Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23 and 24 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Irina Baskakova	Nadezhda Lyalina	Sophie Malbranque

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			52.45	Q
2	3			52.46	Q
3	3			52.76	Q^[3]
4	2			52.80	Q
5	3			52.89	q
6	2			53.34	q
7	1			53.43	Q
8	1			53.54	Q
9	3			53.62
10	1			53.65
11	2			53.68
12	2			54.41	^[4]
13	1			54.95
14	3			55.51
15	2			55.88
16	1			58.28
17	2			59.61
18	2
19	3

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.45
			51.56
			52.52
4			52.61
5			52.97
6			53.19
7			53.53
8			53.53

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja
2. News: Alle turntitels voor Roemenië . . 24 July 1981 . 8 . Dutch.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410014338/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int57.htm Australian results
5. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 24 July 1981 . 18.
6. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 24 July 1981 . 14.