Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 30 and 31 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tatyana Alekseyeva  Soviet Union	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	Sadia Showunmi  Nigeria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
2	3	Sharon Stewart	Australia	54.47	Q[1]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tatyana Alekseyeva	Soviet Union	51.43	Q[2]
1	2	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	51.78	Q[2]
2	2	Yelena Korban	Soviet Union	52.40	Q[2]
3	2	Sadia Showunmi	Nigeria	52.77	Q[2]
5	2	Sharon Stewart	Australia	54.05	[1]

Final

[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tatyana Alekseyeva	Soviet Union	51.49
	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	52.10
	Sadia Showunmi	Nigeria	52.78
4	Molly Killingbeck	Canada	52.89
5	Yelena Korban	Soviet Union	53.17
6	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	53.23
8	Sharon Dabney	United States	54.99

References

1. Australian resutls
2. Soviet results (p121)
3. "Final results". The Morning Call. 1 September 1985. p. 66. Retrieved 27 January 2020.