Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 1, 2 and 3 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marlie Viljoen   South Africa	Corrssia Perry   United States	Barbora Malíková   Czech Republic

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to semifinal.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Corrssia Perry	United States	53.53	Q
2	4	Marlie Viljoen	South Africa	53.53	Q
3	2	Angelique Strydom	South Africa	53.76	Q
4	4	Aleksandra Formella	Poland	53.89	Q
5	1	Letícia Lima	Brazil	54.90	Q
6	1	Barbora Malíková	Czech Republic	55.01	Q
7	3	Karolina Łozowska	Poland	55.08	Q
8	4	Anny de Bassi	Brazil	55.11	Q
9	4	Ajda Kaučič	Slovenia	55.15	q
10	3	Anna Lange	Denmark	55.31	Q
11	3	Noémie Salamin	Switzerland	55.34	Q
12	1	Farida Solieva	Uzbekistan	55.47	Q
13	2	Lamiya Valiyeva	Azerbaijan	55.48	Q
14	4	Yang Hongfei	China	55.65	q
15	2	Golekanye Chikani	Botswana	55.79	q
16	4	Laura van der Veen	Norway	55.93	q
17	3	Motlatsi Rante	Botswana	56.07
18	3	Douaa Ferdi	Algeria	56.50
19	2	Rashdeep Kaur	India	56.52
20	1	Jiang Yiran	China	56.84
21	3	Fatoumata Baldé	Senegal	57.02
22	4	Chelsea Bopulas	Malaysia	57.05
23	1	Gayane Chiloyan	Armenia	57.08	SB
24	1	Rose Draru	Uganda	1:01.17
25	4	Dorothy Abeja	Uganda	1:01.82
26	2	Lyka Janer	Philippines	1:07.16
27	3	Soudi-Thasmy Moussa	Comoros	1:10.16
–	1	Djamila Zine	Algeria	DQ	TR17.4.3
–	1	Neha Neha	India	DQ	TR17.4.3
–	2	Lamia Al-Masfry	Oman	DQ	CR18.5
–	2	Blessing Akintoye	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinal

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marlie Viljoen	South Africa	52.98	Q
2	1	Barbora Malíková	Czech Republic	53.05	Q
3	2	Corrssia Perry	United States	53.23	Q
4	1	Aleksandra Formella	Poland	53.24	Q
5	2	Karolina Łozowska	Poland	53.26	Q, PB
6	2	Anny de Bassi	Brazil	53.29	Q
7	2	Angelique Strydom	South Africa	53.38	q
8	1	Letícia Lima	Brazil	53.97	q
9	1	Farida Solieva	Uzbekistan	53.98
10	1	Noémie Salamin	Switzerland	54.38
11	2	Ajda Kaučič	Slovenia	54.45
12	2	Anna Lange	Denmark	54.81
13	2	Lamiya Valiyeva	Azerbaijan	54.83	NR
14	1	Yang Hongfei	China	54.85	PB
15	1	Golekanye Chikani	Botswana	54.86
16	2	Laura van der Veen	Norway	55.79

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marlie Viljoen	South Africa	52.38
	Corrssia Perry	United States	52.62	PB
	Barbora Malíková	Czech Republic	52.66
4	Aleksandra Formella	Poland	53.01
5	Letícia Lima	Brazil	53.04	PB
6	Anny de Bassi	Brazil	53.15	PB
7	Karolina Łozowska	Poland	53.18	PB
8	Angelique Strydom	South Africa	53.78

References

1. "Women's 400m Round 1" (PDF). 2021chengdu.com. 1 August 2023.
2. "Women's 400m Semi-Final" (PDF). 2021chengdu.com. 2 August 2023.
3. "Women's 400m Final" (PDF). 2021chengdu.com. 3 August 2023.