1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03.

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Sabine Busch (GDR) | 53.62 CR |
| | Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | 54.19 |
| | Cornelia Ullrich (GDR) | 54.31 |
| 4. | Sandra Farmer (JAM) | 54.38 |
| 5. | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN) | 54.62 |
| 6. | Anna Ambrazienė (URS) | 55.68 |
| 7. | Schowonda Williams (USA) | 55.86 |
| 8. | Judi Brown-King (USA) | 56.10 |

## Semi-finals

* Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Sabine Busch (GDR) | 54.41 |
| 2. | Sandra Farmer (JAM) | 54.68 |
| 3. | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN) | 54.76 |
| 4. | Schowonda Williams (USA) | 54.82 |
| 5. | Margarita Khromova (URS) | 54.86 |
| 6. | LaTanya Sheffield (USA) | 56.65 |
| 7. | Rose Tata-Muya (KEN) | 57.65 |
| — | Maria Usifo (NGR) | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Cornelia Ullrich (GDR) | 54.72 |
| 2. | Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | 55.08 |
| 3. | Anna Ambrazienė (URS) | 55.47 |
| 4. | Judi Brown-King (USA) | 55.55 |
| 5. | Gudrun Abt (FRG) | 55.59 |
| 6. | P.T. Usha (IND) | 55.89 |
| 7. | Christina Wennberg (SWE) | 57.64 |
| 8. | Irmgard Trojer (ITA) | 57.86 |

## Qualifying heats

* Held on Monday 1987-08-31

| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Sabine Busch (GDR) | 55.51 |
| 2. | Anna Ambrazienė (URS) | 56.50 |
| 3. | Nawal El Moutawakil (MAR) | 57.21 |
| 4. | Jenny Laurendet (AUS) | 57.41 |
| 5. | Barbara Johnson (IRL) | 58.72 |
| 6. | Tania Fernández (CUB) | 58.78 |
| 7. | Mariam Zewde (ETH) | 1:00.57 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | LaTanya Sheffield (USA) | 55.93 |
| 2. | Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | 56.31 |
| 3. | Christina Wennberg (SWE) | 56.91 |
| 4. | Irmgard Trojer (ITA) | 57.09 |
| 5. | Hélène Huart (FRA) | 57.13 |
| 6. | Maria João Lopes (POR) | 58.86 |
| 7. | Semra Aksu (TUR) | 59.13 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Judi Brown-King (USA) | 55.35 |
| 2. | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN) | 55.42 |
| 3. | P.T. Usha (IND) | 55.73 |
| 4. | Maria Usifo (NGR) | 56.13 |
| 5. | Helga Halldorsdottir (ISL) | 57.82 |
| 6. | Marie Womplou (CIV) | 58.46 |
| 7. | Gerda Haas (AUT) | 58.65 |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
| 1. | Margarita Khromova (URS) | 55.21 |
| 2. | Schowonda Williams (USA) | 55.53 |
| 3. | Gudrun Abt (FRG) | 55.83 |
| 4. | Liliana Chala (ECU) | 58.39 |
| 5. | Gwen Wall (CAN) | 58.66 |
| 6. | Fialho Maria Do Carmo (BRA) | 58.93 |
| – | Genowefa Błaszak (POL) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
| 1. | Cornelia Ullrich (GDR) | 56.75 |
| 2. | Sandra Farmer (JAM) | 56.76 |
| 3. | Rose Tata-Muya (KEN) | 57.11 |
| 4. | Cristina Pérez (ESP) | 57.23 |
| 5. | Erika Szopori (HUN) | 58.09 |
| 6. | Sally Flemming (AUS) | 58.87 |
| – | Fatimata Podie (BUR) | DQ |
