Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
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
Marathon	men	women
5 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 400 metres event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg with the final on 25, 26, and 27 August 1989.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	Jearl Miles  United States	Lyudmila Dzhigalova  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	52.50	Q
2	1	Celena Mondie	United States	52.76	Q
3	1	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	53.05	Q
4	3	Jearl Miles	United States	53.15	Q
5	3	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	53.30	Q
6	1	Milena Saracheva	Bulgaria	54.10	Q
7	2	Karin Janke	West Germany	54.31	Q
8	3	Marjorie Bailey	Jamaica	54.40	Q
9	2	Yelena Vinogradova	Soviet Union	54.68	Q
10	3	Juliette Mato	France	54.73	Q[3]
11	1	Francesca Carbone	Italy	55.30	Q
12	2	Florence Moulineau	France	55.56	Q[3]
13	3	Brigitte Wielander	Italy	55.92	Q
14	2	Isabel Rodríguez	Spain	56.72	Q
15	3	Wang Hsin-hsin	Chinese Taipei	58.91	q
16	1	Peninnah Aligawesa	Uganda	1:05.09	Q
17	2	Woo Chui Ying	Hong Kong	1:08.37
	1	Nancy McLeón	Cuba	DQ

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	50.01	Q
2	1	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	51.89	Q
3	2	Jearl Miles	United States	51.96	Q
4	1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.48	Q
5	1	Celena Mondie	United States	52.60	Q
6	2	Yelena Vinogradova	Soviet Union	52.84	Q
7	1	Karin Janke	West Germany	52.97	q
8	2	Florence Moulineau	France	53.70	q[3]
9	1	Juliette Mato	France	54.15	[3]
10	2	Milena Saracheva	Bulgaria	54.49
11	2	Marjorie Bailey	Jamaica	54.58
12	2	Brigitte Wielander	Italy	55.30
13	1	Francesca Carbone	Italy	55.55
14	1	Isabel Rodríguez	Spain	56.27
15	1	Wang Hsin-hsin	Chinese Taipei	59.09
16	2	Peninnah Aligawesa	Uganda	1:03.33

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	50.73
	Jearl Miles	United States	52.41
	Lyudmila Dzhigalova	Soviet Union	52.69
4	Karin Janke	West Germany	52.99
5	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	53.03
6	Celena Mondie	United States	53.08
7	Yelena Vinogradova	Soviet Union	53.20
8	Florence Moulineau	France	56.16

References