Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 20 and 21 August.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rosalyn Bryant  United States	Natalya Sokolova  Soviet Union	Beatriz Castillo  Cuba

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Natalya Sokolova	Soviet Union	51.84	Q[2]
2	1	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	52.29	Q
3	1	Beatriz Castillo	Cuba	53.17	Q
4	2	Lacramioara Diaconiuc	Romania	53.31	Q
5	2	Barbara Kwietniewska	Poland	53.43	q
6	3	Marie-Christine Champenois	France	53.52	Q[3]
7	1	Ruth Kennedy	Great Britain	53.76	q
8	2	Ilona Pál	Hungary	53.90
9	3	Margaret Stride	Canada	54.32	Q
10	1	Andrea Mühlbach	Austria	54.35
11	2	Violeta Tsvetkova	Bulgaria	54.59
12	2	Paula Lloyd	Great Britain	54.98
13	3	Atlanka Odadzhieva	Bulgaria	55.13
14	1	Vilma Paris	Puerto Rico	55.53
15	3	Regine Westedt	West Germany	56.26
16	3	Marie Lande Mathieu	Puerto Rico	56.70
17	1	Razia Sultana Anu	Bangladesh	1:09.24

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	52.10
	Natalya Sokolova	Soviet Union	52.15
	Beatriz Castillo	Cuba	52.95
4	Marie-Christine Champenois	France	53.33
5	Ruth Kennedy	Great Britain	53.89
6	Margaret Stride	Canada	53.96
7	Barbara Kwietniewska	Poland	54.02
8	Lacramioara Diaconiuc	Romania	54.44

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p121)
3. French results
4. "Final results". The Burlington Free Press. 22 August 1977. p. 26. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
5. "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 22 August 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
6. "Uitslagen Atletiek" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 22 August 1977. Retrieved 16 April 2020.