2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The Women's 400 metres event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Natalya Nazarova Russia	Olesya Forsheva Russia	Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tonique Williams-Darling	Bahamas	51.76	Q, PB
2	2	Fani Chalkia	Greece	51.77	Q, NR
2	4	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	51.77	Q
4	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	52.00	Q
5	3	Olesya Forsheva	Russia	52.17	Q
6	2	Catherine Murphy	Great Britain	52.18	Q, SB
7	2	Sviatlana Usovich	Belarus	52.19	q
8	1	Helen Karagounis	Great Britain	52.66	q, PB
9	3	Julian Clay	United States	53.04	Q
10	4	Hrisoula Goudenoudi	Greece	53.09	Q
11	4	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	53.16	q
12	2	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	53.17	q
13	3	Ronetta Smith	Jamaica	53.39
14	1	Androula Sialou	Cyprus	53.62
15	2	Virginia Johnson	United States	53.71
16	1	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	53.72	SB
17	2	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	53.78	SB
18	3	Beatrice Dahlgren	Sweden	53.90
19	1	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	54.02
20	4	Michelle Burgher	Jamaica	54.18
21	3	Roqaya Al-Gassra	Bahrain	54.24	NR
22	3	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	54.37
23	4	Klodiana Shala	Albania	54.62
24	4	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	54.79

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	50.91	Q
2	1	Olesya Forsheva	Russia	51.53	Q
3	2	Fani Chalkia	Greece	51.68	Q, NR
4	1	Tonique Williams-Darling	Bahamas	51.85	Q
5	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	51.95	Q
6	1	Sviatlana Usovich	Belarus	52.21
7	2	Julian Clay	United States	52.35	Q, PB
8	1	Helen Karagounis	Great Britain	52.53	PB
9	2	Catherine Murphy	Great Britain	52.59
10	2	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	52.60
11	1	Hrisoula Goudenoudi	Greece	52.84
12	2	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	53.22

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	50.19	CR
	Olesya Forsheva	Russia	50.65	PB
	Tonique Williams-Darling	Bahamas	50.87	NR
4	Ionela Târlea	Romania	51.58	SB
5	Julian Clay	United States	52.82
6	Fani Chalkia	Greece	52.90