Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China. The final took place on 28 and 29 August.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Demetria Washington United States	Otilia Ruicu Romania	Mikele Barber United States

Held on 28 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Demetria Washington	United States	51.05	Q^[3]
2	1	Hanna Kazak	Belarus	51.87	Q
3	4	Mikele Barber	United States	52.53	Q
4	3	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.60	Q
5	1	Tayana Levina	Russia	52.81	Q
6	4	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.99	Q
7	1	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	53.01	Q
8	3	Lesley Owusu	Great Britain	53.02	Q
9	4	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	53.16	Q
10	1	Rebecca Wardell	New Zealand	53.34	q
11	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	53.35	Q
12	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	53.44	Q
13	4	Chen Yuxiang	China	53.86	q
14	4	Mary Apio	Uganda	54.63	q
15	4	Carole Kaboud Mebam	Cameroon	54.71
16	1	Lotte Visschers	Netherlands	55.32
17	3	Bu Fanfang	China	55.79	Q
18	4	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	55.93
19	2	Krissy Liphardt	Canada	56.03	Q
20	2	Anne Mooney	Papua New Guinea	56.35
21	2	Nguyen Thi Thu Trang	Vietnam	57.47
22	2	Vasiti Vatureba	Fiji	59.05
23	4	Eleana Leung	Hong Kong	59.50
24	1	Rossana Rodríguez	Guatemala	59.55
25	3	Mst. Shoma	Bangladesh	1:00.18
26	3	Evodie Lydie Saramandji	Central African Republic	1:00.32
27	2	Miriam Illes	Suriname	1:15.11

Held on 29 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Demetria Washington	United States	51.66	Q^[4]
2	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.94	Q
3	1	Mikele Barber	United States	51.97	Q^[4]
4	2	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.05	Q^[3]
5	1	Hanna Kazak	Belarus	52.07	Q
6	1	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.12	Q^[3]
7	1	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.31	Q
8	2	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	52.72	Q
9	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	52.91
10	2	Tayana Levina	Russia	53.10
11	1	Lesley Owusu	Great Britain	53.20
12	1	Rebecca Wardell	New Zealand	53.20
13	1	Chen Yuxiang	China	53.83
14	1	Mary Apio	Uganda	54.57
15	2	Bu Fanfang	China	55.09
16	2	Krissy Liphardt	Canada	56.50

Held on 29 August

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Demetria Washington	United States	51.22
	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.82
	Mikele Barber	United States	51.92
4	Hanna Kazak	Belarus	52.00
5	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.22
6	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.44
7	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.54
8	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	52.71