2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.

Women's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Arena Birmingham
Dates	2–3 March
Competitors	34
Winning time	50.55
Medalists
Courtney Okolo   Vereinigte Staaten   Shakima Wimbley   Vereinigte Staaten   Eilidh Doyle   Great Britain

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Summary

The two Americans with the fastest times in the semi-final round, Shakima Wimbley and Courtney Okolo were given the outer two lanes in the final, 5 and 6 respectively. Wimbley started quickly, making up a little ground on Okolo's stagger, while Okolo took a more measured approach to her speed, putting on a burst just before the cones, then taking the tangent to lane 1 to take the lead unobstructed. Wimbley closed in much sooner, forcing Eilidh Doyle to squeeze inside to take second position with a lap to go. Okolo just continued to extend her lead, seven metres by the finish for a clear win. Wimbley ran on Doyle's outside through most of the last lap, finally conceding to run the last part of the last turn behind Doyle. On the final straightaway, Wimbley took one more run at Doyle, passing her for the silver. Justyna Święty-Ersetic also closed quickly but could not catch Doyle for bronze.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 2 March at 12:10.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	1	5	Courtney Okolo	Vereinigte Staaten	51.54	Q
2	5	4	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaika	52.18	Q, SB
3	1	6	Maria Belibasaki	Griechenland	52.27	Q, PB
4	5	5	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain	52.31	Q
5	4	5	Shakima Wimbley	Vereinigte Staaten	52.43	Q
6	2	6	Léa Sprunger	Schweiz	52.46	Q
7	2	5	Madiea Ghafoor	Niederlande	52.54	Q
8	3	6	Zoey Clark	Great Britain	52.75	Q
9	5	6	Phil Healy	Irland	52.75	q
10	2	3	Nadine Gonska	Deutschland	52.77	q, PB
11	5	3	Alexandra Bezeková	Slowakei	52.78	q
12	4	3	Agnė Šerkšnienė	Litauen	52.81	Q, NR
13	1	2	Anna Yaroshchuk-Ryzhykova	Ukraine	52.96	q, PB
14	4	2	Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo	Italien	52.98	q, PB
15	3	5	Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Polen	53.05	Q
16	1	4	Lada Vondrová	Tschechische Republik	53.05	q
17	4	4	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Polen	53.22
18	3	1	Ayomide Folorunso	Italien	53.24
19	3	3	Kelsey Balkwill	Kanada	53.29
20	2	4	Travia Jones	Kanada	53.31
21	6	5	Tovea Jenkins	Jamaika	53.39	Q
22	3	4	Svetlana Golendova	Kasachstan	53.44
23	4	6	Anita Horvat	Slowenien	53.52
24	5	2	Tamara Salaški	Serbien	53.61
25	2	1	Laura Bueno	Spanien	53.66
26	1	3	Elina Mikhina	Kasachstan	53.90
27	5	1	Grace Claxton	Puerto Rico	53.92
28	6	4	Iveta Putalová	Slowakei	53.97	Q
29	6	1	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	54.17
30	3	2	Kineke Alexander	St. Vincent und die Grenadinen	55.46
31	6	2	Djénébou Danté	Mali	57.85	SB
	6	3	Maja Ćirić	Serbien	DQ	163.3(a)
	2	2	Miriama Senokonoko	Fidschi	DQ	163.3(a)
	6	6	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinal

The semifinals were started on 2 March at 20:32.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	1	5	Shakima Wimbley	Vereinigte Staaten	51.34	Q
2	3	5	Courtney Okolo	Vereinigte Staaten	51.79	Q
3	1	4	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain	52.15	Q
4	3	6	Tovea Jenkins	Jamaika	52.42	Q
5	1	3	Agnė Šerkšnienė	Litauen	52.62	NR
6	2	3	Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Polen	52.63	Q
7	2	6	Zoey Clark	Great Britain	52.63	Q
8	1	2	Anna Yaroshchuk-Ryzhykova	Ukraine	52.74	PB
9	1	1	Alexandra Bezeková	Slowakei	53.05
10	2	4	Madiea Ghafoor	Niederlande	53.14
11	2	2	Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo	Italien	53.18
12	3	1	Phil Healy	Irland	53.26
13	3	2	Lada Vondrová	Tschechische Republik	53.32
14	2	1	Nadine Gonska	Deutschland	53.45
15	3	3	Iveta Putalová	Slowakei	53.46
	1	6	Léa Sprunger	Schweiz	DQ	163.3(a)
	3	4	Maria Belibasaki	Griechenland	DQ	163.3(a)
	2	5	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaika	DQ	163.3(a)

Final

The final was started on 3 March at 20:05.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
	6	Courtney Okolo	Vereinigte Staaten	50.55	PB
	5	Shakima Wimbley	Vereinigte Staaten	51.47
	4	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain	51.60	SB
4	3	Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Polen	51.85
5	1	Tovea Jenkins	Jamaika	52.12	PB
6	2	Zoey Clark	Great Britain	52.16