Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 12 and 13 August.

Women's 400 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	Jillian Richardson Canada	Denean Howard United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	50.12	Q, GR
2	3	Diane Dixon	United States	51.56	Q
3	3	Jillian Richardson	Canada	51.69	Q
4	2	Denean Howard	United States	51.83	Q
5	2	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.12	Q
6	2	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	52.14	q
7	2	Marita Payne	Canada	52.38	q
8	1	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	52.49	Q
9	1	Cathy Rattray-Williams	Jamaica	52.62
10	2	Maria Bortolocci	Brazil	54.51
11	3	Soledad Acerenza	Uruguay	55.30
12	1	Deborah Ross	Barbados	55.71
13	1	Olga Escalante	Colombia	55.89
14	3	Danyel Simmons	Barbados	56.81
15	2	Virginia Guerra	Uruguay	58.98
	3	Maureen Stewart	Costa Rica	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	50.27
	Jillian Richardson	Canada	50.35
	Denean Howard	United States	50.72
4	Diane Dixon	United States	50.79
5	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	51.93
6	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	52.13
7	Marita Payne	Canada	52.14
8	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.89