Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 28, 29 and 30 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allison Curbishley  Great Britain	Olga Kotlyarova  Russia	Idalmis Bonne  Cuba

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	52.68	Q
2	1	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	53.10	Q
2	2	Natalya Sharova	Russia	53.10	Q
4	3	Foy Williams	Canada	53.11	Q
5	2	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	53.29	Q
6	4	Julia Duporty	Cuba	53.32	Q
7	1	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.37	Q
8	3	Jessica Hudson	New Zealand	53.41	Q
9	4	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	53.46	Q
10	4	Michelle Pierre	Great Britain	53.87	Q
11	2	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	53.88	Q[2]
12	3	Yana Manuylova	Ukraine	53.95	q
13	1	Žana Minina	Lithuania	54.17	Q
13	3	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	54.17	q
15	2	Andrea Pinnock	Canada	54.30	q
16	1	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.47	q[3]
17	3	María Laura Almirão	Brazil	54.86
18	4	Biljana Mitrović	Yugoslavia	55.15
19	4	Nathalie Zamboni	Switzerland	56.02
20	2	Chandra Burns	United States	56.45
21	1	Charmaine Smit	Namibia	57.11
22	2	Madeleine Ndongo	Cameroon	58.32
23	1	Olivia Haddon	New Zealand	59.99
24	1	Devota John	Tanzania	1:14.29
25	3	Zannatun Nessa	Bangladesh	1:11.20
	4	Evelina Nhassengo	Mozambique	DNF
	?	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	DNS
	?	Anke Feller	Germany	DNS

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	52.51
2	1	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	52.70
3	2	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	52.72
4	1	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	53.16
5	2	Natalya Sharova	Russia	53.17
6	1	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.18
7	1	Julia Duporty	Cuba	53.29
8	2	Foy Williams	Canada	53.60
9	1	Michelle Pierre	Great Britain	53.53
10	2	Jessica Hudson	New Zealand	53.68
11	1	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	54.30	[2]
12	2	Žana Minina	Lithuania	54.53
13	2	Yana Manuylova	Ukraine	54.55
14	2	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.63	[3]
15	1	Andrea Pinnock	Canada	55.43	[4]
16	1	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	56.10

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Allison Curbishley	Great Britain	50.84
	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	51.35
	Idalmis Bonne	Cuba	51.72
4	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	52.32
5	Tatyana Movchan	Ukraine	52.97
6	Foy Williams	Canada	53.13
7	Natalya Sharova	Russia	53.52
	Julia Duporty	Cuba	DNS