Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 27 and 28 August 1989.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Margarita Khromova Soviet Union	Rosey Edeh Canada	Claudia Zaczkiewicz West Germany

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Rosey Edeh	Canada	56.90	Q
2	1	Irmgard Trojer	Italy	57.25	Q
3	2	Margarita Khromova	Soviet Union	57.56	Q
4	1	Ulrike Heinz	West Germany	57.57	Q
5	2	Sabine Alber	West Germany	57.72	Q
6	2	Elsa Jiménez	Cuba	57.89	q
7	1	Olga Nazarova	Soviet Union	58.10	q
8	3	Maria Luisa Climbini	Italy	58.21	Q
9	3	Janeene Vickers	United States	58.51
10	1	Małgorzata Płatek	Poland	59.38
11	1	Esther Lahoz	Spain	59.74
12	3	Corinne Pierre-Joseph	France	59.78
13	1	Puak Neiger	Israel	59.99
14	2	Jill McDermid	Canada	1:00.03
15	3	Barbro Syvertsen	Norway	1:01.46
16	2	Chang Feng-hua	Chinese Taipei	1:01.78
17	2	Mimi King	United States	1:04.29

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Margarita Khromova	Soviet Union	57.03
	Rosey Edeh	Canada	57.06
	Irmgard Trojer	Italy	57.94
4	Ulrike Heinz	West Germany	58.10
5	Elsa Jiménez	Cuba	58.43
6	Olga Nazarova	Soviet Union	58.68
7	Maria Luisa Climbini	Italy	59.09
8	Sabine Alber	West Germany	59.29