Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held on 9, 10 and 12 July at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ionela Târlea Romania	Mikele Barber United States	Doris Jacob Nigeria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	52.69	Q
2	4	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	52.72	Q
3	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	52.73	Q
4	4	Yulanda Nelson	United States	52.74	Q
5	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	53.01	Q
6	2	Anna Tkach	Russia	53.02	Q
7	4	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	53.18	q
8	3	Mikele Barber	United States	53.24	Q
9	3	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	53.43	Q
10	1	Kristina Perica	Croatia	53.46	Q
11	2	Olga Mishchenko	Ukraine	53.62	Q
12	3	Federica Selis	Italy	53.78	Q
13	3	Cecilia Eksteen	South Africa	53.80	q
14	4	Dawn Higgins	Great Britain	54.06
15	2	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	54.15	Q
16	4	María Paz Maqueda	Spain	54.23
17	1	Yudalis Díaz	Cuba	54.35
18	2	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.61
19	1	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	54.73
20	4	Sigvor Melve	Norway	54.77
21	3	Alice Nwosu	Nigeria	55.10
22	3	Ndeye Niang	Senegal	55.78
23	1	Maritza Figueroa	Nicaragua	55.94
24	2	Yolandi Neethling	South Africa	56.35
25	2	Diala El Chab	Lebanon	57.15
26	1	Therese Okang	Cameroon	58.44
27	2	Helen Muga	Papua New Guinea	58.48
28	3	Vickie Nakibuka	Uganda	1:00.91
29	4	Rossana Rodríguez	Guatemala	1:01.93
	3	Denia Barton	Costa Rica	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	51.05	Q
2	2	Mikele Barber	United States	51.57	Q
3	2	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.80	Q, PB
4	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.80	Q
5	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	51.99	Q, PB
6	1	Yulanda Nelson	United States	52.41	Q
7	2	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	52.45	Q, PB
8	1	Anna Tkach	Russia	52.48	Q
9	2	Kristina Perica	Croatia	52.58	PB
10	2	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.78
11	1	Olga Mishchenko	Ukraine	53.38
12	1	Cecilia Eksteen	South Africa	53.49
13	2	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	54.08
14	1	Federica Selis	Italy	54.10
15	1	Dawn Higgins	Great Britain	54.23	SB
16	2	María Paz Maqueda	Spain	54.62

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ionela Târlea	Romania	49.88	UR, NR
	Mikele Barber	United States	51.03
	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	51.04
4	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.07
5	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.50
6	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	51.92	NR
7	Yulanda Nelson	United States	51.98
8	Anna Tkach	Russia	52.68