Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba on 8 and 10 August.

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lency Montelier Cuba	Deon Hemmings Jamaica	Tonja Buford United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Schowanda Williams	United States	58.09	Q
2	2	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	58.16	Q
3	1	Elsa Jiménez	Cuba	58.29	Q
4	1	Carolyn Fortin	Canada	58.86	Q
5	1	Tonja Buford	United States	58.98	Q
6	2	Maribelcy Peña	Colombia	59.52	Q
7	2	Lency Montelier	Cuba	59.81	q
8	1	Kareth Smith	Jamaica	1:00.79	q
9	2	Arlene Philips	Venezuela	1:02.09
10	2	Inés Justet	Uruguay	1:02.28
11	1	Yvette Haynes	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:02.87

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lency Montelier	Cuba	57.34
	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	57.54
	Tonja Buford	United States	57.81
4	Elsa Jiménez	Cuba	57.83
5	Schowanda Williams	United States	57.95
6	Carolyn Fortin	Canada	58.92
7	Maribelcy Peña	Colombia	59.14
8	Kareth Smith	Jamaica	1:00.16