| Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 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 |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| 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 hurdles event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 10 and 11 July 1983. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Yekaterina Fesenko | Yelena Filipishina | Gwen Wall |
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yelena Filipishina | 56.05 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Yekaterina Fesenko | 56.31 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Judi Brown | 57.41 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Giuseppina Cirulli | 57.42 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Gwen Wall | 57.43 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | Sharieffa Barksdale | 57.95 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | Andrea Page | 58.94 | q | |
| 8 | 1 | Lisbeth Helbing | 1:00.81 | q | |
| 2 | Nawal El Moutawakel | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yekaterina Fesenko | 54.97 | UR | ||
| Yelena Filipishina | 56.10 | |||
| Gwen Wall | 56.10 | |||
| 4 | Judi Brown | 57.42 | ||
| 5 | Giuseppina Cirulli | 57.78 | ||
| 6 | Andrea Page | 58.45 | ||
| 7 | Lisbeth Helbing | 1:02.35 | ||
| 8 | Sharieffa Barksdale | 1:04.29 |