Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28 and 29 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tatyana Tereshchuk   Ukraine	Yekaterina Bakhvalova   Russia	Daimí Pernía   Cuba

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tatyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	54.42	Q
2	1	Michelle Johnson	United States	55.06	Q
3	3	Daimí Pernía	Cuba	55.91	Q
4	3	Ryan Tolbert	United States	55.93	Q
5	3	Miriam Alonso	Spain	56.04	q
6	2	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	57.22	Q
7	1	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	57.47	q [2]
8	1	Saidat Onanuga	Nigeria	57.53
9	3	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	57.78
10	3	Monika Warnicka	Poland	57.82
11	1	Ulrike Ahlborn	Germany	57.92
12	2	Karla Faulhaber	Germany	58.07	Q
13	2	Lauren Poetschka	Australia	58.19	[3]
14	3	Monika Niederstätter	Italy	58.43
15	1	Evette Cordy	Australia	58.64	[3]
16	2	Irina Lenskaya	Ukraine	58.74
17	3	Mari Bjone	Norway	59.15
18	2	Lara Rocco	Italy	59.21
19	2	Vicki Jamison	Great Britain	59.33
20	3	Sanja Tripković	Yugoslavia	1:00.06
21	1	Nicola Kidd	New Zealand	1:00.11
22	2	Michèle Schenk	Switzerland	1:00.38	[2]
	2	Nivea Sekele	South Africa	DNF

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tatyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	54.91
	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	55.91
	Daimí Pernía	Cuba	56.13
4	Michelle Johnson	United States	56.25
5	Ryan Tolbert	United States	56.29
6	Miriam Alonso	Spain	57.32
7	Karla Faulhaber	Germany	58.66
8	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	58.92

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "Marcel Schelbert améliore son record suisse du 400 m haies" (in French). Fribourg La Liberte. 29 August 1997. p. 33. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
3. "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-02.
4. "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

• IAAF 1997 ranking