# Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 23, 24 and 25 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Małgorzata Hołub Poland | Justine Palframan South Africa | Bianca Răzor Romania |

## 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 | 1 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 52.27 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Paola Morán | Mexico | 52.43 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Aiyanna Stiverne | Canada | 53.06 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 53.48 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 53.52 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Natali Brito | Mexico | 53.58 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Eva Misiūnaitė | Lithuania | 53.64 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Dawnalee Loney | Jamaica | 53.87 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Kateryna Klymiuk | Ukraine | 54.15 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Anastasiia Bryzgina | Ukraine | 54.16 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Iga Baumgart | Poland | 54.35 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Elina Mikhina | Kazakhstan | 54.43 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Kelli Hardnett | United States | 54.47 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 2 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 54.49 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Micha Powell | Canada | 54.55 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Camelia Florina Gal | Romania | 54.58 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Vanessa Zimmermann | Switzerland | 54.77 | q |
| 18 | 3 | Kristina Dudek | Croatia | 54.97 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 55.04 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Eliana Chávez | Colombia | 55.18 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Noelia Martínez | Argentina | 55.34 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | Hajuaha Braimah | Ghana | 55.82 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Helin Meier | Estonia | 56.10 | |
| 24 | 3 | Birexus Hawkins | United States | 57.14 | Q |
| 25 | 5 | Tamara Zupanič | Slovenia | 57.96 | |
| 26 | 4 | Twinkle Chaudhary | India | 58.90 | Q |
| 27 | 3 | Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | 1:00.94 | |
| 28 | 5 | Amantle Monwa | Botswana | 1:02.05 | |
| 29 | 4 | Jingky Obanon | Philippines | 1:04.43 | |
| 30 | 2 | Musonda Chitoshi | Zambia | 1:05.96 | |
| 31 | 3 | Alfin Nyamasyo | Kenya | 1:07.08 | |
| 32 | 5 | Muzna Al-Malki | Oman | 1:16.03 | |
| | 2 | Margaret Barrie | Sierra Leone | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 51.88 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 51.99 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Aiyanna Stiverne | Canada | 52.03 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 52.12 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | Iga Baumgart | Poland | 52.25 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Paola Morán | Mexico | 52.38 | q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 52.52 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Kateryna Klymiuk | Ukraine | 52.90 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Elina Mikhina | Kazakhstan | 53.04 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | Anastasiia Bryzgina | Ukraine | 53.28 | |
| 11 | 2 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 53.44 | |
| 12 | 1 | Camelia Florina Gal | Romania | 53.48 | |
| 13 | 1 | Eva Misiūnaitė | Lithuania | 53.84 | |
| 14 | 3 | Vanessa Zimmermann | Switzerland | 54.83 | |
| 15 | 3 | Kristina Dudek | Croatia | 54.97 | |
| 16 | 1 | Dawnalee Loney | Jamaica | 54.99 | |
| 17 | 2 | Micha Powell | Canada | 55.22 | |
| 18 | 2 | Hajuaha Braimah | Ghana | 55.52 | |
| 19 | 2 | Noelia Martínez | Argentina | 55.66 | |
| 20 | 1 | Eliana Chávez | Colombia | 57.05 | |
| 21 | 2 | Birexus Hawkins | United States | 57.63 | |
| 22 | 3 | Twinkle Chaudhary | India | 58.24 | |
| | 2 | Natali Brito | Mexico | DQ | R163.3a |
| | 3 | Kelli Hardnett | United States | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 51.76 | |
| | 7 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 51.83 | SB |
| | 3 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 51.97 | |
| 4 | 6 | Aiyanna Stiverne | Canada | 52.33 | |
| 5 | 4 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 52.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Iga Baumgart | Poland | 52.46 | |
| 7 | 1 | Paola Morán | Mexico | 52.96 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kateryna Klymiuk | Ukraine | 53.85 | |