Athletics at the 2015 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	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
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
v t e

The women's 400 metres event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8, 9 and 10 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Justine Palframan  South Africa	Małgorzata Hołub  Poland	Yang Huizhen  China

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Yang Huizhen	China	53.09	Q
2	2	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany	53.14	Q
3	1	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	53.47	Q
4	2	Kristina Malvinova	Russia	53.57	Q, SB
5	3	Justine Palframan	South Africa	53.61	Q
6	1	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	53.75	Q
7	1	Tamara Salaški	Serbia	53.81	Q
7	5	Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	53.81	Q
9	3	Marta Milani	Italy	53.90	Q
10	3	Tovea Jenkins	Jamaica	53.92	Q
11	4	Leni Shida	Uganda	54.03	Q
12	4	Justyna Święty	Poland	54.18	Q
13	4	Yuliya Rakhmanova	Kazakhstan	54.22	Q
14	4	Liliya Gafiyatullina	Russia	54.42	Q
15	2	Olesea Cojuhari	Moldova	54.56	Q
16	5	Madeline Kopp	United States	54.93	Q
17	5	Eva Misiūnaitė	Lithuania	55.24	Q
18	1	Pornpan Hoemhuk	Thailand	55.98	Q
18	5	Camelia-Florina Gal	Romania	55.98	Q
20	3	Helin Meier	Estonia	56.96	Q, SB
21	4	Jiang Dan	China	57.04	q
22	5	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	57.65	q
23	4	Annika Sakkarias	Estonia	58.36	q, PB
24	3	Jingky Obanon	Philippines	59.04	q
25	4	Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage	Sri Lanka	59.43
26	1	Lory Tachjian	Lebanon	1:03.69
27	2	Sabrina Adala	Algeria	1:03.70	SB
28	3	Chitoshi Musonda	Zambia	1:04.88
	5	Marian Domfe	Ghana	DQ	R163.3[2]
	1	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	DNS
	1	Memory Remadji Mbaiba	Chad	DNS

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Justine Palframan	South Africa	52.23	Q, SB
2	3	Yang Huizhen	China	52.43	Q
3	2	Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	52.55	Q
4	1	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	52.66	Q
5	1	Marta Milani	Italy	52.76	Q, SB
6	2	Justyna Święty	Poland	52.77	q
7	3	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany	52.78	Q
8	3	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	52.88	q, PB
9	1	Kristina Malvinova	Russia	53.19	SB
10	3	Tamara Salaški	Serbia	53.29
11	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.40
12	1	Yuliya Rakhmanova	Kazakhstan	53.40
13	3	Tovea Jenkins	Jamaica	53.43
14	2	Liliya Gafiyatullina	Russia	53.61
15	1	Olesea Cojuhari	Moldova	54.28
16	2	Madeline Kopp	United States	54.71
17	2	Eva Misiūnaitė	Lithuania	54.88	SB
18	3	Pornpan Hoemhuk	Thailand	55.93
19	1	Camelia-Florina Gal	Romania	56.81
19	2	Jiang Dan	China	56.81	PB
21	2	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	57.13	SB
22	3	Helin Meier	Estonia	57.17
23	1	Annika Sakkarias	Estonia	58.00	PB
24	3	Jingky Obanon	Philippines	58.89

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Justine Palframan	South Africa	51.27	PB
	4	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.93	SB
	3	Yang Huizhen	China	51.98	PB
4	8	Ruth Spelmeyer	Germany	52.04	PB
5	6	Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	52.18	PB
6	1	Justyna Święty	Poland	52.44	SB
7	7	Marta Milani	Italy	53.06
8	2	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	53.36