Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 400 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China. The final took place on 28 and 29 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Demetria Washington  United States	Otilia Ruicu  Romania	Mikele Barber  United States

Results[]

Heats[]

Held on 28 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Demetria Washington	United States	51.05	Q[3]
2	1		Belarus	51.87	Q
3	4	Mikele Barber	United States	52.53	Q
4	3	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.60	Q
5	1		Russia	52.81	Q
6	4	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.99	Q
7	1	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	53.01	Q
8	3		Great Britain	53.02	Q
9	4	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	53.16	Q
10	1	Rebecca Wardell	New Zealand	53.34	q
11	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	53.35	Q
12	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	53.44	Q
13	4		China	53.86	q
14	4		Uganda	54.63	q
15	4	Carole Kaboud Mebam	Cameroon	54.71
16	1		Netherlands	55.32
17	3		China	55.79	Q
18	4	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	55.93
19	2		Canada	56.03	Q
20	2	Anne Mooney	Papua New Guinea	56.35
21	2		Vietnam	57.47
22	2		Fiji	59.05
23	4		Hong Kong	59.50
24	1		Guatemala	59.55
25	3	Mst. Shoma	Bangladesh	1:00.18
26	3		Central African Republic	1:00.32
27	2		Suriname	1:15.11

Semifinals[]

Held on 29 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Demetria Washington	United States	51.66	Q[4]
2	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.94	Q
3	1	Mikele Barber	United States	51.97	Q[4]
4	2	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.05	Q[3]
5	1		Belarus	52.07	Q
6	1	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.12	Q[3]
7	1	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.31	Q
8	2	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	52.72	Q
9	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	52.91
10	2		Russia	53.10
11	1		Great Britain	53.20
12	1	Rebecca Wardell	New Zealand	53.20
13	1		China	53.83
14	1		Uganda	54.57
15	2		China	55.09
16	2		Canada	56.50

Final[]

Held on 29 August

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Demetria Washington	United States	51.22
	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.82
	Mikele Barber	United States	51.92
4		Belarus	52.00
5	Žana Minina	Lithuania	52.22
6	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.44
7	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.54
8	Maria Laura Almirão	Brazil	52.71

References[]