Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 13 and 15 July 1987.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Denean Howard	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Sandie Richards

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			52.42	Q
2	2			52.45	Q
3	4			52.61	q
4	3			52.77	Q
5	1			52.90	Q
6	3			53.14	q
7	1			53.20	q
8	3			53.25	q
9	2			53.28	^[4]
10	4			53.40
11	2			53.86
12	3			53.99	^[5]
13	3			54.47
14	1			54.54
15	3			54.90
16	3			56.77
17	1			57.23
18	4			57.38
19	2			57.79
20	4			58.30
21	4

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.07
			51.32
			51.42
4			51.74
5			51.93
6			52.18
7			52.43
8			53.00

Notes and References

1. Treutlein . Gerhard . Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke . Leichtathletik . 4 August 1987 . 32/1987 . 1015–1018 . The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1987&CID=12982589 Results at Tilastopaja
3. News: Heats results . 14 January 2020 . . 15 July 1987 . 56.
4. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410015016/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int89.htm Australian results
6. News: Final results . 14 January 2020 . . 17 July 1987 . 32.