Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on the 23 and 24 July 1991.^[1]^[2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gretha Tromp Netherlands	Nicoleta Căruţaşu Romania	Anna Chuprina Soviet Union

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Anna Chuprina	Soviet Union	57.38	Q
2	3	Tonya Lee	United States	57.41	Q
3	2	Gretha Tromp	Netherlands	57.61	Q
4	1	Elisa Jiménez	Cuba	57.67	Q
5	1	Jacqui Parker	Great Britain	57.71	q
6	2	Nicoleta Căruţaşu	Romania	57.76	Q
7	3	Tatyana Kurochkina	Soviet Union	57.90	Q
8	2	Corinne Pierre	France	57.94	q
9	3	Aura Cracea	Romania	57.99
10	3	Adrienne Rainbird	Australia	58.37	^[4]
11	1	Tonja Buford	United States	58.58
12	2	Jill McDermid	Canada	58.79
13	3	Mari Bjone	Norway	58.88
14	1	Anna Suurnäkki	Finland	59.06
15	3	Puha Neiger	Israel	59.09
16	3	Barbara Gähling	Germany	59.23
17	2	Amona Schneeweis	Germany	59.25
18	3	Althea Thomas	Canada	59.33
19	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	59.40
20	2	Agata Sadurska	Mexico	59.43
21	2	Alejandra Quintanar	Poland	59.54
22	1	Marie-José Valamatos	Portugal	1:00.14	^[5]
23	2	Francesca Lanzara	Italy	1:01.08

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Gretha Tromp	Netherlands	55.30
	Nicoleta Căruţaşu	Romania	56.07
	Anna Chuprina	Soviet Union	56.74
4	Jacqui Parker	Great Britain	56.93
5	Tatyana Kurochkina	Soviet Union	57.04
6	Tonya Lee	United States	57.41
7	Corinne Pierre	France	57.92
8	Elisa Jiménez	Cuba	58.36

Medalists