Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 400 metres event at the 1995 Summer Universiade was held on 31 August – 1 September at the Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olabisi Afolabi  Nigeria	Tatyana Chebykina  Russia	Olena Rurak  Ukraine

Note: Du Xiujie of China originally won the silver with 50.72 but was later disqualified for doping.^[2]

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Yelena Andreyeva	Russia	52.29	Q
2	2	Nicole Green	United States	52.47	Q
3	1	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	53.01	Q
4	4	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	53.15	Q
5	3	Camara Jones	United States	53.27	Q
6	3	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.49	Q
7	4	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	53.51	Q
8	5	Olena Rurak	Ukraine	54.10	Q
9	3	Lee Naylor	Australia	54.25	Q
10	5	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	54.26	Q
11	2	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	54.30	Q
12	4	Nicole Commissiong	Canada	54.44	q
13	3	Satomi Kasashima	Japan	54.45
14	5	Sandra Kuschmann	Germany	54.57	Q
15	3	Omotayo Akinyemi	Nigeria	54.68
16	5	Louise Whitehead	Great Britain	54.92
17	1	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.97	Q
18	1	Danielle Perpoli	Italy	55.37	Q
19	4	Kazue Kakinuma	Japan	55.81
20	5	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	55.86
21	3	Guilhermina da Cruz	Angola	55.89
22	1	Denise Ouabangui	Central African Republic	56.38
23	5	Merci Colorado	Ecuador	56.88
24	4	Shanti Ramachandran	Malaysia	57.09
25	1	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	57.63
26	2	Rachael Rowberry	New Zealand	57.77
27	1	Choi Hiu Nam	Hong Kong	58.74
28	4	Rosa Evora	El Salvador	1:03.13
29	5	Prisca Bruno	Tanzania	1:14.54
30	4	Du Xiujie	China	DQ
31	1	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	DNS
31	2	Delia Castro	Mexico	DNS
31	2	Sandra Moya	Puerto Rico	DNS
31	2	Patricia Rodríguez	Colombia	DNS
31	3	Martha Ludeña	Peru	DNS
31	5	Aksel Gürcan	Turkey	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	52.50	Q
2	1	Yelena Andreyeva	Russia	52.51	Q
3	1	Camara Jones	United States	52.57	Q
4	1	Olena Rurak	Ukraine	52.61	Q
5	1	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	52.67	Q
6	1	Sandra Kuschmann	Germany	53.05
7	2	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	53.11	Q
8	2	Nicole Green	United States	53.51	Q
9	1	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	53.59
10	2	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	53.66
11	1	Lee Naylor	Australia	54.13
12	1	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	54.43
13	2	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.68
14	2	Nicole Commissiong	Canada	55.06
15	2	Danielle Perpoli	Italy	55.53
16	2	Du Xiujie	China	DQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	50.50
	1	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	51.01
	7	Olena Rurak	Ukraine	51.76
4	4	Yelena Andreyeva	Russia	51.85
5	5	Camara Jones	United States	52.07
6	2	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	52.08
7	8	Nicole Green	United States	53.21
8	3	Du Xiujie	China	DQ

References

1. Results
2. All-time women's best 400m – performances annulled due to doping offense