Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 26, 27 and 28 August 1965. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Roberto Frinolli   Italy	Robert Poirier   France	Ron Whitney   United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ron Whitney	United States	52.1	Q
2	1	Kiyoo Yui	Japan	53.7	Q
3	1	Miklós Vértessy	Hungary	54.1	Q
4	1	Dimcho Kovachev	Bulgaria	54.9	Q
5	1	Hans Wick	Switzerland	55.6
	1	Giorgio Reggiani	Italy	DQ
1	2	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	51.7	Q
2	2	Rainer Schubert	West Germany	53.4	Q
3	2	John Cook	Great Britain	54.3	Q
4	2	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	55.0	Q
5	2	Svatopluk Matolin	Czechoslovakia	55.2
6	2	Athanasios Lazaridis	Greece	55.2
1	3	John Sherwood	Great Britain	52.9	Q
2	3	Fritz Roth	West Germany	53.5	Q
3	3	Andrzej Skorupiński	Poland	53.8	Q
4	3	Robert Poirier	France	54.2	Q [3]
5	3	Ferenc Oros	Hungary	54.5
1	4	Anatoliy Kazakov	Soviet Union	53.5	Q
2	4	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	54.3	Q [3]
3	4	Karel Brems	Belgium	54.6	Q
4	4	Hans Kocher	Switzerland	54.8	Q
5	4	Miroslav Hruš	Czechoslovakia	55.2

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ron Whitney	United States	51.6	Q
2	1	John Sherwood	Great Britain	52.1	Q
3	1	Robert Poirier	France	52.3	Q [3]
4	1	Kiyoo Yui	Japan	52.4	Q
5	1	Fritz Roth	West Germany	52.6
6	1	Hans Kocher	Switzerland	53.5
7	1	Karel Brems	Belgium	53.5
8	1	Dimcho Kovachev	Bulgaria	54.0
1	2	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	51.0	Q [5]
2	2	Anatoliy Kazakov	Soviet Union	51.6	Q
3	2	Rainer Schubert	West Germany	51.9	Q
4	2	John Cook	Great Britain	52.1	Q
5	2	Jean-Jacques Behm	France	52.6	[3]
6	2	Miklós Vértessy	Hungary	53.0
7	2	Andrzej Skorupiński	Poland	53.7
	2	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	?

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roberto Frinolli	Italy	50.5
	Robert Poirier	France	50.7
	Ron Whitney	United States	51.1
4	Anatoliy Kazakov	Soviet Union	51.4
5	John Sherwood	Great Britain	51.5
6	John Cook	Great Britain	51.8
7	Rainer Schubert	West Germany	52.4
8	Kiyoo Yui	Japan	53.7

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. Rodda, John (27 August 1965). "Miss Gill rises to the challenge". The Manchester Guardian. p. 13. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
3. French results
4. Rodda, John (28 August 1965). "Murray's courage earns him a bronze medal". The Manchester Guardian. p. 8. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
5. Year list
6. García, Gerardo (29 August 1965). "Estados Unidos y Rusia se reparten honores en las finales de baloncesto, balonvolea y atletismo, Areta en la final de triple salto" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2021.