Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China. The final took place on 29 August.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Demetria Washington  United States	Otilia Ruicu  Romania	Mikele Barber  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Demetria Washington	United States	51.05	Q[2]
2	1	Hanna Kazak	Belarus	51.87	Q
1	4	Mikele Barber	United States	52.53	Q
1	3	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.60	Q
3	1	Tayana Levina	Russia	52.81	Q
2	4	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.99	Q
4	1	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	53.01	Q
2	3	Lesley Owusu	Great Britain	53.02	Q
3	4	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	53.16	Q
5	1	Rebecca Wardell	New Zealand	53.34	q
1	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	53.35	Q
2	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	53.44	Q
4	4	Chen Yuxiang	China	53.86	q
6	4	Carole Kaboud Mebam	Cameroon	54.71
6	1	Lotte Visschers	Netherlands	55.32
3	3	Bu Fanfang	China	55.79	Q
4	2	Anne Mooney	Papua New Guinea	56.35
7	1	Rossana Rodríguez	Guatemala	59.55

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Demetria Washington	United States	51.66	Q[3]
2	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.94	Q
3	1	Mikele Barber	United States	51.97	Q[3]
4	2	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.05	Q[2]
5	1	Hanna Kazak	Belarus	52.07	Q
6	1	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.12	Q[2]
7	1	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.31	Q
8	2	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	52.72	Q
9	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	52.91
10	2	Tayana Levina	Russia	53.10
11	1	Lesley Owusu	Great Britain	53.20
12	1	Rebecca Wardell	New Zealand	53.20
13	1	Chen Yuxiang	China	53.83
14	1	Mary Apio	Uganda	54.57
15	2	Bu Fanfang	China	55.09

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Demetria Washington	United States	51.22
	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.82
	Mikele Barber	United States	51.92
4	Hanna Kazak	Belarus	52.00
5	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.22
6	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.44
7	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.54
8	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	52.71

References

1. Results (archived)
2. IAAF 2001 list
3. USA 2001 Top list