Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 8, 10 and 12 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jerome Davis  United States	Paston Coke  Jamaica	Jopie van Oudtshoorn  South Africa

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Jerome Davis	United States	46.48	Q
2	6	Jared Deacon	Great Britain	46.76	Q
3	2	Geoff Dearman	Great Britain	46.81	Q
4	6	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	46.83	Q
5	4	Kunle Adejuyigbe	Nigeria	46.91	Q
6	3	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	South Africa	46.93	Q
7	7	Mariano Mesa	Cuba	46.95	Q
8	5	Lars Figura	Germany	46.96	Q
9	3	Daniyil Shchokin	Russia	47.05	Q
9	6	Mathias Rusterholz	Switzerland	47.05	Q
11	3	Paul McKee	Ireland	47.08	Q
12	3	Kim Jae-da	South Korea	47.09	Q
13	2	Juliën Hagen	Netherlands	47.16	Q
14	5	Ousmane Niang	Senegal	47.18	Q
15	3	Ingūns Svikliņš	Latvia	47.19	q
16	7	Tomas Coman	Ireland	47.22	Q
17	7	Jens Dautzenberg	Germany	47.27	Q
18	4	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	47.30	Q
19	3	Rampa Mosveu	Botswana	47.31	q
19	6	Rikard Rasmusson	Sweden	47.31	q
21	3	Julius Edwards	United States	47.32	q
22	5	Paston Coke	Jamaica	47.34	Q
23	6	Francesco Cundo	Italy	47.39
24	5	Alain Rohr	Switzerland	47.42	Q
25	2	Andrey Semenov	Russia	47.52	Q
26	2	Christian Birk	Denmark	47.66	Q
27	1	Philippe Bouche	France	47.67	Q
28	2	Rova Rabemananjara	Canada	47.70	[4]
29	1	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	47.84	Q
30	1	Kieran Gallagher	Australia	47.87	Q
30	7	Opeoluwa Sogbayi	Nigeria	47.87	Q
32	7	Magnus Aare	Sweden	47.92
33	4	Clayton Veltman	Australia	47.96	Q
34	2	Ilya Dzhivondov	Bulgaria	47.99
34	5	Djamel Belaid	Algeria	47.99
34	6	Sande Kasajja	Uganda	47.99
37	1	Frank Fiske	Norway	48.03	Q
38	1	Papa Serigne Diene	Senegal	48.09
39	4	Arden Kelly	Puerto Rico	48.41	Q
40	4	Chang Po-Chih	Chinese Taipei	48.42
41	7	Josh Martin	New Zealand	48.44
42	5	Miguel Cosme	Puerto Rico	48.49
43	7	Erwin Namhwaka	Namibia	48.57
44	4	Raimundo Silva	Chile	49.14
45	4	Abdelajauil Kelkel	Algeria	50.00
46	1	Chan Chi Hong	Hong Kong	51.44
47	5	Christian Carranza	Costa Rica	51.58
48	1	Ernest Jere	Malawi	51.94
49	2	Modisa Bakupi	Botswana	52.68
50	6	Edward Grecht	Malta	53.25
	4	Don Bruno	Canada	DQ	R141.2[5]
	7	Peter Kerema	Kenya	DQ	R141.2[5]
	2	Eliud Wainaina	Kenya	DNS
	3	Farid da Graça	São Tomé and Príncipe	DNS

Quarterfinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Jerome Davis	United States	46.11	Q
2	1	Mariano Mesa	Cuba	46.28	Q
3	4	Andrey Semenov	Russia	46.43	Q
4	2	Juliën Hagen	Netherlands	46.45	Q
5	2	Paston Coke	Jamaica	46.46	Q
6	4	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	46.48	Q
7	3	Jared Deacon	Great Britain	46.52	Q
8	2	Philippe Bouche	France	46.56	Q[6]
9	2	Geoff Dearman	Great Britain	46.56	Q
10	1	Tomas Coman	Ireland	46.57	Q
11	1	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	South Africa	46.60	Q
12	3	Daniyil Shchokin	Russia	46.61	Q
13	2	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	46.62
14	3	Jens Dautzenberg	Germany	46.68	Q
15	4	Lars Figura	Germany	46.69	Q
16	1	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	46.77	Q
17	1	Mathias Rusterholz	Switzerland	46.78
18	4	Ousmane Niang	Senegal	46.79	Q
19	2	Kim Jae-da	South Korea	47.09
19	3	Paul McKee	Ireland	47.09
21	1	Ingūns Svikliņš	Latvia	47.36
22	4	Rampa Mosveu	Botswana	47.41
23	3	Alain Rohr	Switzerland	47.42
24	4	Frank Fiske	Norway	47.49
25	1	Kieran Gallagher	Australia	47.50	[7]
26	1	Arden Kelly	Puerto Rico	47.53
27	3	Rikard Rasmusson	Sweden	47.72
28	4	Clayton Veltman	Australia	47.83	[7]
29	2	Opeoluwa Sogbayi	Nigeria	48.07
30	3	Christian Birk	Denmark	48.12
31	2	Julius Edwards	United States	48.22
	4	Abecugibe Adekunle	Nigeria	DQ	R141.2[5]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Paston Coke	Jamaica	45.36	Q, PB
2	2	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	South Africa	45.50	Q
3	1	Jerome Davis	United States	45.62	Q
4	2	Mariano Mesa	Cuba	45.78	Q, SB
5	1	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	45.83	Q
6	2	Jared Deacon	Great Britain	45.88	Q, PB
7	2	Juliën Hagen	Netherlands	45.98	PB
8	1	Andrey Semenov	Russia	46.02	Q, SB
9	1	Tomas Coman	Ireland	46.07	Q, PB
10	1	Geoff Dearman	Great Britain	46.16
10	2	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	46.16	NR
12	1	Philippe Bouche	France	46.19	SB
13	2	Daniyil Shchokin	Russia	46.24	SB
14	2	Jens Dautzenberg	Germany	46.38
15	1	Lars Figura	Germany	46.41
	1	Ousmane Niang	Senegal	DNF

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jerome Davis	United States	44.91
	Paston Coke	Jamaica	45.15
	Jopie van Oudtshoorn	South Africa	45.21
4	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	45.49
5	Jared Deacon	Great Britain	46.02
6	Mariano Mesa	Cuba	46.07
7	Andrey Semenov	Russia	46.08
	Tomas Coman	Ireland	DNS