Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16, 17 and 18 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nadezhda Kolesnikova  Soviet Union	Judy Canty  Australia	Carmen Trustée  Cuba

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Inta Kļimoviča	Soviet Union	54.82	Q
2	1	Christiane Casapicola	Austria	55.17	Q
3	1	Maoper West	United States	55.61	Q[3]
1	2	Pirjo Wilmi	Finland	54.98	Q[4]
2	2	Brenda Walsh	Canada	55.28	Q
3	2	Scott	United States	55.95	Q
4	2	Marjan Burggraaf	Netherlands	56.70	[4]
1	3	Stefka Yordanova	Bulgaria	53.67	Q[5]
2	3	Asunción Acosta	Cuba	54.07	Q
3	3	Vreni Leiser	Switzerland	54.40	Q[5]
4	3	Joyce Sadowick	Canada	54.75	q
1	4	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	53.74	Q
2	4	Bernadette Dargent	France	54.32	Q[6]
3	4	Jozefína Čerchlanová	Czechoslovakia	54.78	Q
4	4	Anna Bełtowska	Poland	55.39	PB
1	5	Nadezhda Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	52.50	Q
2	5	Judy Canty	Australia	53.73	Q[7]
3	5	Dawn Webster	Great Britain	55.54	Q
?	?	Zina Boniolo	Italy	56.0	[8]
4	?	Chantal Jouvhomme	France	56.11	[6]

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Judy Canty	Australia	53.27	Q[7]
2	1	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	53.27	Q
3	1	Joyce Sadowick	Canada	53.5	Q
4	1	Pirjo Wilmi	Finland	53.8	Q
5	1	Asunción Acosta	Cuba	53.8
6	1	Christiane Casapicola	Austria	54.2
7	1	Dawn Webster	Great Britain	54.8
8	1	Maoper West	United States	56.7
1	2	Nadezhda Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	52.6	Q
2	2	Inta Kļimoviča	Soviet Union	53.51	Q
3	2	Stefka Yordanova	Bulgaria	53.6	Q
4	2	Jozefína Čerchlanová	Czechoslovakia	53.7	Q
5	2	Vreni Leiser	Switzerland	54.4	[10]
6	2	Brenda Walsh	Canada	54.7
7	2	Bernadette Dargent	France	54.68	[6]
8	2	Scott	United States	55.8

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nadezhda Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	52.04
	Judy Canty	Australia	52.82
	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	53.44
4	Pirjo Wilmi	Finland	53.8
5	Joyce Sadowick	Canada	54.0
6	Jozefína Čerchlanová	Czechoslovakia	54.12
7	Inta Kļimoviča	Soviet Union	54.33	[13]
	Stefka Yordanova	Bulgaria	DNS

References

1. "Zweite Plätze für Schiitenhelm und Karst" [Second places for Schiitenhelm und Karst]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 34/1973: 1202–1204. 21 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 35/1973: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
3. "American results". Hartford Courant. 17 August 1973. p. 53. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
4. "Marjan Burggraaf op Universiade niet in finale 400 m" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 17 August 1973. p. 19. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
5. "Vreni Leiser und Beat Pfister im Halbfinal" (in German). Zurich Die Tat. 19 August 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
6. French results
7. Australian results
8. "I risultati delle gare di ieri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 17 August 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
9. "El frncés Tracanelli (5'42) segunda mejor marca del año" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 18 August 1973. p. 11. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
10. "Swiss results" (in German). Brig Glis Walliser Volksfreund. 20 August 1973. p. 8. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
11. "Final results". The Spokesman-Review. 19 August 1973. p. 3. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
12. "Final results". The Sacramento Bee. 19 August 1973. p. 94. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
13. Soviet results (p121)