Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 30 and 31 August. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tatyana Alekseyeva   Soviet Union	Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba	Sadia Showunmi   Nigeria

Results

Heats

Held on 30 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Tatyana Alekseyeva	Soviet Union	52.25	Q
2	4	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	52.60	Q
3	2	Sadia Showunmi	Nigeria	52.86	Q
4	1	Molly Killingbeck	Canada	53.01	Q
5	4	Kehinde Vaughan	Nigeria	53.16	Q
6	2	Tanya McIntosh	United States	53.58	Q
7	4	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	53.60	Q
8	4	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	53.80	q
9	3	Yelena Korban	Soviet Union	54.12	Q
10	3	Sharon Stewart	Australia	54.47	Q [2]
11	1	Sharon Dabney	United States	54.48	Q
12	1	Nicoletta Belloli	Italy	54.96	Q
13	1	Geraldine Shitandayi	Kenya	55.12	q
14	2	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	55.22	q
15	3	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	55.58	Q
16	2	Eman Sabeeh Hussain	Iraq	55.73	q
17	3	Donya Mohamed	Iraq	56.31
18	1	Fumiko Ono	Japan	57.01
19	2	Yoko Sato	Japan	57.26
20	4	C. Nalikka	Uganda	59.26
21	1	Long Pham Kieu	Vietnam	1:02.75

Semifinals

Held on 31 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tatyana Alekseyeva	Soviet Union	51.43	Q [3]
2	2	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	51.78	Q [3]
3	1	Molly Killingbeck	Canada	52.10	Q
4	2	Yelena Korban	Soviet Union	52.40	Q [3]
5	2	Sadia Showunmi	Nigeria	52.77	Q [3]
6	2	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	52.89	q
7	1	Kehinde Vaughan	Nigeria	53.19	Q
8	1	Sharon Dabney	United States	53.56?	q
9	1	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	53.52?
10	2	Sharon Stewart	Australia	54.05	[2]
11	2	Tanya McIntosh	United States	54.06
12	1	Geraldine Shitandayi	Kenya	54.13
13	2	Linsey MacDonald	Great Britain	55.09
14	2	Ruth Waithera	Kenya	55.65
15	1	Nicoletta Belloli	Italy	55.68
16	1	Eman Sabeeh Hussain	Iraq	55.77

Final

Held on 31 August ^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tatyana Alekseyeva	Soviet Union	51.49
	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	52.10
	Sadia Showunmi	Nigeria	52.78
4	Molly Killingbeck	Canada	52.89
5	Yelena Korban	Soviet Union	53.17
6	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	53.23
7	Kehinde Vaughan	Nigeria	53.55
8	Sharon Dabney	United States	54.99

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. Australian results
3. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p121)
4. "Final results". The Morning Call. 1 September 1985. p. 66. Retrieved 27 January 2020.