# Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held on 8, 9 and 10 July at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Paola Morán Mexico | Leni Shida Uganda | Amandine Brossier France |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 52.24 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Paola Morán | Mexico | 52.82 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Maddy Price | Canada | 52.90 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 53.05 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Gabriella O'Grady | Australia | 53.07 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Amandine Brossier | France | 53.12 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Kateryna Klymiuk | Ukraine | 53.14 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 4 | Tetiana Melnyk | Ukraine | 53.17 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Evelin Nádházy | Hungary | 53.30 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 4 | Zoe Sherar | Canada | 53.38 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Laura de Witte | Netherlands | 53.77 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Elina Mikhina | Kazakhstan | 53.89 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Virginia Troiani | Italy | 54.03 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Noelia Martínez | Argentina | 54.05 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Anna Dobek | Poland | 54.12 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Kristina Dudek | Croatia | 54.43 | q |
| 17 | 3 | Eva Hovenkamp | Netherlands | 54.55 | q, SB |
| 18 | 1 | Mariola Karaś | Poland | 54.61 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Rosa Cook | Mexico | 54.68 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Cliodhna Manning | Ireland | 54.76 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Erika Krūminaitė | Lithuania | 54.93 | q, PB |
| 22 | 4 | Sara Dorthea Jensen | Norway | 55.05 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Derya Yıldırım | Turkey | 55.10 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | Nafy Mane | Senegal | 55.17 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Rafiatu Nuhu | Ghana | 55.37 | |
| 26 | 3 | Berfe Sancak | Turkey | 55.40 | SB |
| 27 | 2 | MacKenzie Kerr | United States | 55.49 | |
| 28 | 1 | Salomey Agyei | Ghana | 55.94 | |
| 29 | 5 | Christin Bjelland Jensen | Norway | 56.38 | |
| 30 | 5 | Djamila Zine | Algeria | 56.43 | |
| 31 | 4 | Omaya Muthumala | Sri Lanka | 56.73 | PB |
| 32 | 2 | Poulette Cardoch | Chile | 57.59 | |
| 33 | 3 | Ajda Lenardič | Slovenia | 57.79 | |
| 34 | 1 | Rita Hajdini | Kosovo | 1:01.00 | |
| 35 | 4 | Bertha Maseka | Zambia | 1:01.81 | |
| | 1 | Mariama Barry | Guinea | DNS | |
| | 2 | Dahabo Zubeyr | Somalia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Ambre Astrid Yelou | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 4 | Imane Ennakhli | Morocco | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 51.59 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 51.62 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | Paola Morán | Mexico | 51.77 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Gabriella O'Grady | Australia | 51.87 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 3 | Tetiana Melnyk | Ukraine | 51.95 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Kateryna Klymiuk | Ukraine | 51.97 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Amandine Brossier | France | 52.17 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Maddy Price | Canada | 52.23 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Elina Mikhina | Kazakhstan | 52.41 | SB |
| 10 | 3 | Zoe Sherar | Canada | 52.49 | |
| 11 | 1 | Evelin Nádházy | Hungary | 52.68 | PB |
| 12 | 3 | Noelia Martínez | Argentina | 53.55 | |
| 13 | 3 | Anna Dobek | Poland | 53.70 | PB |
| 14 | 2 | Mariola Karaś | Poland | 54.25 | |
| 15 | 3 | Eva Hovenkamp | Netherlands | 54.27 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | Laura de Witte | Netherlands | 54.45 | |
| 17 | 1 | Kristina Dudek | Croatia | 54.56 | |
| 18 | 1 | Rosa Cook | Mexico | 54.66 | |
| 19 | 2 | Sara Dorthea Jensen | Norway | 54.77 | |
| 20 | 3 | Derya Yıldırım | Turkey | 54.85 | |
| 21 | 1 | Erika Krūminaitė | Lithuania | 55.01 | PB |
| 22 | 2 | Nafy Mane | Senegal | 55.24 | |
| | 2 | Virginia Troiani | Italy | DQ | R163.3a |
| | 1 | Cliodhna Manning | Ireland | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Paola Morán | Mexico | 51.52 | |
| | 6 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 51.64 | |
| | 1 | Amandine Brossier | France | 51.77 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | Tetiana Melnyk | Ukraine | 52.02 | |
| 5 | 4 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 52.07 | |
| 6 | 7 | Maddy Price | Canada | 52.08 | |
| 7 | 3 | Gabriella O'Grady | Australia | 52.27 | |
| 8 | 2 | Kateryna Klymiuk | Ukraine | 52.52 | |