title: 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
text: # 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
  
  The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Grit Breuer Germany | Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria | Jearl Miles Clark United States |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Grit Breuer | Germany | 51.13 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Natalya Nazarova | Russia | 51.51 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 51.79 | Q, SB |
  | 4 | 1 | Ester Goossens | Netherlands | 52.05 | q, SB |
  | 5 | 4 | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 52.06 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 52.10 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Charity Opara | Nigeria | 52.11 | q, SB |
  | 8 | 3 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 52.40 | Q |
  | 9 | 4 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 52.43 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Virna de Angeli | Italy | 52.50 | q, SB |
  | 11 | 1 | Alina Rîpanu | Romania | 52.64 | q, PB |
  | 11 | 3 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 52.64 | Q |
  | 13 | 3 | Susan Andrews | Australia | 52.65 | |
  | 14 | 3 | Shanelle Porter | United States | 52.65 | |
  | 15 | 4 | Sinead Dudgeon | Great Britain | 52.84 | PB |
  | 16 | 2 | Sakie Nobuoka | Japan | 54.11 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Kaltouma Nadjina | Chad | 54.30 | NR |
  | 18 | 4 | Tonique Williams | Bahamas | 54.65 | |
  | 19 | 4 | Chen Yuxiang | China | 55.14 | |
  | | 2 | Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | Czech Republic | DNS | |
  | | 3 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | DNS | |
  | | 4 | Ameerah Bello | United States Virgin Islands | DNS | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 50.83 | Q, WL |
  | 2 | 1 | Grit Breuer | Germany | 50.88 | Q, WL |
  | 3 | 2 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 50.93 | Q, NR |
  | 4 | 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 51.44 | Q, PB |
  | 5 | 2 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 51.47 | q, PB |
  | 6 | 1 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.54 | q, SB |
  | 7 | 2 | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 51.69 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Ester Goossens | Netherlands | 52.09 | |
  | 9 | 2 | Charity Opara | Nigeria | 52.31 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Virna de Angeli | Italy | 52.95 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Alina Rîpanu | Romania | 53.29 | |
  | | 1 | Natalya Nazarova | Russia | DNF | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Grit Breuer | Germany | 50.80 | WL |
  | | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 51.25 | PB |
  | | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 51.45 | |
  | 4 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 51.55 | |
  | 5 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.75 | |
  | 6 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 52.04 | |
  