Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the 1999 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
Half marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.^{[1] [2]} The final took place on 12 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ionela Târlea  Romania	Mikele Barber  United States	Doris Jacob  Nigeria

Results

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	51.05	Q
2	2	Mikele Barber	United States	51.57	Q
3	2	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.80	Q, PB
4	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.80	Q
5	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	51.99	Q, PB
6	1	Yulanda Nelson	United States	52.41	Q
7	2	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	52.45	Q, PB
8	1	Anna Tkach	Russia	52.48	Q
9	2	Kristina Perica	Croatia	52.58	PB
10	2	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.78
11	1	Olga Mishchenko	Ukraine	53.38
12	1	Cecilia Eksteen	South Africa	53.49
13	2	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	54.08
14	1	Federica Selis	Italy	54.10
15	1	Dawn Higgins	Great Britain	54.23	SB
16	2	María Paz Maqueda	Spain	54.62

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ionela Târlea	Romania	49.88	UR, NR
	Mikele Barber	United States	51.03
	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	51.04
4	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.07
5	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.50
6	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	51.92
7	Yulanda Nelson	United States	51.98
8	Anna Tkach	Russia	52.68

References

1. Heats & Semifinals results
2. Final results