Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade

The men's 400 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 18 and 19 September.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pirjo Häggman Finland	Inta Kļimoviča Soviet Union	Jelica Pavličić Yugoslavia

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Inta Kļimoviča	Soviet Union	52.80	Q
2	2	Rita Bottiglieri	Italy	53.31	Q
3	1	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	53.62	Q
4	2	Jelica Pavličić	Yugoslavia	53.79	Q
5	2	Christiane Casapicola	Austria	53.94	q
6	1	Paula Lloyd	Great Britain	54.17	q
7	3	Debra Sapenter	United States	54.39	Q
8	3	Larisa Golovanova	Soviet Union	54.57	Q
9	3	Margaret McGowen	Canada	54.82
10	2	Martine Duvivier	France	55.57	^[3]
11	3	Jackie Stokoe	Great Britain	56.15
12	3	Paola Bolognesi	Italy	56.28
13	3	Maria da Silva	Brazil	56.72
14	2	Valdéa Chagas	Brazil	56.73
15	1	Silvia Hormazabal	Chile	57.87

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pirjo Häggman	Finland	51.80	UR
	Inta Kļimoviča	Soviet Union	52.25
	Jelica Pavličić	Yugoslavia	52.50
4	Rita Bottiglieri	Italy	52.58
5	Christiane Casapicola	Austria	53.57
6	Paula Lloyd	Great Britain	53.98
7	Larisa Golovanova	Soviet Union	54.56
8	Debra Sapenter	United States	54.89