Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 23, 24 and 25 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Małgorzata Hołub Poland	Justine Palframan South Africa	Bianca Răzor Romania

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	52.27	Q
2	5	Paola Morán	Mexico	52.43	Q, PB
3	5	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada	53.06	Q
4	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.48	Q
5	5	Bianca Răzor	Romania	53.52	Q
6	1	Natali Brito	Mexico	53.58	Q
7	1	Eva Misiūnaitė	Lithuania	53.64	Q
8	1	Dawnalee Loney	Jamaica	53.87	q
9	3	Kateryna Klymiuk	Ukraine	54.15	Q
10	1	Anastasiia Bryzgina	Ukraine	54.16	q
11	4	Iga Baumgart	Poland	54.35	Q
12	4	Elina Mikhina	Kazakhstan	54.43	Q
13	5	Kelli Hardnett	United States	54.47	Q, SB
14	2	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	54.49	Q
15	4	Micha Powell	Canada	54.55	Q
16	3	Camelia Florina Gal	Romania	54.58	Q
17	5	Vanessa Zimmermann	Switzerland	54.77	q
18	3	Kristina Dudek	Croatia	54.97	Q
19	2	Justine Palframan	South Africa	55.04	Q
20	2	Eliana Chávez	Colombia	55.18	Q
21	2	Noelia Martínez	Argentina	55.34	Q
22	1	Hajuaha Braimah	Ghana	55.82	q
23	1	Helin Meier	Estonia	56.10
24	3	Birexus Hawkins	United States	57.14	Q
25	5	Tamara Zupanič	Slovenia	57.96
26	4	Twinkle Chaudhary	India	58.90	Q
27	3	Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage	Sri Lanka	1:00.94
28	5	Amantle Monwa	Botswana	1:02.05
29	4	Jingky Obanon	Philippines	1:04.43
30	2	Musonda Chitoshi	Zambia	1:05.96
31	3	Alfin Nyamasyo	Kenya	1:07.08
32	5	Muzna Al-Malki	Oman	1:16.03
	2	Margaret Barrie	Sierra Leone	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.88	Q
2	3	Bianca Răzor	Romania	51.99	Q
3	1	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada	52.03	Q
4	1	Justine Palframan	South Africa	52.12	Q, SB
5	1	Iga Baumgart	Poland	52.25	q
6	3	Paola Morán	Mexico	52.38	q, PB
7	2	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	52.52	Q
8	2	Kateryna Klymiuk	Ukraine	52.90	Q
9	3	Elina Mikhina	Kazakhstan	53.04	SB
10	1	Anastasiia Bryzgina	Ukraine	53.28
11	2	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.44
12	1	Camelia Florina Gal	Romania	53.48
13	1	Eva Misiūnaitė	Lithuania	53.84
14	3	Vanessa Zimmermann	Switzerland	54.83
15	3	Kristina Dudek	Croatia	54.97
16	1	Dawnalee Loney	Jamaica	54.99
17	2	Micha Powell	Canada	55.22
18	2	Hajuaha Braimah	Ghana	55.52
19	2	Noelia Martínez	Argentina	55.66
20	1	Eliana Chávez	Colombia	57.05
21	2	Birexus Hawkins	United States	57.63
22	3	Twinkle Chaudhary	India	58.24
	2	Natali Brito	Mexico	DQ	R163.3a
	3	Kelli Hardnett	United States	DNS

Final

Official Video

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.76
	7	Justine Palframan	South Africa	51.83	SB
	3	Bianca Răzor	Romania	51.97
4	6	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada	52.33
5	4	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	52.39
6	2	Iga Baumgart	Poland	52.46
7	1	Paola Morán	Mexico	52.96
8	8	Kateryna Klymiuk	Ukraine	53.85