Final | time | | 1. Marie-José Pérec | France | 48.83s | | 2. Olga Bryzgina | Unified Team | 49.05s | | 3. Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 49.64s | | 4. Olga Nazarova | Unified Team | 49.69s | | 5. Jillian Richardson | Canada | 49.93s | | 6. Rochelle Stevens | United States | 50.11s | | 7. Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 50.19s | | 8. Phylis Smith | Great Britain | 50.87s | |
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| Venue: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 67,007. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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World record: 47.60s Marita Koch, East Germany Canberra, Australia October 6, 1985 | Olympic record: 48.65s Olga Bryzgina, Soviet Union Seoul, South Korea September 26, 1988 |
Semi 1 | time | | 1. Marie-José Pérec | France | 49.48 | | 2. Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 49.76 | | 3. Olga Bryzgina | Unified Team | 49.76 | | 4. Phylis Smith | Great Britain | 50.40 | | 5. Jearl Miles | United States | 50.57 | | 6. Natasha Kaiser | United States | 50.60 | | 7. Michelle Lock | Australia | 50.78 | | 8. Yelena Ruzina | Unified Team | 51.30 | |
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Semi 2 | time | | 1. Jillian Richardson | Canada | 50.02s | | 2. Olga Nazarova | Unified Team | 50.31s | | 3. Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 50.35s | | 4. Rochelle Stevens | United States | 50.37s | | 5. Norfalia Carabali | Colombia | 51.75s | | 6. Sandra Douglas | Great Britain | 51.96s | | 7. Renée Poetschka | Australia | 52.09s | | 8. Elsa Devassoigne | France | 52.85s | |
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Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 50.63s | | 2. Olga Bryzgina | Unified Team | 50.68s | | 3. Natasha Kaiser | United States | 50.71s | | 4. Sandra Douglas | Great Britain | 51.41s | | 5. Cathy Freeman | Australia | 51.52s | | 6. Tandian Aïssatou | Senegal | 52.39s | | 7. Jayamini Illeperuma | Sri Lanka | 53.55s | | 8. Judit Forgács | Hungary | 54.24s | |
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Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Jillian Richardson | Canada | 50.95s | | 2. Jearl Miles | United States | 51.27s | | 3. Olga Nazarova | Unified Team | 51.30s | | 4. Michelle Lock | Australia | 51.71s | | 5. Anja Rücker | Germany | 52.05s | | 6. Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 52.12s | | 7. Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 52.34s | | 8. Ruth Morris | US Virgin Islands | 54.92s | |
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Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Phylis Smith | Great Britain | 51.32s | | 2. Elsa Devassoigne | France | 51.75s | | 3. Renée Poetschka | Australia | 52.05s | | 4. Yelena Ruzina | Unified Team | 52.23s | | 5. Julia Merino | Spain | 52.43s | | 6. Claudine Williams | Jamaica | 52.84s | | 7. Susie Tanéfo | Cameroon | 53.78s | | 8. Noodang Phimpho | Thailand | 54.90s | |
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Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Rochelle Stevens | United States | 50.70s | | 2. Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 50.76s | | 3. Marie-José Pérec | France | 50.89s | | 4. Norfalia Carabali | Colombia | 51.65s | | 5. Myra Mayberry | Puerto Rico | 53.37s | | 6. Lorraine Hanson | Great Britain | 53.60s | | 7. Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 53.60s | | 8. Alimata Koné | Ivory Coast | 53.80s | |
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Heat 1 | time | | 1. Natasha Kaiser | United States | 51.41s | | 2. Ximena Restrepo | Colombia | 52.34s | | 3. Julia Merino | Spain | 52.90s | | 4. Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 53.69s | | 5. Ruth Morris | US Virgin Islands | 54.37s | | 6. Prisca Philip | Barbados | 55.09s | | 7. Fanta Dao | Mali | 1:01.97 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 52.56s | | 2. Jearl Miles | United States | 52.79s | | 3. Sandra Douglas | Great Britain | 52.91s | | 4. Jayamini Illeperuma | Sri Lanka | 54.14s | | 5. Charmaine Gilgeous | Antigua Barbuda | 55.48s | | 6. Shermaine Ross | Grenada | 55.49s | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. Elsa Devassoigne | France | 52.07s | | 2. Olga Bryzgina | Unified Team | 52.44s | | 3. Michelle Lock | Australia | 52.49s | | 4. Lorraine Hanson | Great Britain | 52.66s | | 5. Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 52.93s | | 6. Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 53.72s | | 7. Mary-Estelle Kapalu | Vanuatu | 55.75s | |
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Heat 4 | time | | 1. Jillian Richardson | Canada | 51.99s | | 2. Olga Nazarova | Unified Team | 52.09s | | 3. Norfalia Carabali | Colombia | 52.18s | | 4. Anja Rücker | Germany | 52.24s | | 5. Tandian Aïssatou | Senegal | 52.29s | | 6. Susie Tanéfo | Cameroon | 53.37s | | 7. Jacqueline Solíz | Bolivia | 56.78s | |
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Heat 5 | time | | 1. Phylis Smith | Great Britain | 53.59s | | 2. Marie-José Pérec | France | 53.64s | | 3. Cathy Freeman | Australia | 53.70s | | 4. Myra Mayberry | Puerto Rico | 53.75s | | 5. Judit Forgács | Hungary | 54.87s | | 6. Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | Zambia | 54.88s | | 7. Melrose Mansaray | Sierra Leone | 55.67s | |
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Heat 6 | time | | 1. Rochelle Stevens | United States | 52.42s | | 2. Renée Poetschka | Australia | 52.85s | | 3. Yelena Ruzina | Unified Team | 52.94s | | 4. Claudine Williams | Jamaica | 52.97s | | 5. Alimata Koné | Ivory Coast | 53.76s | | 6. Noodang Pimpol | Thailand | 54.28s | | 7. Ruth Mangue | Equatorial Guinea | 1:03.32 | |
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