Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 13 and 14 July 1987.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nawal El Moutawakel Morocco	Nicoleta Carutasu Romania	Sophia Hunter United States

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hélène Huart	France	56.22	Q
2	1	Sophia Hunter	United States	56.30	q
3	4	Margarita Navickaitė	Soviet Union	56.42	Q
4	2	Nicoleta Carutasu	Romania	56.53	Q
5	1	Kathy Freeman	United States	56.53	q
6	3	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	57.25	Q
7	3	Erika Szopori	Hungary	57.54	q
8	2	Helga Halldórsdóttir	Iceland	57.57	q
9	4	Dawn Gandy	Great Britain	58.03
10	3	Irmgard Trojer	Italy	58.13
11	4	Sabine Alber	West Germany	58.21
12	4	Gwen Wall	Canada	58.59
13	2	Beate Holzapfel	West Germany	58.79
14	4	Maria Luisa Climbini	Italy	58.93
15	2	Chionati Kapeti	Greece	59.63
16	3	Dejana Rakita	Yugoslavia	1:01.23
17	1	Paulina Caroca	Chile	1:04.58
18	3	Glenys Reynoso	Dominican Republic	1:05.19
19	1	Estela Kelly	Panama	1:06.06
	3	Carmen Rivera	Puerto Rico	DNF

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	55.21
	Nicoleta Carutasu	Romania	55.35
	Sophia Hunter	United States	55.45
4	Margarita Navickaitė	Soviet Union	56.40
5	Kathy Freeman	United States	57.46
6	Helga Halldórsdóttir	Iceland	57.53
7	Erika Szopori	Hungary	58.00
8	Hélène Huart	France	58.09

^ Treutlein, Gerhard (4 August 1987). "Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke" [The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions]. Leichtathletik (in German). 32/1987. Bartels & Wernitz: 1015–1018. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Heats results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1987. p. 56. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2020.