Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8, 9 and 11 September 1979. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Harald Schmid   West Germany	Franz-Peter Hofmeister   West Germany	Walter McCoy   United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Nikolay Chernetsky	Soviet Union	45.45	Q
2	2	Walter McCoy	United States	46.00	Q
3	1	Harald Schmid	West Germany	46.12	Q
4	6	Horia Toboc	Romania	46.15	Q [5]
5	7	Koen Gijsbers	Netherlands	46.19	Q
6	6	Isidoro Hornillos	Spain	46.24	Q, NR [5]
7	2	Jens Smedegaard	Denmark	46.32	Q
7	7	Remigijus Valiulis	Soviet Union	46.32	Q
9	6	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	46.34	Q, PB [5]
10	4	Lew Davis	Jamaica	46.39	Q
11	1	Geraldo José Pegado	Brazil	46.49	Q
12	6	Rolf Gisler	Switzerland	46.69	q [5]
13	5	Leslie Kerr	United States	46.79	Q
14	3	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	46.93	Q
15	3	Robert Froissart	France	47.06	Q [6]
16	7	Eiji Natori	Japan	47.15	Q
17	2	Alan Bell	Great Britain	47.22	Q
18	3	Avognan Nogboum	Ivory Coast	47.23	Q
19	4	Jenaro Iritia	Spain	47.45	Q
20	4	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	47.54	q
21	5	Alexander Fortelny	Austria	47.66	Q
22	5	Chum Darvall	Australia	47.96	Q [7]
23	7	Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison	Madagascar	48.13	q
24	1	Takashi Nagao	Japan	48.45	Q
25	4	Gabriel Leseku	Tanzania	48.46
26	2	Antonis Georgallidis	Cyprus	48.61
27	7	Alfonso Pérez	Mexico	49.17
28	3	António Mota Gomes	Angola	49.23
29	4	Adodo Djobokou	Togo	49.68
30	1	Patrick Kagwisagne	Uganda	49.75
31	5	David Martínez	Mexico	49.86
32	6	Ngare Kinywa	Kenya	50.26	[5]
33	7	Orlando Ruano	Guatemala	50.39
34	2	Lauwi Adjambao	Togo	50.47
35	2	David Beylon	Kenya	50.50
36	2	Nelson González	Guatemala	50.75
37	3	E. N. Quargraine	Ghana	50.90
38	5	Roberto Prado	Bolivia	51.23
39	6	Ibrahim Rashed	Saudi Arabia	51.69	[5]
40	7	Jorge Camacho	Costa Rica	51.92
41	1	Fahad Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	52.56
42	5	Miguel Banegas	Honduras	53.05
43	6	Manuel Machado	Costa Rica	53.56	[5]
44	6	José Guillermo Brenes	Honduras	55.30	[5]
	7	Stefano Malinverni	Italy	DNF	[8]

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Nikolay Chernetsky	Soviet Union	45.12	Q
2	2	Walter McCoy	United States	45.16	Q
3	2	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	45.40	Q
4	3	Harald Schmid	West Germany	45.72	Q
5	2	Remigijus Valiulis	Soviet Union	45.73	q
6	1	Leslie Kerr	United States	45.79	Q
7	1	Horia Toboc	Romania	45.87	q
8	2	Koen Gijsbers	Netherlands	46.17
9	2	Geraldo José Pegado	Brazil	46.18
10	3	Robert Froissart	France	46.24	Q
11	3	Avognan Nogboum	Ivory Coast	46.25
12	3	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	46.28	PB
13	3	Isidoro Hornillos	Spain	46.51
14	2	Alan Bell	Great Britain	46.53
15	1	Eiji Natori	Japan	46.64
16	1	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	46.68	NJR
17	3	Rolf Gisler	Switzerland	46.76
18	1	Jens Smedegaard	Denmark	46.89
19	3	Takashi Nagao	Japan	47.49
20	2	Genaro Iritia	Spain	47.61
21	3	Alexander Fortelny	Austria	47.74
22	2	Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison	Madagascar	47.83
23	1	Lew Davis	Jamaica	48.62
	1	Chum Darvall	Australia	DNS	[7]

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Harald Schmid	West Germany	44.98
	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	45.12
	Walter McCoy	United States	45.90
4	Leslie Kerr	United States	45.94
5	Horia Toboc	Romania	46.56
6	Remigijus Valiulis	Soviet Union	48.40
	Nikolay Chernetskiy	Soviet Union	DNS
	Robert Froissart	France	DNS	[6]

References

1. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN   0343-5369.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year top list]
4. "Heats results" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 10 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. Spanish sprint records chronology Archived 2022-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (p59)
6. French results
7. Australian results
8. "Atletica: tre azzuri nelle finali 100 metri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 10 September 1979. p. 12.
9. "Universiade, atletiek" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 11 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
10. "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 12 September 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
11. "Final results". Democrat and Chronicle. 12 September 1979. p. 49. Retrieved 22 March 2020.