Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8, 9 and 10 September 1979.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mariya Kulchunova Soviet Union	Rosalyn Bryant United States	Christina Brehmer East Germany

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mariya Kulchunova	Soviet Union	51.96	Q
2	2	Christina Brehmer	East Germany	52.11	Q
3	1	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	52.65	Q
4	4	Marie-Christine Champenois	France	52.68	Q^[3]
5	2	Ilona Pál	Hungary	52.76	Q
6	1	Christiane Wildschek	Austria	52.80	Q
7	4	Tatyana Prorochenko	Soviet Union	52.83	Q
8	3	Elena Tărîță	Romania	52.94	Q
9	1	Sophie Malbranque	France	53.02	q^[3]
10	2	Anne Michel	Belgium	53.18	Q
11	3	Éva Mohácsi	Hungary	53.52	Q
12	1	Ruth Kennedy	Great Britain	53.58	q
13	4	Marième Boye	Senegal	53.77	Q
14	3	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	53.78	Q
15	3	Anne Mackie-Morelli	Canada	53.98	q
16	1	Gloria Ayanlaja	Nigeria	54.02	q
17	4	Ana Guibert	Cuba	54.13
18	1	Tânia Miranda	Brazil	54.56
19	1	Kim Freakley	New Zealand	55.26
20	2	Joan Elumelu	Nigeria	55.41
21	2	Debbie Campbell	Canada	55.43
22	4	Patricia Jackson	United States	55.64
23	2	Kay Hawkins	New Zealand	55.82
24	3	Ana Orendaín	Mexico	56.59
25	4	Guadalupe García	Mexico	57.12
26	2	Patricia Meigham	Guatemala	58.84
27	3	Anh Tran Thi Ngoc	Vietnam	1:00.40

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mariya Kulchunova	Soviet Union	50.95	Q
2	2	Christina Brehmer	East Germany	51.52	Q
3	2	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	51.94	Q
4	1	Ilona Pál	Hungary	52.09	Q
5	1	Elena Tărîță	Romania	52.12	Q
5	2	Tatyana Prorochenko	Soviet Union	52.12	Q
7	1	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	52.30	Q
8	1	Marie-Christine Champenois	France	52.69	^[3]
8	2	Christiane Wildschek	Austria	52.69	Q
10	1	Anne Michel	Belgium	53.23
11	2	Éva Mohácsi	Hungary	53.25
12	1	Ruth Kennedy	Great Britain	53.27
13	2	Anne Mackie-Morelli	Canada	53.49
14	1	Marième Boye	Senegal	53.75
15	2	Sophie Malbranque	France	54.07	^[3]
16	2	Gloria Ayanlaja	Nigeria	54.18

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mariya Kulchunova	Soviet Union	50.35	UR
	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	51.35
	Christina Brehmer	East Germany	51.59
4	Tatyana Prorochenko	Soviet Union	51.68
5	Elena Tărîță	Romania	52.69
6	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	53.05
7	Ilona Pál	Hungary	53.10
8	Christiane Wildschek	Austria	53.80

^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d French results
^ "Final results". The Daily Advertiser. 11 September 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ "Final results". Courier-Post. 11 September 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.