# Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held on 9 and 10 July at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Daimí Pernía Cuba | Joanna Hayes United States | Ulrike Urbansky Germany |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 9 July
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 56.21 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Tasha Danvers | Great Britain | 56.53 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Monika Niederstätter | Italy | 56.59 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Sinead Dudgeon | Great Britain | 56.66 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ann Mercken | Belgium | 56.79 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Karla Faulhaber | Germany | 56.90 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 57.01 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 3 | Lauren Poetschka | Australia | 57.03 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Nicola Kidd | New Zealand | 57.09 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 2 | Joanna Hayes | United States | 57.20 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Olga Salnikova | Russia | 57.45 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Adri Vlok | South Africa | 57.51 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Deniece Bell | Canada | 57.68 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Natalia Alekseeva | Ukraine | 57.76 | q |
| 15 | 4 | Petra Söderström | Finland | 58.30 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Martina Stoop | Switzerland | 58.31 | |
| 17 | 4 | Dominique Calloway | United States | 58.32 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Evette Cordy | Australia | 58.53 | |
| 19 | 3 | Lara Rocco | Italy | 58.56 | |
| 20 | 4 | Orsolya Dóczi | Hungary | 59.01 | |
| 21 | 3 | Cecilia Eksteen | South Africa | 59.38 | |
| 22 | 2 | Cik Noraseela Mohd Khalid | Malaysia | 1:00.74 | |
| 23 | 1 | Minerva Navarrete | Chile | 1:01.38 | |
| 24 | 1 | Diala El Chab | Lebanon | 1:04.84 | |
| 25 | 3 | Zahra Lachguer | Morocco | 1:05.17 | |
| 26 | 1 | Patrícia Silva | Peru | 1:20.63 | |
| | 4 | Cora Olivero | Argentina | DNS | |
| | 4 | Inicia Coelho da Fonseca | São Tomé and Príncipe | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Held on 9 July
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 54.57 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sinead Dudgeon | Great Britain | 55.30 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 55.49 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Joanna Hayes | United States | 55.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ann Mercken | Belgium | 55.59 | q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Monika Niederstätter | Italy | 55.71 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Petra Söderström | Finland | 55.59 | q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | Tasha Danvers | Great Britain | 55.80 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Karla Faulhaber | Germany | 55.97 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | Dominique Calloway | United States | 56.14 | |
| 11 | 2 | Lauren Poetschka | Australia | 56.50 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | Olga Salnikova | Russia | 56.72 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | Nicola Kidd | New Zealand | 57.53 | |
| 14 | 2 | Natalia Alekseeva | Ukraine | 57.78 | |
| 15 | 1 | Deniece Bell | Canada | 58.04 | |
| 16 | 1 | Adri Vlok | South Africa | 59.49 | |

### Final

Held on 10 July
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Daimí Pernía | Cuba | 53.95 | UR |
| | Joanna Hayes | United States | 54.57 | |
| | Ulrike Urbansky | Germany | 54.93 | |
| 4 | Sinead Dudgeon | Great Britain | 55.35 | |
| 5 | Tasha Danvers | Great Britain | 55.75 | |
| 6 | Monika Niederstätter | Italy | 55.79 | |
| 7 | Petra Söderström | Finland | 55.83 | |
| 8 | Ann Mercken | Belgium | 56.05 | |