Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 16 and 17 July 1993.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michelle Collins United States	Youlanda Warren United States	Nancy McLeón Cuba

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	53.36	Q
2	1	Michelle Collins	United States	54.65	Q
3	2	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	54.69	Q
4	3	Youlanda Warren	United States	54.70	Q
5	3	Omotayo Akinremi	Nigeria	54.80	Q
6	2	Alanna Yakiwchuk	Canada	54.92	q
7	1	Judy Fraser	Canada	55.08	Q
8	3	Shelly Beckford	Jamaica	55.30	q
9	2	Marina Filipović	Independent Participants	55.35
10	2	Claire Raven	Great Britain	55.48
11	1	Natália Moura	Portugal	55.66
12	1	Emma Nicholson	Ireland	55.70
13	2	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	55.75
14	2	Melrose Mansaray	Sierra Leone	56.29
15	3	Cristina Regalo	Portugal	56.67
16	3	K. Mathews Beenamol	India	57.87
17	1	Adelisa Díaz	Puerto Rico	59.22
18	3	Liu Shu-hua	Chinese Taipei	1:01.16
19	1	Grace Batson	Guyana	1:03.02

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Michelle Collins	United States	52.01
	4	Youlanda Warren	United States	52.18
	5	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	52.84
4	1	Omotayo Akinremi	Nigeria	53.35
5	2	Shelly Beckford	Jamaica	54.84
6	3	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	54.87
7	8	Alanna Yakiwchuk	Canada	55.18
8	7	Judy Fraser	Canada	55.23