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

The women's 400 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28, 29 and 30 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allison Curbishley Great Britain	Olga Kotlyarova Russia	Idalmis Bonne Cuba

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	52.68	Q
2	1	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	53.10	Q
2	2	Natalya Sharova	Russia	53.10	Q
4	3	Foy Williams	Canada	53.11	Q
5	2	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	53.29	Q
6	4	Julia Duporty	Cuba	53.32	Q
7	1	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.37	Q
8	3	Jessica Hudson	New Zealand	53.41	Q
9	4	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	53.46	Q
10	4	Michelle Pierre	Great Britain	53.87	Q
11	2	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	53.88	Q^[2]
12	3	Yana Manuylova	Ukraine	53.95	q
13	1	Žana Minina	Lithuania	54.17	Q
13	3	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	54.17	q
15	2	Andrea Pinnock	Canada	54.30	q
16	1	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.47	q^[3]
17	3	María Laura Almirão	Brazil	54.86
18	4	Biljana Mitrović	Yugoslavia	55.15
19	4	Nathalie Zamboni	Switzerland	56.02
20	2	Chandra Burns	United States	56.45
21	1	Charmaine Smit	Namibia	57.11
22	2	Madeleine Ndongo	Cameroon	58.32
23	1	Olivia Haddon	New Zealand	59.99
24	1	Devota John	Tanzania	1:14.29
25	3	Zannatun Nessa	Bangladesh	1:11.20
	4	Evelina Nhassengo	Mozambique	DNF
	?	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	DNS
	?	Anke Feller	Germany	DNS

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	52.51
2	1	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	52.70
3	2	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	52.72
4	1	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	53.16
5	2	Natalya Sharova	Russia	53.17
6	1	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.18
7	1	Julia Duporty	Cuba	53.29
8	2	Foy Williams	Canada	53.60
9	1	Michelle Pierre	Great Britain	53.53
10	2	Jessica Hudson	New Zealand	53.68
11	1	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	54.30	^[2]
12	2	Žana Minina	Lithuania	54.53
13	2	Yana Manuylova	Ukraine	54.55
14	2	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.63	^[3]
15	1	Andrea Pinnock	Canada	55.43	^[4]
16	1	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	56.10

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	50.84
	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	51.35
	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	51.72
4	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	52.32
5	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	52.97
6	Foy Williams	Canada	53.13
7	Natalya Sharova	Russia	53.52
	Julia Duporty	Cuba	DNS

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b Portuguese results
^ ^a ^b Spanish results (p304)
^ "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 30 August 1997. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.