The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Grit Breuer Germany
|
Falilat Ogunkoya Nigeria
|
Jearl Miles Clark United States
|
Results edit
Heats edit
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 edit
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 edit
| 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 |