# Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kseniya Ustalova Russia | Alena Tamkova Russia | Anastasia Le-Roy Jamaica |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and 4 best performers advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kseniya Ustalova | Russia | 52.98 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 52.99 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Jamaica | 53.33 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Briana Nelson | United States | 53.35 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lydia Mashila | Botswana | 53.37 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Alena Tamkova | Russia | 53.46 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Jitka Bartoničková | Czech Republic | 53.57 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Caitlin Sargent | Australia | 53.60 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Olesea Cojuhari | Moldova | 53.66 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Sonja van der Merwe | South Africa | 53.67 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Yuliya Baraley | Ukraine | 53.81 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Alicia Brown | Canada | 53.86 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Elena Bonfanti | Italy | 53.88 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Agata Bednarek | Poland | 53.93 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Fatoumata Diop | Senegal | 54.02 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Liona Rebernik | Slovenia | 54.51 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 55.43 | |
| 18 | 1 | Helin Meier | Estonia | 55.85 | PB |
| 19 | 3 | Desire Bermudez | Costa Rica | 56.71 | |
| 20 | 2 | Elisabeth Mandaba | Central African Republic | 58.35 | NR |
| 21 | 2 | Leong Ka Man | Macau | 58.48 | PB |
| 22 | 3 | Inese Nagle | Latvia | 59.09 | |
| 23 | 4 | Iao Si Teng | Macau | 1:01.98 | |
| | 1 | Salamatu Kamara | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 1 | Regina George | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 3 | Viktoriya Pyatachenko | Ukraine | DNS | |
| | 3 | Ikabongo Ikabongo | Zambia | DNS | |
| | 3 | Patience Okon George | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 4 | Isha Sesay | Sierra Leone | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kseniya Ustalova | Russia | 51.71 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Jamaica | 52.14 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Caitlin Sargent | Australia | 52.16 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Alena Tamkova | Russia | 52.30 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 52.38 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Alicia Brown | Canada | 52.46 | q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | Elena Bonfanti | Italy | 52.66 | q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Olesea Cojuhari | Moldova | 52.81 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Briana Nelson | United States | 53.08 | |
| 10 | 1 | Yuliya Baraley | Ukraine | 53.50 | |
| 11 | 2 | Jitka Bartoničková | Czech Republic | 53.57 | |
| 12 | 2 | Lydia Mashila | Botswana | 53.57 | |
| 13 | 2 | Agata Bednarek | Poland | 53.71 | |
| 14 | 1 | Liona Rebernik | Slovenia | 53.97 | |
| 15 | 2 | Fatoumata Diop | Senegal | 55.19 | |
| | 2 | Sonja van der Merwe | South Africa | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Kseniya Ustalova | Russia | 50.60 | SB |
| | 4 | Alena Tamkova | Russia | 51.17 | PB |
| | 3 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Jamaica | 51.72 | |
| 4 | 5 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 52.04 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Alicia Brown | Canada | 52.08 | PB |
| 6 | 8 | Caitlin Sargent | Australia | 52.40 | |
| 7 | 1 | Elena Bonfanti | Italy | 52.99 | |
| 8 | 7 | Olesea Cojuhari | Moldova | 53.44 | |