Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on the 23 and 24 July 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gretha Tromp Netherlands	Nicoleta Căruţaşu Romania	Anna Chuprina Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Anna Chuprina	Soviet Union	57.38	Q
2	3	Tonya Lee	United States	57.41	Q
3	2	Gretha Tromp	Netherlands	57.61	Q
4	1	Elisa Jiménez	Cuba	57.67	Q
5	1	Jacqui Parker	Great Britain	57.71	q
6	2	Nicoleta Căruţaşu	Romania	57.76	Q
7	3	Tatyana Kurochkina	Soviet Union	57.90	Q
8	2	Corinne Pierre	France	57.94	q
9	3	Aura Cracea	Romania	57.99
10	3	Adrienne Rainbird	Australia	58.37
11	1	Tonja Buford	United States	58.58
12	2	Jill McDermid	Canada	58.79
13	3	Mari Bjone	Norway	58.88
14	1	Anna Suurnäkki	Finland	59.06
15	3	Puha Neiger	Israel	59.09
16	3	Barbara Gähling	Germany	59.23
17	2	Amona Schneeweis	Germany	59.25
18	3	Althea Thomas	Canada	59.33
19	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	59.40
20	2	Agata Sadurska	Mexico	59.43
21	2	Alejandra Quintanar	Poland	59.54
22	1	Marie-José Valamatos	Portugal	1:00.14
23	2	Francesca Lanzara	Italy	1:01.08

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gretha Tromp	Netherlands	55.30
	Nicoleta Căruţaşu	Romania	56.07
	Anna Chuprina	Soviet Union	56.74
4	Jacqui Parker	Great Britain	56.93
5	Tatyana Kurochkina	Soviet Union	57.04
6	Tonya Lee	United States	57.41
7	Corinne Pierre	France	57.92
8	Elisa Jiménez	Cuba	58.36