Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin with the final on 3, 4 and 5 September 1959. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Viktor Šnajder   Yugoslavia	Walter Oberste   West Germany	Otto Klappert   West Germany

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Walter Oberste	West Germany	48.9	Q
2	1	René Sadler	France	49.0	Q [3]
3	1	Zygmunt Czapracki	Poland	49.7	Q
4	1	Nisar	Pakistan	50.9
1	2	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	49.0	Q
2	2	Robert Hay	Great Britain	49.5	Q
3	2	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	49.5	Q
4	2	Janusz Ludka	Poland	49.6
1	3	Jean-Marie Cheuvart	Belgium	55.9	Q
2	3	José Luis Martínez	Spain	55.9	Q
3	3	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	55.9	Q
1	4	Otto Klappert	West Germany	48.7	Q
2	4	Daniel Laurent	France	49.8	Q [3]
3	4	Costa Martins	Portugal	52.5	Q
4	4	Michel Tawil	Lebanon	54.8
1	5	Viktor Šnajder	Yugoslavia	48.8	Q
2	5	Nereo Fossati	Italy	48.8	Q
3	5	Norman Futter	Great Britain	49.6	Q
4	5	Paul Sahl	Luxembourg	49.9
1	5	Eldo Manaresi	Italy	49.9	Q
2	5	Jesús Rancaño	Spain	51.0	Q

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Viktor Šnajder	Yugoslavia	47.7	Q
2	1	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	48.1	Q
3	1	Nereo Fossati	Italy	48.3
4	1	José Luis Martínez	Spain	49.0
5	1	Robert Hay	Great Britain	49.6
6	1	Daniel Laurent	France	50.4	[3]
1	2	Walter Oberste	West Germany	48.4	Q
2	2	Norman Futter	Great Britain	48.7	Q
3	2	Zygmunt Czapracki	Poland	49.2
4	2	Eldo Manaresi	Italy	49.9
5	2	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	50.1
1	3	Otto Klappert	West Germany	47.8	Q [4]
2	3	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	47.8	Q
3	3	René Sadler	France	48.3	[3]
4	3	Jesús Rancaño	Spain	48.8
5	3	Jean-Marie Cheuvart	Belgium	49.8
	?	Costa Martins	Portugal	?

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Viktor Šnajder	Yugoslavia	47.5
	Walter Oberste	West Germany	47.9
	Otto Klappert	West Germany	47.9
4	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	48.0
5	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	48.2
6	Norman Futter	Great Britain	48.5

References

1. "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 7–8. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. French results
4. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p35)
5. Boccacini, Gigi (6 September 1959). "Oggi chiusura ai mondiali goliardici" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 8. Retrieved 26 February 2021.