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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 4 and 6 September 1959. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Salvatore Morale   Italy	Germano Gimelli   Italy	Wiesław Król   Poland

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Germano Gimelli	Italy	53.5	Q
2	1	Paul Haennig	France	53.7	Q [3]
3	1	Mike Robinson	Great Britain	53.8
4	1	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	55.1
5	1	Mongi Soussi Zarrouki	Tunisia	55.2
6	1	Costa Martins	Portugal	57.1
1	2	Salvatore Morale	Italy	52.2	Q
2	2	Wiesław Król	Poland	53.5	Q
3	2	Aimo Kuukka	Finland	54.5
4	2	Francisco Sáinz	Spain	55.3	[4]
5	2	Alexandros Froussios	Greece	55.8
6	2	Michel Tawil	Lebanon	59.0
1	3	Jean-Marie Kling	France	54.1	Q [3]
2	3	Dimitrios Skourtis	Greece	54.5	Q
3	3	Albert Grawitz	West Germany	54.7
4	3	Per-Olof Swartz	Sweden	54.8
5	3	Bernardino Lombao	Spain	54.8	[4]

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Salvatore Morale	Italy	52.1
	Germano Gimelli	Italy	52.8
	Wiesław Król	Poland	53.2
4	Paul Haennig	France	53.8
5	Jean-Marie Kling	France	54.5
6	Dimitrios Skourtis	Greece	55.6

References

1. "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 8. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. French results
4. García, Gerardo (5 September 1959). "Una gran finale de finales en atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
5. García, Gerardo (7 September 1959). "Terminaron los Juegos de la Universiada" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2021.