Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held in Daegu, South Korea with the final on 25–27 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tatyana Firova Russia	Mariya Lisnichenko Russia	Estie Wittstock South Africa

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mariya Lisnichenko	Russia	52.60	Q
2	1	Lesley Owusu	Great Britain	53.39	Q
3	3	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	53.40	Q
4	1	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	53.68	q
5	2	Tatyana Firova	Russia	53.98	Q
6	3	Awatef Ben Hassine	Tunisia	54.04	Q
7	2	Huang Xiaoxiao	China	54.67	Q
8	3	Rachel Signal	New Zealand	54.70	q
9	3	Saowalee Kaewchuay	Thailand	55.06
10	3	Danielle Halsall	Great Britain	55.12
11	1	Houria Moussa	Algeria	55.38
12	2	Jackie-Ann Morain	Grenada	56.10
13	2	Saipin Kaewsorn	Thailand	56.72
14	1	Kim Dong-hyun	South Korea	56.95
15	3	Vasiti Vatureba	Fiji	57.32
16	3	Sonia Ficagna	Brazil	57.46
17	2	Sarah Johnston	New Zealand	57.48
18	1	Sudat Massau	Uganda	58.62
19	3	Catherine Angwech	Uganda	1:01.33
20	2	Mari Luz Obono Ndong	Equatorial Guinea	1:03.46
21	2	Libin Abukar Mar	Somalia	1:11.07
22	1	Silva Da	Timor-Leste	1:14.85
23	1	Wongani Lornifar Chirwa	Malawi	1:19.57
	2	Safiaiou Kalanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	2	Tatyana Firova	Russia	51.81
	5	Mariya Lisnichenko	Russia	52.54
	6	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	52.86
4	4	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	52.94
5	3	Lesley Owusu	Great Britain	53.37
6	1	Awatef Ben Hassine	Tunisia	53.80
7	7	Huang Xiaoxiao	China	54.60
8	8	Rachel Signal	New Zealand	54.95

400 metres at the Summer World University Games
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