Athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin on 2 and 4 September 1970.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Sykora  Austria	Carmen Trustée  Cuba	Aurelia Pentón  Cuba

Results

Heats

[1]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Maria Sykora	Austria	53.9	Q
2	1	Marie-Claude Druel	France	54.7	Q[2]
1	2	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	55.2	Q
3	1	Natalya Pechonkina	Soviet Union	59.3	[3]

Final

[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Sykora	Austria	52.8	UR
	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	53.5
	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	53.8
4	Hanna Kowal	Poland	54.4
5	Marie-Claude Druel	France	54.4
6	Irenice Rodrigues	Brazil	54.5

References

1. García, Gerardo (3 September 1970). "Tallón, Octavo en la final de jabalina, y Jones clasificado para la semifinal en 100 m." (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 19. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
2. French results
3. Soviet results (p121)
4. "Glanzleistungen an der Universiade" (in German). Zurich Die Tat. 7 September 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 9 June 2020.