Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 13 and 15 July 1987.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Denean Howard  United States	Lyudmila Dzhigalova  Soviet Union	Sandie Richards  Jamaica

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sonja Fridy	United States	52.90	Q
2	1	Maria Usifo	Nigeria	53.20	q
3	1	Nicole Azar	Australia	54.54	[3]
1	2	Denean Howard	United States	52.45	Q
2	2	Tayana Ledovskaya	Soviet Union	53.28	[4]
3	2	Marzena Wojdecka	Poland	53.86
1	3	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	52.77	Q
2	3	Ronny Uibel	East Germany	53.14	q
3	3	Michelle Walsh	Ireland	53.40
4	3	Sharon Ellis	Australia	53.99	[3]
5	3	Geraldine Shitandayi	Kenya	54.47
6	3	Esther Lahoz	Spain	54.96
1	4	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.42	Q
2	4	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	52.61	q
3	4	Erzsébet Szabó	Hungary	53.25	q

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Denean Howard	United States	51.07
	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	51.32
	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.42
4	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	51.74
5	Ronny Uibel	East Germany	51.93
6	Maria Usifo	Nigeria	52.18
7	Sonja Fridy	United States	52.43
8	Erzsébet Szabó	Hungary	53.00

References

1. Treutlein, Gerhard (4 August 1987). "Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke" [The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 32/1987: 1015–1018. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. "Heats results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1987. p. 56. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
3. Australian results
4. Soviet results (p122)
5. "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 14 January 2020.