Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

Last updated July 14, 2025

The men's 400 metres event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8, 9 and 10 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic	Leaname Maotoanong Botswana	Jan Tesař Czech Republic

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Gustavo Cuesta	Dominican Republic	46.45	Q
2	6	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	46.57	Q
3	2	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	46.77	Q
4	6	Pieter Conradie	South Africa	46.92	Q
4	9	Sakaria Kamberuka	Botswana	46.92	Q
6	2	George Effah	Ghana	46.96	Q, PB
7	7	Jan Tesař	Czech Republic	47.03	Q
8	5	Park Bong-go	South Korea	47.20	Q
9	8	Nick Ekelund-Arenander	Denmark	47.21	Q
10	2	Sergio Germain	Chile	47.30	q
11	7	Fitzroy Dunkley	Jamaica	47.32	Q
12	4	Takamasa Kitagawa	Japan	47.34	Q
13	3	Rafał Omelko	Poland	47.41	Q
14	5	Kentaro Sato	Japan	47.49	Q
15	3	Zoltán Kovács	Hungary	47.59	q, SB
16	4	Kim Ui-yeon	South Korea	47.76	Q, SB
17	6	Axel Bergrahm	Sweden	47.80	q
18	1	Roberto Severi	Italy	47.87	Q
19	7	Bailey Stewart	New Zealand	47.88	q
20	8	Jon Seeliger	South Africa	47.89	Q
21	9	Cole Lambourne	United States	47.90	Q
22	1	Alexander Beck	Australia	47.93	Q
23	9	Mauritz Kåshagen	Norway	48.00	q
24	7	Andrea Delfino	Italy	48.02	q
25	5	Mateusz Zagórski	Poland	48.18
26	1	Charles Shimukowa	Zambia	48.23	PB
27	4	Adrian Dragan	Romania	48.49
28	1	Andrey Sokolov	Kazakhstan	48.50
29	9	Aitzhan Baisbayev	Kazakhstan	48.59
30	8	Ibrahima Mbengue	Senegal	48.64
31	6	Leung King Hung	Hong Kong	48.74
32	8	Mohamad Bin Alet	Malaysia	48.78
33	6	Ousmane Sidibé	Senegal	48.84
34	5	Richard Ongom	Uganda	48.91
35	1	Kunanon Sukkaew	Thailand	49.08
35	7	Du Shen	China	49.08
37	5	Rauno Kunnapuu	Estonia	49.11
38	2	Daniel Bingi	Uganda	49.21
39	6	Philip Braun	Denmark	49.29	PB
40	8	Denis Koren	Slovenia	49.30	SB
41	5	Usama Al-Gheilani	Oman	49.37	PB
42	3	Wijesundara Mudiyanselage	Sri Lanka	49.37	SB
43	8	Xu Rihong	China	50.11
44	7	Talent Gomba	Zimbabwe	50.32
45	3	Lalit Mathur	India	50.63
46	5	Batnasan Batsukh	Mongolia	50.98
47	8	Jocksan Morales	Costa Rica	51.22
48	9	Kyle Stanley	Trinidad and Tobago	51.75
49	2	Aghiles Saichi	Algeria	51.97
50	2	Andrew Morgan	Panama	52.09
50	6	Jantsandorj Ganbold	Mongolia	52.09
52	7	Donald Arias	Costa Rica	52.12
53	3	Daniel Saliba	Malta	53.59
54	4	Montano Abeso	Equatorial Guinea	58.90
	1	Ali Al-Achkar	Lebanon	DNF
	2	Aleksey Kenig	Russia	DNF
	9	Robert Annak	Ghana	DQ	R163.3^[2]
	4	Bilal Sa'Ada	Jordan	DQ	R163.3^[2]
	3	Omeiza Akerele	Equatorial Guinea	DNS
	4	Chernor Barrie	Sierra Leone	DNS
	4	Abiola Onakoya	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	45.77	Q
2	1	Jan Tesař	Czech Republic	45.98	Q, PB
3	2	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	46.01	Q
3	3	Nick Ekelund-Arenander	Denmark	46.01	Q, SB
5	3	Alexander Beck	Australia	46.05	Q, PB
6	3	Gustavo Cuesta	Dominican Republic	46.10	q
7	2	Sakaria Kamberuka	Botswana	46.14	Q
8	1	Takamasa Kitagawa	Japan	46.25	q
9	1	Jon Seeliger	South Africa	46.31
10	2	Kentaro Sato	Japan	46.36
11	3	Park Bong-go	South Korea	46.39	SB
12	1	Cole Lambourne	United States	46.58
13	3	Rafał Omelko	Poland	46.62
14	1	George Effah	Ghana	46.67	PB
15	2	Pieter Conradie	South Africa	46.84
16	1	Zoltán Kovács	Hungary	47.10	SB
17	2	Kim Ui-yeon	South Korea	47.15	SB
18	2	Axel Bergrahm	Sweden	47.42
19	3	Sergio Germain	Chile	47.46
20	2	Bailey Stewart	New Zealand	47.57
21	3	Andrea Delfino	Italy	47.72	PB
22	2	Roberto Severi	Italy	47.79
23	1	Mauritz Kåshagen	Norway	48.34
	3	Fitzroy Dunkley	Jamaica	DNS

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	44.91	SB
	3	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	45.63	PB
	4	Jan Tesař	Czech Republic	45.73	PB
4	1	Gustavo Cuesta	Dominican Republic	45.78
5	8	Sakaria Kamberuka	Botswana	45.83	SB
6	7	Alexander Beck	Australia	45.91	PB
7	2	Takamasa Kitagawa	Japan	46.03
8	6	Nick Ekelund-Arenander	Denmark	46.53

References

↑ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
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↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.

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[1] "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.

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[3] "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.

[4] "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-24.

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Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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