Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8, 9 and 10 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Justine Palframan	Małgorzata Hołub	Yang Huizhen

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	53.09	Q
2	2	53.14	Q
3	1	53.47	Q
4	2	53.57	Q, SB
5	3	53.61	Q
6	1	53.75	Q
7	1	53.81	Q
7	5	53.81	Q
9	3	53.90	Q
10	3	53.92	Q
11	4	54.03	Q
12	4	54.18	Q
13	4	54.22	Q
14	4	54.42	Q
15	2	54.56	Q
16	5	54.93	Q
17	5	55.24	Q
18	1	55.98	Q
18	5	55.98	Q
20	3	56.96	Q, SB
21	4	57.04	q
22	5	57.65	q
23	4	58.36	q, PB
24	3	59.04	q
25	4	59.43
26	1
27	2		SB
28	3
	5		R163.3^[2]
	1
	1

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	52.23	Q, SB
2	3	52.43	Q
3	2	52.55	Q
4	1	52.66	Q
5	1	52.76	Q, SB
6	2	52.77	q
7	3	52.78	Q
8	3	52.88	q, PB
9	1	53.19	SB
10	3	53.29
11	1	53.40
12	1	53.40
13	3	53.43
14	2	53.61
15	1	54.28
16	2	54.71
17	2	54.88	SB
18	3	55.93
19	1	56.81
19	2	56.81	PB
21	2	57.13	SB
22	3	57.17
23	1	58.00	PB
24	3	58.89

Web site: Heats results . 2015-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050946/http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/resGJ2015/pdf/GJ2015/AT/GJ2015_AT_C74A_ATW004900.pdf . 2015-09-24 . dead .
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Web site: Semifinals results . 2015-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050942/http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/resGJ2015/pdf/GJ2015/AT/GJ2015_AT_C74A_ATW004200.pdf . 2015-09-24 . dead .
Web site: Final results . 2015-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114023/http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/resGJ2015/pdf/GJ2015/AT/GJ2015_AT_C73A_ATW004101.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .