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The women's 400 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 20 and 21 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rosalyn Bryant United States	Natalya Sokolova Soviet Union	Beatriz Castillo Cuba

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Natalya Sokolova	Soviet Union	51.84	Q
2	1	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	52.29	Q
3	1	Beatriz Castillo	Cuba	53.17	Q
4	2	Lacramioara Diaconiuc	Romania	53.31	Q
5	2	Barbara Kwietniewska	Poland	53.43	q
6	3	Marie-Christine Champenois	France	53.52	Q
7	1	Ruth Kennedy	Great Britain	53.76	q
8	2	Ilona Pál	Hungary	53.90
9	3	Margaret Stride	Canada	54.32	Q
10	1	Andrea Mühlbach	Austria	54.35
11	2	Violeta Tsvetkova	Bulgaria	54.59
12	2	Paula Lloyd	Great Britain	54.98
13	3	Atlanka Odadzhieva	Bulgaria	55.13
14	1	Vilma Paris	Puerto Rico	55.53
15	3	Regine Westedt	West Germany	56.26
16	3	Marie Lande Mathieu	Puerto Rico	56.70
17	1	Razia Sultana Anu	Bangladesh	1:09.24

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	52.10
	Natalya Sokolova	Soviet Union	52.15
	Beatriz Castillo	Cuba	52.95
4	Marie-Christine Champenois	France	53.33
5	Ruth Kennedy	Great Britain	53.89
6	Margaret Stride	Canada	53.96
7	Barbara Kwietniewska	Poland	54.02
8	Lacramioara Diaconiuc	Romania	54.44