Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fatou Bintou Fall  Senegal	Esther Akinsulie  Canada	Carline Muir  Canada

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Carline Muir	Canada	53.35	Q
2	2	Aleksandra Zaytseva	Russia	53.58	Q
3	1	Yekaterina Vukolova	Russia	53.63	Q
4	4	Ndèye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	53.93	Q
5	2	Marina Maslyonko	Kazakhstan	54.39	Q
6	1	Anita Banović	Croatia	54.40	Q
7	4	Anamaria Ioniţă	Romania	54.63	Q
8	3	Esther Akinsulie	Canada	54.77	Q
9	3	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal	54.80	Q
10	2	Zahra Bouras	Algeria	54.96	Q
11	4	Irene Helgesen	Norway	55.06	Q
12	3	Emily Nanziri	Uganda	55.07	Q
13	2	Claire Bergin	Ireland	55.11	q
14	1	Charlotte Johanson	Sweden	55.26	q, PB
15	3	Fiona O'Friel	Ireland	55.78	q
16	4	Vaya Vladeva	Bulgaria	56.17	q
17	1	Julie Schmidt-Scherer	Denmark	57.08
18	1	Temalangeni Dlamini	Swaziland	57.84	PB
19	4	Boahemaa Ofori	Ghana	58.18
20	3	Merisa Hadzić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	58.41
21	3	Salamatu Musa	Ghana	1:00.31
22	2	Reginah Rakumako	Botswana	1:00.33
	1	Amaka Ogoebunam	Nigeria	DNS
	2	Alena Koval	Kyrgyzstan	DNS
	2	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	DNS
	3	Olga Tereshkova	Kazakhstan	DNS
	4	Ayetebe Restituta Bibang	Equatorial Guinea	DNS
	4	Aina Valatkevičiūtė	Lithuania	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the finals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal	52.21	Q, SB
2	1	Carline Muir	Canada	52.42	Q
3	1	Marina Maslyonko	Kazakhstan	53.14	Q
4	2	Esther Akinsulie	Canada	53.17	Q
4	1	Yekaterina Vukolova	Russia	53.17	q
6	2	Aleksandra Zaytseva	Russia	53.34	Q
7	2	Ndèye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	53.35	Q
8	2	Anamaria Ioniţă	Romania	53.89	q
9	2	Irene Helgesen	Norway	54.22
10	1	Anita Banović	Croatia	54.39
11	2	Charlotte Johanson	Sweden	55.13	PB
12	1	Claire Bergin	Ireland	55.17
13	1	Emily Nanziri	Uganda	55.41
13	2	Fiona O'Friel	Ireland	55.41
15	1	Vaya Vladeva	Bulgaria	55.65
	2	Zahra Bouras	Algeria	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal	51.65	SB
	4	Esther Akinsulie	Canada	51.70	PB
	3	Carline Muir	Canada	52.07	SB
4	8	Ndèye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	52.79	PB
5	2	Yekaterina Vukolova	Russia	53.25
6	7	Marina Maslyonko	Kazakhstan	53.26
7	5	Aleksandra Zaytseva	Russia	53.49
8	1	Anamaria Ioniţă	Romania	53.59

References

• Results (archived)