# Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 11–13 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Olga Topilskaya Russia | Yelena Migunova Russia | Diamond Dixon United States |
Note: Olga Tereshkova originally finished third but was later caught doping and her results were cancelled.

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat and 4 best performers advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Yelena Migunova | Russia | 52.13 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Olga Topilskaya | Russia | 53.14 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Meliz Redif | Turkey | 53.46 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Caitlin Sargent | Australia | 53.46 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Jenna Martin | Canada | 53.56 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Anita Banović | Croatia | 53.61 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Amonn Nelson | Canada | 53.62 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Diamond Dixon | United States | 53.67 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Pınar Saka | Turkey | 53.93 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Aauri Bokesa | Spain | 53.94 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Shelise Williams | United States | 54.32 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Zheng Zhihui | China | 54.37 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Chen Jingwen | China | 54.38 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Kelly Massey | Great Britain | 54.38 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Agnė Orlauskaitė | Lithuania | 54.46 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Maris Mägi | Estonia | 54.49 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Liona Rebernik | Slovenia | 54.49 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Alet van Wyk | South Africa | 54.49 | q, SB |
| 19 | 2 | Anneliese Rubie | Australia | 54.86 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Rorisang Ramonnye | South Africa | 54.96 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | Lydia Mashila | Botswana | 54.99 | q, SB |
| 22 | 3 | Fatou Diabaye | Senegal | 55.50 | Q, SB |
| 23 | 3 | Violeta Metodieva | Bulgaria | 55.64 | q |
| 24 | 2 | Margarita Kudinova | Kazakhstan | 56.18 | |
| 25 | 3 | Treewadee Vongphan | Thailand | 56.45 | |
| 26 | 5 | Fatoumata Diop | Senegal | 56.65 | |
| 27 | 4 | Arviena Vis | Netherlands Antilles | 57.62 | |
| 28 | 2 | Randi Kjerstad | Norway | 57.85 | |
| 29 | 2 | Leong Kaman | Macau | 58.78 | |
| 30 | 1 | Deeann Rogers | Anguilla | 58.95 | PB |
| 31 | 1 | Viviana Efua Dansowaa | Ghana | 59.84 | |
| 32 | 4 | Silvana Zuñiga | Peru | 1:00.43 | |
| 33 | 5 | Valerie Seema Pereira | Singapore | 1:00.76 | |
| 34 | 5 | Carolyne Waithra Njeri | Kenya | 1:06.07 | |
| | 3 | Mwiya Muyatwa | Zambia | DQ | Lane infr. |
| | 4 | Olga Tereshkova | Kazakhstan | DQ | Doping |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Yelena Migunova | Russia | 52.03 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Olga Topilskaya | Russia | 52.20 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Maris Mägi | Estonia | 52.88 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Diamond Dixon | United States | 52.97 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jenna Martin | Canada | 52.97 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Amonn Nelson | Canada | 53.06 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Caitlin Sargent | Australia | 53.24 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Meliz Redif | Turkey | 53.38 | |
| 9 | 3 | Pınar Saka | Turkey | 53.41 | |
| 10 | 3 | Shelise Williams | United States | 53.56 | |
| 11 | 2 | Anita Banović | Croatia | 53.57 | |
| 12 | 2 | Zheng Zhihui | China | 53.72 | |
| 13 | 1 | Chen Jingwen | China | 53.86 | |
| 14 | 3 | Kelly Massey | Great Britain | 53.92 | |
| 15 | 2 | Aauri Bokesa | Spain | 54.09 | |
| 16 | 1 | Agnė Orlauskaitė | Lithuania | 54.51 | |
| 17 | 1 | Violeta Metodieva | Bulgaria | 54.62 | |
| 18 | 1 | Rorisang Ramonnye | South Africa | 54.71 | |
| 19 | 2 | Liona Rebernik | Slovenia | 54.81 | |
| 20 | 2 | Alet van Wyk | South Africa | 55.03 | |
| 21 | 3 | Lydia Mashila | Botswana | 55.06 | |
| 22 | 3 | Fatou Diabaye | Senegal | 55.81 | |
| | 3 | Olga Tereshkova | Kazakhstan | DQ | Doping |
| | 2 | Anneliese Rubie | Australia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Olga Topilskaya | Russia | 51.63 | |
| | 3 | Yelena Migunova | Russia | 51.77 | SB |
| | 7 | Diamond Dixon | United States | 52.76 | |
| 4 | 2 | Amonn Nelson | Canada | 52.98 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jenna Martin | Canada | 53.11 | |
| 6 | 1 | Caitlin Sargent | Australia | 53.29 | |
| 7 | 6 | Maris Mägi | Estonia | 53.92 | |
| | 5 | Olga Tereshkova | Kazakhstan | DQ | Doping |