Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres
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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
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Marilyn Neufville Jamaica | Carmen Trustée Cuba | Yvonne Saunders Jamaica |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 53.76 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marilyn Neufville | Jamaica | 53.88 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yvonne Saunders | Jamaica | 53.91 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Brenda Walsh |  Canada | 54.33 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Carmen Trustée | Cuba | 55.09 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Jarvis Scott |  United States | 55.26 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Gwen Norman | United States | 55.94 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Joyce Sadowick | Canada | 56.01 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Josefa Vicent |  Uruguay | 56.13 | |
| 10 | 2 | Elsy Rivas |  Colombia | 56.74 | |
| 11 | 3 | Rosalia Abadía |  Panama | 57.05 | |
| 12 | 1 | Gloria González |  Chile | 57.12 | |
| 13 | 1 | Cristina Filgueira |  Argentina | 57.19 | |
| 14 | 3 | María Cristina Ducci | Chile | 57.47 | |
| 15 | 1 | Ana Cecilia Maquillón | Colombia | 58.67 | |
| 16 | 3 | Lorraine Jordan |  Guyana | 1:00.75 | |
| 17 | 2 | Russel Carrero |  Nicaragua | 1:01.28 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Marilyn Neufville | Jamaica | 52.34 | |
 | Carmen Trustée | Cuba | 52.89 | |
 | Yvonne Saunders | Jamaica | 53.13 | |
| 4 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 53.62 | |
| 5 | Brenda Walsh | Canada | 54.61 | |
| 6 | Joyce Sadowick | Canada | 54.88 | |
| 7 | Gwen Norman | United States | 55.46 | |
| 8 | Jarvis Scott | United States | 56.33 |
