Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Tonya Williams	United States	56.66	Q
2	1	Alla Shilkina	Ukraine	56.83	Q
3	4	Miriam Alonso	Spain	56.84	Q
4	3	Anna Knoroz	Russia	56.89	Q
5	2	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.98	Q
6	4	Ionela Târlea	Romania	57.16	Q
7	3	Georgeta Petrea-Lazar	Romania	57.34	Q
8	1	Heike Meißner	Germany	57.41	Q
9	3	Ann Mercken	Belgium	57.47	Q
10	3	Natalya Torchina	Kazakhstan	57.58	q
11	4	Virna De Angeli	Italy	57.90	q
12	2	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	57.93	Q
13	2	Rebecca Russell	United States	57.99	Q
14	2	Li Xiumei	China	58.37	q
15	2	Ikiko Yamagata	Japan	58.42	q
16	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	58.55	Q
17	3	Hsu Pei-Chin	Chinese Taipei	58.64
18	1	Mika Sasaki	Japan	58.69
19	4	Celine Jeannet	Switzerland	58.83
20	1	Louise Brunning	Great Britain	59.15
21	1	Elizabeth Morland	Canada	59.80
22	3	Terra Barter	Canada	59.85
23	2	Alinah Mogotsi	South Africa	1:01.36
24	1	Stefanie Zotter	Austria	1:02.95
24	3	Choi Hiu Nam	Hong Kong	1:06.43
	2	Tatyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	DNF
	4	Saidatu Onanuua	Nigeria	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Miriam Alonso	Spain	56.12	Q
2	2	Anna Knoroz	Russia	56.23	Q
3	1	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	56.33	Q
4	2	Heike Meißner	Germany	56.59	Q
5	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	56.64	Q
6	2	Alla Shilkina	Ukraine	56.68	Q
7	2	Ann Mercken	Belgium	56.88	Q
8	1	Tonya Williams	United States	56.94	Q
9	2	Rebecca Russell	United States	57.14
10	2	Georgeta Petrea-Lazar	Romania	57.20
11	1	Monika Warnicka	Poland	57.47
12	1	Natalya Torchina	Kazakhstan	58.85
13	2	Li Xiumei	China	59.26
14	1	Ikiko Yamagata	Japan	59.39
15	1	Martina Stoop	Switzerland	59.67
16	2	Virna De Angeli	Italy	59.88