Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 23, 24 and 25 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic	Yoandys Lescay  Cuba	Rafał Omelko  Poland

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Rafał Omelko	Poland	46.77	Q
2	8	Nathaniel George	Canada	46.91	Q
3	1	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	46.92	Q, SB
4	8	Mateo Ružić	Croatia	46.93	Q
5	7	Zakithi Nene	South Africa	46.97	Q
6	7	Othman Al-Busaidi	Oman	47.05	Q, PB
7	5	Yoandys Lescay	Cuba	47.06	Q
8	8	Li Runyu	China	47.14	q
9	3	Darren Alfred	Trinidad and Tobago	47.18	Q
10	1	Jan Tesař	Czech Republic	47.22	q
11	2	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	47.34	Q
11	3	Daniele Angelella	Switzerland	47.34	Q
13	2	Silvan Lutz	Switzerland	47.40	Q
14	6	Luis Charles	Dominican Republic	47.42	Q
15	5	Denis Danáč	Slovakia	47.50	Q
16	9	Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	47.57	Q
17	5	Batuhan Altıntaş	Turkey	47.59	q
18	9	Benjamin Ayesu-Attah	Canada	47.65	Q
19	1	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	47.69	q
19	9	Ibrahima Mbengue	Senegal	47.69	q
21	9	Ayodeji Akinkuowo	Nigeria	47.69	q, PB
22	3	Takamasa Kitagawa	Japan	47.85
23	4	Davide Re	Italy	47.87	Q
24	2	Yang Lung-hsiang	Chinese Taipei	47.95
25	6	Daniele Corsa	Italy	47.97	Q
26	4	Jordan Clarke	United States	48.02	Q
27	8	Cliffton Meshack	Botswana	48.03
28	8	Abdelrahman Abualhummos	Jordan	48.16	PB
29	3	Andrey Sokolov	Kazakhstan	48.19
30	1	Rokas Pacevičius	Lithuania	48.27
31	6	Duncan Agyemang	Ghana	48.53
32	5	Anchois Aron	Malaysia	48.56
33	3	Daniel Bingi	Uganda	48.57
34	6	Kwong Kar Jun	Malaysia	48.65
35	4	Charles Shimukowa	Zambia	48.72
36	7	Benson Okot	Uganda	48.87
37	4	Yang Zeping	China	49.03
38	7	Wijesundara Mudiyanselage	Sri Lanka	49.06
39	4	Sten Ütsmüts	Estonia	49.20	SB
40	5	Mohammed Mahnashi	Saudi Arabia	49.22	SB
41	1	Tan Zong Yang	Singapore	49.25	SB
42	4	Umar Sadat	Pakistan	49.27
43	2	Pankaj Malik	India	49.61
44	2	Isaac Olumbe	Kenya	49.66
45	3	Obrey Chabala	Zambia	49.80
46	8	Jakob Goroško	Estonia	49.81
47	2	Lim Hyoung-bin	South Korea	49.97
48	2	Disanayaka Mudiyanselage	Sri Lanka	50.02
49	6	Usama Al-Gheilani	Oman	50.04
50	5	Luis Iriarte	Peru	50.05
51	4	Jan Jamnik	Slovenia	50.19
52	9	Krištof Knap	Slovenia	50.83
53	7	Malek Chatila	Lebanon	51.08
54	8	Musaad Ahmed Bali	Saudi Arabia	51.53
55	9	Ilvars Ieviņš	Latvia	51.65
56	6	Rasmus Jensen	Denmark	52.63
57	3	Shukhrat Usmanov	Tajikistan	54.59
	9	Johan Nicolai Hartling	Denmark	DNF
	7	Amoj Jacob	India	DQ	163.3a[2]
	7	Mohamed Islem Bekar	Algeria	DQ	163.3a[2]
	5	Arinze Chance	Guyana	DNS
	6	Gideon Narib	Namibia	DNS
	8	Mmaduabuchi Ogbukwo	Nigeria	DNS
	9	Alimamy Kamara	Sierra Leone	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	45.85	Q
2	2	Yoandys Lescay	Cuba	46.02	Q, SB
3	2	Benjamin Ayesu-Attah	Canada	46.23	Q, SB
4	1	Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	46.30	Q, PB
5	2	Davide Re	Italy	46.32	q
6	2	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	46.40	q, SB
7	1	Nathaniel George	Canada	46.47
8	2	Zakithi Nene	South Africa	46.55
9	1	Daniele Corsa	Italy	46.56
10	3	Rafał Omelko	Poland	46.73	Q
11	1	Jan Tesař	Czech Republic	46.77	SB
12	2	Batuhan Altıntaş	Turkey	46.86
13	1	Silvan Lutz	Switzerland	46.89
14	1	Mateo Ružić	Croatia	46.90
15	3	Darren Alfred	Trinidad and Tobago	47.15	Q
16	3	Othman Al-Busaidi	Oman	47.20
17	3	Luis Charles	Dominican Republic	47.33
18	3	Li Runyu	China	47.53
19	1	Ibrahima Mbengue	Senegal	47.61
20	3	Ayodeji Akinkuowo	Nigeria	47.75
21	3	Daniele Angelella	Switzerland	47.75
22	3	Jordan Clarke	United States	47.76
23	2	Denis Danáč	Slovakia	47.82
24	2	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	48.15

Final

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Official Video

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	45.24	SB
	5	Yoandys Lescay	Cuba	45.31	SB
	4	Rafał Omelko	Poland	45.56
4	7	Kajetan Duszyński	Poland	46.50
5	6	Benjamin Ayesu-Attah	Canada	46.53
6	1	Davide Re	Italy	46.87
7	2	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	46.93
8	8	Darren Alfred	Trinidad and Tobago	47.93