# Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8, 9 and 10 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Justine Palframan South Africa | Małgorzata Hołub Poland | Yang Huizhen China |

## 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 | Yang Huizhen | China | 53.09 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ruth Spelmeyer | Germany | 53.14 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 53.47 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Kristina Malvinova | Russia | 53.57 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 53.61 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Sanda Belgyan | Romania | 53.75 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Tamara Salaški | Serbia | 53.81 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 53.81 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Marta Milani | Italy | 53.90 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Tovea Jenkins | Jamaica | 53.92 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 54.03 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 54.18 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Yuliya Rakhmanova | Kazakhstan | 54.22 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Liliya Gafiyatullina | Russia | 54.42 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Olesea Cojuhari | Moldova | 54.56 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Madeline Kopp | United States | 54.93 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Eva Misiūnaitė | Lithuania | 55.24 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | Pornpan Hoemhuk | Thailand | 55.98 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Camelia-Florina Gal | Romania | 55.98 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Helin Meier | Estonia | 56.96 | Q, SB |
| 21 | 4 | Jiang Dan | China | 57.04 | q |
| 22 | 5 | Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | 57.65 | q |
| 23 | 4 | Annika Sakkarias | Estonia | 58.36 | q, PB |
| 24 | 3 | Jingky Obanon | Philippines | 59.04 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | 59.43 | |
| 26 | 1 | Lory Tachjian | Lebanon | 1:03.69 | |
| 27 | 2 | Sabrina Adala | Algeria | 1:03.70 | SB |
| 28 | 3 | Chitoshi Musonda | Zambia | 1:04.88 | |
| | 5 | Marian Domfe | Ghana | DQ | R163.3 |
| | 1 | Patience Okon George | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 1 | Memory Remadji Mbaiba | Chad | 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 | 2 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 52.23 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Yang Huizhen | China | 52.43 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 52.55 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 52.66 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Marta Milani | Italy | 52.76 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.77 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Ruth Spelmeyer | Germany | 52.78 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Sanda Belgyan | Romania | 52.88 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Kristina Malvinova | Russia | 53.19 | SB |
| 10 | 3 | Tamara Salaški | Serbia | 53.29 | |
| 11 | 1 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 53.40 | |
| 12 | 1 | Yuliya Rakhmanova | Kazakhstan | 53.40 | |
| 13 | 3 | Tovea Jenkins | Jamaica | 53.43 | |
| 14 | 2 | Liliya Gafiyatullina | Russia | 53.61 | |
| 15 | 1 | Olesea Cojuhari | Moldova | 54.28 | |
| 16 | 2 | Madeline Kopp | United States | 54.71 | |
| 17 | 2 | Eva Misiūnaitė | Lithuania | 54.88 | SB |
| 18 | 3 | Pornpan Hoemhuk | Thailand | 55.93 | |
| 19 | 1 | Camelia-Florina Gal | Romania | 56.81 | |
| 19 | 2 | Jiang Dan | China | 56.81 | PB |
| 21 | 2 | Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | 57.13 | SB |
| 22 | 3 | Helin Meier | Estonia | 57.17 | |
| 23 | 1 | Annika Sakkarias | Estonia | 58.00 | PB |
| 24 | 3 | Jingky Obanon | Philippines | 58.89 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 51.27 | PB |
| | 4 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 51.93 | SB |
| | 3 | Yang Huizhen | China | 51.98 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | Ruth Spelmeyer | Germany | 52.04 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 52.18 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.44 | SB |
| 7 | 7 | Marta Milani | Italy | 53.06 | |
| 8 | 2 | Sanda Belgyan | Romania | 53.36 | |