Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 2 and 3 August.^{[1] [2]} It was the first time that this distance was contested by women at the Games.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marilyn Neufville	Carmen Trustée	Yvonne Saunders

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			53.76	Q
2	1			53.88	Q
3	3			53.91	Q
4	3			54.33	Q
5	2			55.09	Q
6	3			55.26	q
7	2			55.94	Q
8	1			56.01	q
9	2			56.13
10	2			56.74
11	3			57.05
12	1			57.12
13	1			57.19
14	3			57.47
15	1			58.67
16	3
17	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			52.34
			52.89
			53.13
4			53.62
5			54.61
6			54.88
7			55.46
8			56.33

Notes and References

1. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1971.pdf Full results
2. Web site: Track and Field Statistics . trackfield.brinkster.net. 29 November 2019.