The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 22, 23 and 24 July.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: Record Athlete (nation) Location Date Games record 53.95 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 10 July 1999

Results Heats First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Alice Muraro 56.26 2 Alesha Bennetts 56.49 , 3 Hannah van Niekerk 56.62 4 57.19 5 58.28 6 Shelby MacIsaac 1:00.22 7 1:00.89

Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ilana Hanssens 56.50 , 2 Sára Mátó 57.15 3 Paulina Kubis 57.25 4 Juliana Guerreiro 57.90 5 Maša Garić 59.26 6 Jania Hodges 59.40 7 Orla Brennan 59.95 8 Maria Biskopstö 1:02.03

Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 56.60 2 Antonia Sanchez 56.85 3 56.92 , 4 Miku Takino 57.21 5 Anja Dlauhy 57.53 , 6 Deekshitha Ramakrishna 59.76 7 Magatte Ndiaye 1:02.79

Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Salome Hüsler 57.73 2 57.94 3 Zuzana Cymbálová 58.17 4 Regina Mohai 58.98 5 1:03.12 6 Emmija Ivule 1:04.51

Heat 5 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Yasmin Amaadacho 56.96 2 Michelle Smith 56.99 3 Heidi Salminen 57.07 , 4 Magdalena Šlapáková 57.12 5 Isabella Guthrie 59.62 6 Stephanie Brooks 1:02.46 7 S. K. Shreevarthani

Semi-finals First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 56.09 2 Sára Mátó 56.20 3 Yasmin Amaadacho 56.60 4 56.77 5 Miku Takino 57.58 6 Zuzana Cymbálová 57.74 7 57.81 8 Anja Dlauhy 57.99

Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Hannah van Niekerk 56.16 , 2 Michelle Smith 56.37 3 Ilana Hanssens 56.57 4 Paulina Kubis 56.88 5 Regina Mohai 56.98 6 Salome Hüsler 58.00 7 58.02 8 Maša Garić 59.55

Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Alice Muraro 56.73 2 Alesha Bennetts 57.04 3 57.13 4 Antonia Sanchez 57.21 5 Heidi Salminen 57.61 6 Juliana Guerreiro 57.89 7 Magdalena Šlapáková 58.76 8 Jania Hodges 1:00.25

Final Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Alice Muraro 54.60 Michelle Smith 55.65 Sára Mátó 55.92 4 Yasmin Amaadacho 56.05 5 Alesha Bennetts 56.71 6 Ilana Hanssens 56.95 7 Hannah van Niekerk 58.02 —

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