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

Results

Heats

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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

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

1. 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.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. "Heats results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 1987. p. 56. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
4. "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2020.