Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 15–17 August in İzmir, Turkey.

The winning margin was 0.02 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the women's 400 metres at these games.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Natalya Nazarova	Fatou Bintou Fall	Tatyana Khadjimuratova

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			53.11	Q
2	4			53.62	Q
3	1			53.63	Q
4	3			53.67	Q
5	1			53.97	Q
6	1			54.10	Q
7	5			54.18	Q
8	2			54.21	Q
9	2			54.51	Q
10	4			54.57	Q
11	4			54.62	Q
12	5			54.63	Q
13	2			54.74	Q
14	3			54.92	Q
15	4			55.28	Q
16	2			55.33	Q
17	2			55.50	q
18	1			55.68	Q
19	2			56.19	q
20	3			56.46	Q
21	4			57.19	q
22	3			57.23	Q
23	1			57.43	q
24	2			57.48
25	5			58.41	Q
26	4
27	5
28	3
29	4
	1
	3
	5
	5
	5

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			52.36	Q
2	3			52.45	Q
3	2			52.53	Q
4	2			53.23	Q
5	1			53.26	Q
6	3			53.46	q
7	3			53.47	q
8	2			53.66	SB
9	1			53.70	Q
10	1			53.71
11	2			54.32
12	1			54.33
13	3			54.59
14	2			54.91
15	1			55.46
16	3			55.55
17	2			55.72
18	3			56.33
19	2			56.59
20	3			57.35
21	2			57.48
22	1			57.72
	1
	1

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.31	SB
			51.33	SB
			52.46
4			52.91
5			53.21
6			53.32
7			53.38
8			53.53	PB

References