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
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]

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]

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
	4	Du Xiujie	China	DQ
	1	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	DNS
	2	Delia Castro	Mexico	DNS
	2	Sandra Moya	Puerto Rico	DNS
	2	Patricia Rodríguez	Colombia	DNS
	3	Martha Ludeña	Peru	DNS
	5	Aksel Gürcan	Turkey	DNS

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
	2	Du Xiujie	China	DQ

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
	3	Du Xiujie	China	DQ