Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 49 competitors.

Pérec's winning time was and remains the #3 time in history. Freeman's second place time was and remains the #6 time in history. Ogunkoya and Davis also still rank on the all time top 20. Places 3 through 6 are all the fastest times for those places in history and all of the top six, except Miles set their lifetime personal bests in this race.