The women's 400 metres event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 15–17 August in İzmir, Turkey.

The winning margin was 0.02 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the women's 400 metres at these games.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNatalya NazarovaFatou Bintou FallTatyana Khadjimuratova

Results

Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Tatyana Khadjimuratova 53.11 Q 2 4 Yelena Migunova 53.62 Q 3 1 Asami Tanno 53.63 Q 4 3 Natalya Nazarova 53.67 Q 5 1 Lisa Miller 53.97 Q 6 1 Olha Zavhorodnya 54.10 Q 7 5 Iryna Khliustava 54.18 Q 8 2 Martina Näf 54.21 Q 9 2 Kirsi Mykkänen 54.51 Q 10 4 Lorena de Oliveira 54.57 Q 11 4 Anna Gavriushenko 54.62 Q 12 5 Fatou Bintou Fall 54.63 Q 13 2 Jūratė Stanislovaitienė 54.74 Q 14 3 Magali Yáñez 54.92 Q 15 4 Joanne Cuddihy 55.28 Q 16 2 Patrícia Lopes 55.33 Q 17 2 Elaine McCaffrey 55.50 q 18 1 Pınar Saka 55.68 Q 19 2 Vaya Vladeva 56.19 q 20 3 Zhong Zhen 56.46 Q 21 4 An Ning 57.19 q 22 3 Martine Cloutier-LeBlanc 57.23 Q 23 1 Charlotte Osborne 57.43 q 24 2 Herlince Tatogo 57.48 25 5 Suraporn Loulert 58.41 Q 26 4 Tianasom Rasdanirainy 27 5 Hoi Wai Kuan 28 3 Mariluz Obono 29 4 Mukasami Mwanangombe 1 Yulyana Zhalniaruk 3 Theodosia Nakopoulou 5 Mariana Dimitrova 5 Melissa Moraga 5 Mari Järvenpää

Semifinals Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Fatou Bintou Fall 52.36 Q 2 3 Tatyana Khadjimuratova 52.45 Q 3 2 Natalya Nazarova 52.53 Q 4 2 Asami Tanno 53.23 Q 5 1 Yelena Migunova 53.26 Q 6 3 Lisa Miller 53.46 q 7 3 Iryna Khliustava 53.47 q 8 2 Magali Yáñez 53.66 SB 9 1 Olha Zavhorodnya 53.70 Q 10 1 Martina Näf 53.71 11 2 Lorena de Oliveira 54.32 12 1 Anna Gavriushenko 54.33 13 3 Jūratė Stanislovaitienė 54.59 14 2 Joanne Cuddihy 54.91 15 1 Elaine McCaffrey 55.46 16 3 Pınar Saka 55.55 17 2 Zhong Zhen 55.72 18 3 Martine Cloutier-LeBlanc 56.33 19 2 Vaya Vladeva 56.59 20 3 An Ning 57.35 21 2 Charlotte Osborne 57.48 22 1 Suraporn Loulert 57.72 1 Kirsi Mykkänen 1 Patrícia Lopes

Final Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Natalya Nazarova 51.31 SB Fatou Bintou Fall 51.33 SB Tatyana Khadjimuratova 52.46 4 Asami Tanno 52.91 5 Yelena Migunova 53.21 6 Iryna Khliustava 53.32 7 Lisa Miller 53.38 8 Olha Zavhorodnya 53.53 PB

References Full results Heats results Semifinals results Final results