Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 11–13 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olga Topilskaya Russia	Yelena Migunova Russia	Diamond Dixon United States

Note: Olga Tereshkova originally finished third but was later caught doping and her results were cancelled.

Qualification: First 4 in each heat and 4 best performers advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Yelena Migunova	Russia	52.13	Q, SB
2	3	Olga Topilskaya	Russia	53.14	Q
3	3	Meliz Redif	Turkey	53.46	Q
3	5	Caitlin Sargent	Australia	53.46	Q
5	5	Jenna Martin	Canada	53.56	Q
6	1	Anita Banović	Croatia	53.61	Q
7	1	Amonn Nelson	Canada	53.62	Q
8	2	Diamond Dixon	United States	53.67	Q
9	1	Pınar Saka	Turkey	53.93	Q
10	1	Aauri Bokesa	Spain	53.94	Q
11	5	Shelise Williams	United States	54.32	Q
12	4	Zheng Zhihui	China	54.37	Q
13	3	Chen Jingwen	China	54.38	Q
13	4	Kelly Massey	Great Britain	54.38	Q
15	4	Agnė Orlauskaitė	Lithuania	54.46	Q
16	2	Maris Mägi	Estonia	54.49	Q
16	4	Liona Rebernik	Slovenia	54.49	q
16	1	Alet van Wyk	South Africa	54.49	q, SB
19	2	Anneliese Rubie	Australia	54.86	Q
20	2	Rorisang Ramonnye	South Africa	54.96	Q
21	5	Lydia Mashila	Botswana	54.99	q, SB
22	3	Fatou Diabaye	Senegal	55.50	Q, SB
23	3	Violeta Metodieva	Bulgaria	55.64	q
24	2	Margarita Kudinova	Kazakhstan	56.18
25	3	Treewadee Vongphan	Thailand	56.45
26	5	Fatoumata Diop	Senegal	56.65
27	4	Arviena Vis	Netherlands Antilles	57.62
28	2	Randi Kjerstad	Norway	57.85
29	2	Leong Kaman	Macau	58.78
30	1	Deeann Rogers	Anguilla	58.95	PB
31	1	Viviana Efua Dansowaa	Ghana	59.84
32	4	Silvana Zuñiga	Peru	1:00.43
33	5	Valerie Seema Pereira	Singapore	1:00.76
34	5	Carolyne Waithra Njeri	Kenya	1:06.07
	3	Mwiya Muyatwa	Zambia	DQ	Lane infr.
	4	Olga Tereshkova	Kazakhstan	DQ	Doping

Official Semifinals Video

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Yelena Migunova	Russia	52.03	Q, SB
2	3	Olga Topilskaya	Russia	52.20	Q
3	2	Maris Mägi	Estonia	52.88	Q
4	2	Diamond Dixon	United States	52.97	Q
4	1	Jenna Martin	Canada	52.97	Q
6	3	Amonn Nelson	Canada	53.06	q
7	1	Caitlin Sargent	Australia	53.24	q
8	1	Meliz Redif	Turkey	53.38
9	3	Pınar Saka	Turkey	53.41
10	3	Shelise Williams	United States	53.56
11	2	Anita Banović	Croatia	53.57
12	2	Zheng Zhihui	China	53.72
13	1	Chen Jingwen	China	53.86
14	3	Kelly Massey	Great Britain	53.92
15	2	Aauri Bokesa	Spain	54.09
16	1	Agnė Orlauskaitė	Lithuania	54.51
17	1	Violeta Metodieva	Bulgaria	54.62
18	1	Rorisang Ramonnye	South Africa	54.71
19	2	Liona Rebernik	Slovenia	54.81
20	2	Alet van Wyk	South Africa	55.03
21	3	Lydia Mashila	Botswana	55.06
22	3	Fatou Diabaye	Senegal	55.81
	3	Olga Tereshkova	Kazakhstan	DQ	Doping
	2	Anneliese Rubie	Australia	DNS

Official Video

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Olga Topilskaya	Russia	51.63
	3	Yelena Migunova	Russia	51.77	SB
	7	Diamond Dixon	United States	52.76
4	2	Amonn Nelson	Canada	52.98
5	8	Jenna Martin	Canada	53.11
6	1	Caitlin Sargent	Australia	53.29
7	6	Maris Mägi	Estonia	53.92
	5	Olga Tereshkova	Kazakhstan	DQ	Doping