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

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 10 and 12 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Judi Brown-King United States	Sandra Farmer Jamaica	LaTanya Sheffield United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Judi Brown-King	United States	56.32	Q
2	2	Sandra Farmer	Jamaica	57.01	Q
3	1	Tania Fernández	Cuba	57.08	Q
4	2	Odalys Hernández	Cuba	57.56	Q
5	2	LaTanya Sheffield	United States	57.66	Q
6	1	Liliana Chalá	Ecuador	57.67	Q
7	1	Gwen Wall	Canada	58.96	q
8	2	Dana Wright	Canada	59.40	q
9	1	Maria Bortolocci	Brazil	59.66
10	2	Christa Schumann	Guatemala	1:02.97
11	2	Ingrid Rosero	Ecuador	1:03.38

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Judi Brown-King	United States	54.23	GR, NR
	6	Sandra Farmer	Jamaica	54.59	NR
	4	LaTanya Sheffield	United States	56.15
4	3	Tania Fernández	Cuba	56.33
5	7	Liliana Chalá	Ecuador	57.13	NR
6	1	Odalys Hernández	Cuba	57.41
7	8	Dana Wright	Canada	57.50
8	2	Gwen Wall	Canada	58.82