title: Athletics at the Friendship Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles
text: # Athletics at the Friendship Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles
  
  The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the Friendship Games was held on 16 and 17 August 1984 at the Evžen Rošický Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Marina Stepanova Soviet Union | Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun Soviet Union | Margarita Ponomaryova Soviet Union |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Marina Stepanova | Soviet Union | 54.83 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Margarita Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 55.54 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun | Soviet Union | 56.32 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Genowefa Błaszak | Poland | 56.73 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Nadezhda Asenova | Bulgaria | 57.06 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Radostina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 57.32 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Erika Szopori | Hungary | 57.56 | q |
  | 8 | 2 | Anna Filičková | Czechoslovakia | 57.96 | q |
  | 9 | 1 | Gerda Haas | Austria | 58.99 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Eva Eibnerová | Czechoslovakia | 59.27 | |
  | 11 | 1 | W. Griffiths | Great Britain | 59.52 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Marina Stepanova | Soviet Union | 53.67 |
  | | Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun | Soviet Union | 54.42 |
  | | Margarita Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 54.65 |
  | 4 | Genowefa Błaszak | Poland | 55.35 |
  | 5 | Radostina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 56.98 |
  | 6 | Nadezhda Asenova | Bulgaria | 56.98 |
  | 7 | Erika Szopori | Hungary | 57.18 |
  | 8 | Anna Filičková | Czechoslovakia | 57.99 |
  