Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held on 9, 10 and 12 July at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ionela Târlea  Romania	Mikele Barber  United States	Doris Jacob  Nigeria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	52.69	Q
2	4	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	52.72	Q
3	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	52.73	Q
4	4	Yulanda Nelson	United States	52.74	Q
5	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	53.01	Q
6	2	Anna Tkach	Russia	53.02	Q
7	4	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	53.18	q
8	3	Mikele Barber	United States	53.24	Q
9	3	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	53.43	Q
10	1	Kristina Perica	Croatia	53.46	Q
11	2	Olga Mishchenko	Ukraine	53.62	Q
12	3	Federica Selis	Italy	53.78	Q
13	3	Cecilia Eksteen	South Africa	53.80	q
14	4	Dawn Higgins	Great Britain	54.06
15	2	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	54.15	Q
16	4	María Paz Maqueda	Spain	54.23
17	1	Yudalis Díaz	Cuba	54.35
18	2	Yolanda Reyes	Spain	54.61
19	1	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	54.73
20	4	Sigvor Melve	Norway	54.77
21	3	Alice Nwosu	Nigeria	55.10
22	3	Ndeye Niang	Senegal	55.78
23	1	Maritza Figueroa	Nicaragua	55.94
24	2	Yolandi Neethling	South Africa	56.35
25	2	Diala El Chab	Lebanon	57.15
26	1	Therese Okang	Cameroon	58.44
27	2	Helen Muga	Papua New Guinea	58.48
28	3	Vickie Nakibuka	Uganda	1:00.91
29	4	Rossana Rodríguez	Guatemala	1:01.93
	3	Denia Barton	Costa Rica	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	51.05	Q
2	2	Mikele Barber	United States	51.57	Q
3	2	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.80	Q, PB
4	2	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.80	Q
5	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	51.99	Q, PB
6	1	Yulanda Nelson	United States	52.41	Q
7	2	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	52.45	Q, PB
8	1	Anna Tkach	Russia	52.48	Q
9	2	Kristina Perica	Croatia	52.58	PB
10	2	Natalya Khrushcheleva	Russia	52.78
11	1	Olga Mishchenko	Ukraine	53.38
12	1	Cecilia Eksteen	South Africa	53.49
13	2	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	54.08
14	1	Federica Selis	Italy	54.10
15	1	Dawn Higgins	Great Britain	54.23	SB
16	2	María Paz Maqueda	Spain	54.62

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ionela Târlea	Romania	49.88	UR, NR
	Mikele Barber	United States	51.03
	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	51.04
4	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	51.07
5	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.50
6	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	51.92	NR
7	Yulanda Nelson	United States	51.98
8	Anna Tkach	Russia	52.68

References

1. Heats & Semifinals results Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Final results". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
3. Full results (p. 397)