title: Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres
text: # Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Women's 400 metres
  
  The women's 400 metres event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 16 and 17 July 1993.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Michelle Collins United States | Youlanda Warren United States | Nancy McLeón Cuba |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Nancy McLeón | Cuba | 53.36 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Michelle Collins | United States | 54.65 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Mireille Sankaatsing | Suriname | 54.69 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Youlanda Warren | United States | 54.70 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Omotayo Akinremi | Nigeria | 54.80 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Alanna Yakiwchuk | Canada | 54.92 | q |
  | 7 | 1 | Judy Fraser | Canada | 55.08 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | Shelly Beckford | Jamaica | 55.30 | q |
  | 9 | 2 | Marina Filipović | Independent Participants | 55.35 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Claire Raven | Great Britain | 55.48 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Natália Moura | Portugal | 55.66 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Emma Nicholson | Ireland | 55.70 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Yolanda Reyes | Spain | 55.75 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Melrose Mansaray | Sierra Leone | 56.29 | |
  | 15 | 3 | Cristina Regalo | Portugal | 56.67 | |
  | 16 | 3 | K. Mathews Beenamol | India | 57.87 | |
  | 17 | 1 | Adelisa Díaz | Puerto Rico | 59.22 | |
  | 18 | 3 | Liu Shu-hua | Chinese Taipei | 1:01.16 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Grace Batson | Guyana | 1:03.02 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 6 | Michelle Collins | United States | 52.01 |
  | | 4 | Youlanda Warren | United States | 52.18 |
  | | 5 | Nancy McLeón | Cuba | 52.84 |
  | 4 | 1 | Omotayo Akinremi | Nigeria | 53.35 |
  | 5 | 2 | Shelly Beckford | Jamaica | 54.84 |
  | 6 | 3 | Mireille Sankaatsing | Suriname | 54.87 |
  | 7 | 8 | Alanna Yakiwchuk | Canada | 55.18 |
  | 8 | 7 | Judy Fraser | Canada | 55.23 |
  