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

Athletics at the 1997 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

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tatyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	54.42	Q
2	1	Michelle Johnson	United States	55.06	Q
3	3	Daimí Pernía	Cuba	55.91	Q
4	3	Ryan Tolbert	United States	55.93	Q
5	3	Miriam Alonso	Spain	56.04	q
	?	Lauren Poetschka	Australia	58.19
	?	Evette Cordy	Australia	58.64

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

• IAAF 1997 ranking