Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28–29 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tatyana Tereshchuk Ukraine	Yekaterina Bakhvalova Russia	Daimí Pernía Cuba

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tatyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	54.42	Q
2	1	Michelle Johnson	United States	55.06	Q
1	3	Daimí Pernía	Cuba	55.91	Q
2	3	Ryan Tolbert	United States	55.93	Q
3	3	Miriam Alonso	Spain	56.04	q
?	?	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	57.22
3	1	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	57.47	^[1]
?	?	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	57.78
?	?	Monika Warnicka	Poland	57.82
?	?	Karla Faulhaber	Germany	58.07	Q
?	?	Lauren Poetschka	Australia	58.19	^[2]
?	?	Evette Cordy	Australia	58.64	^[2]
?	?	Mari Bjone	Norway	59.15
?	?	Vicki Jamison	Great Britain	59.33
8	3	Sanja Tripković	FR Yugoslavia	1:00.06
4	2	Michèle Schenk	Switzerland	1:00.38	^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tatyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	54.91
	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	55.91
	Daimí Pernía	Cuba	56.13
4	Michelle Johnson	United States	56.25
5	Ryan Tolbert	United States	56.29
6	Miriam Alonso	Spain	57.32
7	Karla Faulhaber	Germany	58.66
8	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	58.92

^ ^a ^b "Marcel Schelbert améliore son record suisse du 400 m haies" (in French). Fribourg La Liberte. 29 August 1997. p. 33. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Australian 1997 Almanac
^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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