1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	54.72	Q
2	1	Tonya Buford	United States	55.15	Q
3	2	Kim Batten	United States	55.71	Q
4	3	Silvia Rieger	Germany	55.75	Q
5	4	Heike Meissner	Germany	55.95	Q
6	4	Trevaia Williams	United States	55.98	Q
7	3	Tatyana Ledovskaya	Belarus	56.03	Q
8	1	Tetyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	56.16	Q
9	1	Natalya Torshina	Kazakhstan	56.23	Q
10	4	Karen van der Veen	South Africa	56.32	Q
11	3	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.46	q
12	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	56.88	q
13	4	Irina Lenskaya	Ukraine	57.52	q
14	1	Olga Nazarova	Russia	57.64	q
15	4	Debbie-Ann Parris	Jamaica	57.83
16	1	Louise Fraser	Great Britain	57.99
17	3	Miriam Alonso	Spain	58.36
18	1	Åsa Carlsson	Sweden	58.42
19	2	Ionela Tirlea	Romania	58.47	Q
20	2	Gudrun Arnardottir	Iceland	58.57	Q
21	4	Marie Womplou	Ivory Coast	58.67
22	2	Zhanna Sokolova	Tajikistan	1:13.16
	2	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	DQ
	2	Tatyana Kurochkina	Belarus	DQ
	3	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	DQ
	2	Rosey Edeh	Canada	DNS

First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kim Batten	United States	54.15	Q
2	2	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	54.33	Q
3	1	Tonya Buford	United States	55.30	Q
4	2	Silvia Rieger	Germany	55.69	Q
5	1	Tetyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	56.09	Q
6	2	Ionela Tirlea	Romania	56.21	Q
7	1	Natalya Torshina	Kazakhstan	56.52	Q
8	1	Heike Meissner	Germany	56.75	Q
9	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	56.88
10	1	Olga Nazarova	Russia	56.89
11	2	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	57.07
12	2	Gudrun Arnardottir	Iceland	57.29
13	2	Irina Lenskaya	Ukraine	57.33
14	1	Trevaia Williams	United States	1:04.84
	1	Karen van der Veen	South Africa	DQ
	2	Tatyana Ledovskaya	Belarus	DQ