Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres hurdles
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The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 24 and 25 July 1981.[https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja] It was the first time that this event was contested by women at the Universiade.
Medalists
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| width=200 bgcolor=gold|Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver|Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966|Bronze |
| Anna Kastyetskaya {{URS}} |Birgit Sonntag |Tatyana Zubova |
Results
=Heats=
{{cite news |title=Heats results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46746604/arizona-republic/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |publisher=Arizona Republic |date=25 July 1981 |page=112}}{{cite news |title=Heats results |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/24/TEXT-OMITTED-FROM-SOURCE-Paulus-US-and-Robert-Placak/1018364795200/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |publisher=United Press International |date=24 July 1981}}
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| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | align=left| Anna Kastyetskaya | align=left| {{URS}} | 56.24 | Q |
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| 2 | 2 | align=left| Anne Michel | align=left| {{BEL}} | 57.16 | Q |
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| 3 | 1 | align=left| Birgit Sonntag | align=left| {{GDR}} | 57.29 | Q |
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| 4 | 2 | align=left| Tatyana Zubova | align=left| {{URS}} | 57.63 | Q |
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| 5 | 1 | align=left| Cristina Cojocaru | align=left| {{flag|Romania|1965}} | 57.67 | Q |
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| 5 | 2 | align=left| Yvette Wray | align=left| {{GBR2}} | 57.67 | Q |
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| 7 | 1 | align=left| Giuseppina Cirulli | align=left| {{ITA}} | 57.80 | q |
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| 8 | 1 | align=left| Tammy Ettenne | align=left| {{USA}} | 58.18 | q |
| 9 | 2 | align=left| Patrizia Lombardo | align=left| {{ITA}} | 59.05 | |
| 10 | 2 | align=left| Kirsi Ulvinem | align=left| {{SWE}} | 59.53 | |
| 11 | 1 | align=left| Esther Kaufmann | align=left| {{SUI}} | {{sort|60.06|1:00.06}} |
=Final=
{{cite news |title=Final results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46513935/the-herald-news/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |publisher=The Herald-News |date=26 July 1981 |page=30}}{{cite news |title=Final results |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/25/World-University-Games-At-Bucharest-Romania-July-25-Track-an-Field-Men/1588364881600/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |publisher=United Press International |date=25 July 1981}}{{cite news |title=Simeoni in topform |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010879885:mpeg21:p006 |publisher=De Volkskrant |date=27 July 1981 |page=6 |language=Dutch}}
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| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| {{Gold1}} | align=left| Anna Kastyetskaya | align=left| {{URS}} | 55.52 | |
| {{Silver2}} | align=left| Birgit Sonntag | align=left| {{GDR}} | 55.90 | |
| {{Bronze3}} | align=left| Tatyana Zubova | align=left| {{URS}} | 57.07 | |
| 4 | align=left| Anne Michel | align=left| {{BEL}} | 57.57 | |
| 5 | align=left| Yvette Wray | align=left| {{GBR2}} | 57.62 | |
| 6 | align=left| Giuseppina Cirulli | align=left| {{ITA}} | 57.77 | |
| 7 | align=left| Cristina Cojocaru | align=left| {{flag|Romania|1965}} | 58.64 | |
| 8 | align=left| Tammy Ettenne | align=left| {{USA}} | 58.90 |
References
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