Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 30 and 31 August.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Tatyana Alekseyeva	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Sadia Showunmi

Results

Heats

Held on 30 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			52.25	Q
2	4			52.60	Q
3	2			52.86	Q
4	1			53.01	Q
5	4			53.16	Q
6	2			53.58	Q
7	4			53.60	Q
8	4			53.80	q
9	3			54.12	Q
10	3			54.47	Q^[2]
11	1			54.48	Q
12	1			54.96	Q
13	1			55.12	q
14	2			55.22	q
15	3			55.58	Q
16	2			55.73	q
17	3			56.31
18	1			57.01
19	2			57.26
20	4	C. Nalikka		59.26
21	1

Semifinals

Held on 31 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.43	Q^[3]
2	2			51.78	Q
3	1			52.10	Q
4	2			52.40	Q
5	2			52.77	Q
6	2			52.89	q
7	1			53.19	Q
8	1			53.56?	q
9	1			53.52?
10	2			54.05
11	2			54.06
12	1			54.13
13	2			55.09
14	2			55.65
15	1			55.68
16	1			55.77

Final

Held on 31 August^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.49
			52.10
			52.78
4			52.89
5			53.17
6			53.23
7			53.55
8			54.99

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1985&CID=12981261 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410013103/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int75.htm Australian results
3. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
4. News: Final results . 27 January 2020 . . 1 September 1985 . 66.