Athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin on 2 and 4 September 1970.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Sykora Austria	Carmen Trustée Cuba	Aurelia Pentón Cuba

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	55.2	Q
2	1	Kamaljit Sandhu	India	57.7	Q
3	1	Natalya Pechonkina	Soviet Union	59.3
4	1	Elisabeth Fritscher	Austria	1:00.0
1	2	Maria Sykora	Austria	53.9	Q
2	2	Marie-Claude Druel	France	54.7	Q
3	2	Irenice Rodrigues	Brazil	54.7	q
4	2	Éva Pusztai	Hungary	55.8
5	2	Silvana Zangirolami	Italy	56.0
1	3	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	54.4	Q
2	3	Gale Fitzgerald	United States	55.1	Q
3	3	Hanna Kowal	Poland	55.2	q
4	3	Silvia Chersoni	Italy	56.2
5	3	Libuše Macounová	Czechoslovakia	56.4

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Sykora	Austria	52.8	UR
	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	53.5
	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	53.8
4	Hanna Kowal	Poland	54.4
5	Marie-Claude Druel	France	54.4
6	Irenice Rodrigues	Brazil	54.5
7	Gale Fitzgerald	United States	56.5
8	Kamaljit Sandhu	India	56.5