Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vania Stambolova Bulgaria	Jonna Tilgner Germany	Sara Slott Petersen Denmark

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	56.20	Q
2	3	Jonna Tilgner	Germany	56.41	Q, SB
3	2	Christina Kron	Germany	56.76	Q, SB
3	3	Lauren Boden	Australia	56.76	Q
5	3	Houria Moussa	Algeria	57.05	q
6	1	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	57.28	Q
7	1	Mame Fatou Faye	Senegal	57.46	Q, PB
8	1	Brona Furlong	Ireland	57.87	q, PB
9	3	Wenda Theron	South Africa	57.89
10	2	Deng Xiaoqing	China	58.05
11	1	Laura Sotomayor	Spain	58.94
12	2	Janet Wienand	South Africa	59.19
13	2	Sara Orešnik	Slovenia	1:00.13
14	1	Mila Andrić	Serbia	1:00.16
15	3	Gorana Cvijetić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:01.34
16	2	Olga Balatskaya	Russia	1:02.72
	3	Amaka Ogoebunam	Nigeria	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	55.14
	4	Jonna Tilgner	Germany	56.02	SB
	5	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	56.40	SB
4	6	Christina Kron	Germany	56.72	SB
5	7	Lauren Boden	Australia	56.81
6	1	Houria Moussa	Algeria	58.02
7	2	Brona Furlong	Ireland	58.40
8	8	Mame Fatou Faye	Senegal	58.73