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

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 29 and 30 August 1985.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Margarita Navickaitė Soviet Union	Cristieana Cojocaru Romania	Nawal El Moutawakel Morocco

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Margarita Navickaitė	Soviet Union	56.38	Q
2	1	Maria Usifo	Nigeria	57.64	Q
3	1	Giuseppina Cirulli	Italy	58.07
4	1	Gwen Wall	Canada	58.51
5	1	Erika Szopori	Hungary	58.91
6	1	Reiko Yamamoto	Japan	1:01.39
1	2	Jolanta Stalmach	Poland	56.30	Q
2	2	LaTanya Sheffield	United States	56.55	Q
3	2	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	56.57	q
4	2	Nicoleta Vornicu	Romania	56.70	q
5	2	Dana Wright	Canada	1:00.36
6	2	Zhang Fengqin	China	1:02.55
1	3	Cristieana Cojocaru	Romania	55.90	Q
2	3	Schowonda Williams	United States	5?.??	Q
3	3	Irmgard Trojer	Italy	58.89
4	3	Hélène Huart	France	59.02	^[2]
5	3	Yoko Sato	Japan	59.32

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Margarita Navickaitė	Soviet Union	55.33
	Cristieana Cojocaru	Romania	55.44
	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	55.59
4	Jolanta Stalmach	Poland	55.89
5	Nicoleta Vornicu	Romania	56.36
6	Schowonda Williams	United States	56.91
7	LaTanya Sheffield	United States	57.30
8	Maria Usifo	Nigeria	59.24