48 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Heike Meissner | Germany | 54.86 | |
| 5 | 6 | Tetyana Tereshchuk | Ukraine | 54.94 | |
| 6 | 1 | Silvia Rieger | Germany | 55.01 | |
| 7 | 8 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 55.46 | |
| 8 | 2 | Natalya Torshina | Kazakhstan | 56.75 | |
