Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1995 Summer Universiade was held on 30–31 August at the Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Heike Meißner Germany	Ionela Târlea Romania	Tonya Williams United States

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Tonya Williams	United States	56.66	Q
2	1	Alla Shilkina	Ukraine	56.83	Q
3	4	Miriam Alonso	Spain	56.84	Q
4	3	Anna Knoroz	Russia	56.89	Q
5	2	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.98	Q
6	4	Ionela Târlea	Romania	57.16	Q
7	3	Georgeta Petrea-Lazar	Romania	57.34	Q
8	1	Heike Meißner	Germany	57.41	Q
9	3	Ann Mercken	Belgium	57.47	Q
10	3	Natalya Torchina	Kazakhstan	57.58	q
11	4	Virna De Angeli	Italy	57.90	q
12	2	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	57.93	Q
13	2	Rebecca Russell	United States	57.99	Q
14	2	Li Xiumei	China	58.37	q
15	2	Ikiko Yamagata	Japan	58.42	q
16	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	58.55	Q
17	3	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	58.64
18	1	Mika Sasaki	Japan	58.69
19	4	Celine Jeannet	Switzerland	58.83
20	1	Louise Brunning	Great Britain	59.15
21	1	Elizabeth Morland	Canada	59.80
22	3	Terra Barter	Canada	59.85
23	2	Alinah Mogotsi	South Africa	1:01.36
24	1	Stefanie Zotter	Austria	1:02.95
24	3	Choi Hiu Nam	Hong Kong	1:06.43
	2	Tatyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	DNF
	4	Saidatu Onanuua	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Miriam Alonso	Spain	56.12	Q
2	2	Anna Knoroz	Russia	56.23	Q
3	1	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.33	Q
4	2	Heike Meißner	Germany	56.59	Q
5	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	56.64	Q
6	2	Alla Shilkina	Ukraine	56.68	Q
7	2	Ann Mercken	Belgium	56.88	Q
8	1	Tonya Williams	United States	56.94	Q
9	2	Rebecca Russell	United States	57.14
10	2	Georgeta Petrea-Lazar	Romania	57.20
11	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	57.47
12	1	Natalya Torchina	Kazakhstan	58.85
13	2	Li Xiumei	China	59.26
14	1	Ikiko Yamagata	Japan	59.39
15	1	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	59.67
16	2	Virna De Angeli	Italy	59.88

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Heike Meißner	Germany	55.57
	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	55.99
	2	Tonya Williams	United States	56.04
4	5	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.11
5	6	Anna Knoroz	Russia	56.34
6	8	Ann Mercken	Belgium	56.65
7	7	Alla Shilkina	Ukraine	57.03
8	4	Miriam Alonso	Spain	57.34