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.

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