# Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal | Esther Akinsulie Canada | Carline Muir Canada |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Carline Muir | Canada | 53.35 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Aleksandra Zaytseva | Russia | 53.58 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yekaterina Vukolova | Russia | 53.63 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Ndèye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 53.93 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Marina Maslyonko | Kazakhstan | 54.39 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Anita Banović | Croatia | 54.40 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Anamaria Ioniţă | Romania | 54.63 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Esther Akinsulie | Canada | 54.77 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 54.80 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Zahra Bouras | Algeria | 54.96 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Irene Helgesen | Norway | 55.06 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Emily Nanziri | Uganda | 55.07 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Claire Bergin | Ireland | 55.11 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Charlotte Johanson | Sweden | 55.26 | q, PB |
| 15 | 3 | Fiona O'Friel | Ireland | 55.78 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Vaya Vladeva | Bulgaria | 56.17 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Julie Schmidt-Scherer | Denmark | 57.08 | |
| 18 | 1 | Temalangeni Dlamini | Swaziland | 57.84 | PB |
| 19 | 4 | Boahemaa Ofori | Ghana | 58.18 | |
| 20 | 3 | Merisa Hadzić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 58.41 | |
| 21 | 3 | Salamatu Musa | Ghana | 1:00.31 | |
| 22 | 2 | Reginah Rakumako | Botswana | 1:00.33 | |
| | 1 | Amaka Ogoebunam | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 2 | Alena Koval | Kyrgyzstan | DNS | |
| | 2 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | DNS | |
| | 3 | Olga Tereshkova | Kazakhstan | DNS | |
| | 4 | Ayetebe Restituta Bibang | Equatorial Guinea | DNS | |
| | 4 | Aina Valatkevičiūtė | Lithuania | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 52.21 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Carline Muir | Canada | 52.42 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marina Maslyonko | Kazakhstan | 53.14 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Esther Akinsulie | Canada | 53.17 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Yekaterina Vukolova | Russia | 53.17 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Aleksandra Zaytseva | Russia | 53.34 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ndèye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 53.35 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Anamaria Ioniţă | Romania | 53.89 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Irene Helgesen | Norway | 54.22 | |
| 10 | 1 | Anita Banović | Croatia | 54.39 | |
| 11 | 2 | Charlotte Johanson | Sweden | 55.13 | PB |
| 12 | 1 | Claire Bergin | Ireland | 55.17 | |
| 13 | 1 | Emily Nanziri | Uganda | 55.41 | |
| 13 | 2 | Fiona O'Friel | Ireland | 55.41 | |
| 15 | 1 | Vaya Vladeva | Bulgaria | 55.65 | |
| | 2 | Zahra Bouras | Algeria | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 51.65 | SB |
| | 4 | Esther Akinsulie | Canada | 51.70 | PB |
| | 3 | Carline Muir | Canada | 52.07 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Ndèye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 52.79 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Yekaterina Vukolova | Russia | 53.25 | |
| 6 | 7 | Marina Maslyonko | Kazakhstan | 53.26 | |
| 7 | 5 | Aleksandra Zaytseva | Russia | 53.49 | |
| 8 | 1 | Anamaria Ioniţă | Romania | 53.59 | |