Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28, 29 and 30 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Allison Curbishley	Olga Kotlyarova	Idalmis Bonne

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			52.68	Q
2	1			53.10	Q
2	2			53.10	Q
4	3			53.11	Q
5	2			53.29	Q
6	4			53.32	Q
7	1			53.37	Q
8	3			53.41	Q
9	4			53.46	Q
10	4			53.87	Q
11	2			53.88	Q^[2]
12	3			53.95	q
13	1			54.17	Q
13	3			54.17	q
15	2			54.30	q
16	1			54.47	q^[3]
17	3			54.86
18	4			55.15
19	4			56.02
20	2			56.45
21	1			57.11
22	2			58.32
23	1			59.99
24	1
25	3
	4
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Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			52.51
2	1			52.70
3	2			52.72
4	1			53.16
5	2			53.17
6	1			53.18
7	1			53.29
8	2			53.60
9	1			53.53
10	2			53.68
11	1			54.30
12	2			54.53
13	2			54.55
14	2			54.63
15	1			55.43	^[4]
16	1			56.10

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			50.84
			51.35
			51.72
4			52.32
5			52.97
6			53.13
7			53.52

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?CID=12983456&Season=1997 Results at Tilastopaja
2. http://atletismo-estatistica.pt/outras-competicoes-internacionais/universiadas-2/ Portuguese results
3. https://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/report_atletismo_esp/1992_2000.pdf Spanish results
4. News: Canadian results . 31 December 2019 . . 30 August 1997 . 4.
5. Web site: Results . 2014-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132326/http://wwwfisu.ulb.ac.be/html/sathletics.html . 2011-07-06 . dead .