Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 5, 6 and 7 July 1983. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sunday Uti   Nigeria	Viktor Markin   Soviet Union	Sunder Nix   United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	46.25	Q
2	2	Eliot Tabron	United States	46.34	Q
3	2	Susumu Takano	Japan	46.43	Q
4	3	Sunder Nix	United States	46.48	Q
5	4	Elvis Forde	Barbados	46.51	Q
6	1	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.74	Q
7	2	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	46.87	Q
8	4	Oddur Sigurðsson	Iceland	46.96	Q
9	1	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.97	Q
10	4	Doug Hinds	Canada	46.99	q
11	3	Héctor Herrera	Cuba	47.00	Q
12	3	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	47.09	Q
13	1	Aldo Canti	France	47.14	Q
14	2	Heinz Weginer	West Germany	47.25	q
15	4	Juan Hormillos	Spain	47.27	q
16	1	John Okoye	Nigeria	47.46	q
17	1	Kazunori Asaba	Japan	47.61
18	3	Vive Fegert	West Germany	47.63
19	2	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.69
20	1	Said M'Hand	Morocco	48.03
20	4	Aphonse Madonda	Congo	48.03
22	3	Mohamed Alouini	Tunisia	48.07
23	2	Lee Davis	Jamaica	48.56
24	1	Gualberto Paquete	Angola	49.10
25	4	Abdelali Kasbane	Morocco	49.17
26	2	Jacinto Macamba	Angola	49.48
27	2	Reinaldo Leiva	Guatemala	50.55
28	1	Mario Villagran	Guatemala	52.69
29	3	Paul Carvana	Malta	55.62

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	45.50	Q
2	1	Eliot Tabron	United States	45.63	Q
3	2	Sunder Nix	United States	45.74	Q
4	1	Susumu Takano	Japan	45.86	Q
5	2	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	45.87	Q
6	2	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	45.95	q
7	1	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.20	Q
8	2	Aldo Canti	France	46.26	q
9	1	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	46.36
10	1	Doug Hinds	Canada	46.78
11	2	Elvis Forde	Barbados	47.03
12	1	Oddur Sigurðsson	Iceland	47.12
13	1	Heinz Weginer	West Germany	47.33
13	2	Juan Hormillos	Spain	47.33
15	1	John Okoye	Nigeria	47.58
16	2	Héctor Herrera	Cuba	48.09

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	45.32
	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	45.38
	Sunder Nix	United States	45.53
4	Eliot Tabron	United States	45.82
5	Susumu Takano	Japan	46.00
6	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.03
7	Aldo Canti	France	46.15
8	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.67

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "Heats results". Times Colonist. 6 July 1983. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
3. "Semifinals results". The Ottawa Citizen. 7 July 1983. p. 36. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Semifinals results". Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. 7 July 1983. p. 61. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. "Final results". The Windsor Star. 8 July 1983. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
6. "Final results". Austin American-Statesman. 8 July 1983. p. 75. Retrieved 9 February 2020.