Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 1, 2 and 3 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
João Coelho   Portugal	Reece Holder   Australia	Mihai Dringo   Romania

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Reece Holder	Australia	46.10	Q
2	2	Umar Osman	Malaysia	46.33	Q, PB
3	4	Sewekan Thovoethin	Nigeria	46.68	Q, PB
4	8	İlyas Çanakcı	Turkey	47.40	q
5	3	Calvin Quek	Singapore	47.41	q
6	5	Joseph Taylor	United States	48.41
7	7	Shimar Velloza	Guyana	51.45
Source: [1]

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Kenki Imaizumi	Japan	47.23	Q
2	8	José Elizondo	Costa Rica	47.58	Q
3	3	Kubilay Ençü	Turkey	47.59	Q
4	4	Yefim Tarassov	Kazakhstan	47.68
5	2	Ivan Galuşca	Moldova	47.81
6	7	Li Xinwang	China	50.11
—	5	Sujan Shrestha	Nepal	DNS
Source: [2]

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Mihai Dringo	Romania	46.85	Q
2	7	Mateusz Rzeźniczak	Poland	46.98	Q
3	8	Nhlanhla Maseko	South Africa	47.21	Q
4	3	Phenyo Majama	Botswana	47.47	q
5	4	Emmanuel Dukpe	Ghana	47.66
6	2	Nitin Kumar	India	48.31
—	6	Moses Chileshe	Zambia	DQ	TR17.4.3
Source: [3]

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	João Coelho	Portugal	46.83	Q
2	4	Tjaart van der Walt	South Africa	47.21	Q
3	7	Joo Seung-kyun	South Korea	47.26	Q
4	3	El Hadji Soumaré	Senegal	47.28	q
5	2	Thiruben Thana	Singapore	47.33	q
6	1	Fredrik Øvereng	Norway	47.46	q
7	8	Justin Eyit	Uganda	49.29
—	6	Hamad Alyahyaee	United Arab Emirates	DNS
Source: [4]

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Naohiro Jinushi	Japan	46.43	Q
2	5	Zhou Haowen	China	47.40	Q
3	3	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	47.49	Q
4	6	Theerthesh Shetty	India	49.01
5	2	Y.K.S.T. Al-Malki	Oman	52.22
—	7	Adam Łukomski	Poland	DNF
—	8	Mouatez Sikiou	Algeria	DQ	TR17.4.3
Source: [5]

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Keishon Franklin	United States	47.24	Q
2	6	João Falcão	Brazil	47.50	Q
3	4	Godfrey Chanwengo	Uganda	47.72	Q
4	7	Israel Anane Domeh	Ghana	48.35
5	5	Lee Do-ha	South Korea	48.77
6	8	Billy Ingabire	Burundi	51.84
7	1	James Manamugabe	Burundi	52.09
—	3	Abdul Waify Roslan	Malaysia	DQ	TR17.4.3
Source: [6]

Semifinal

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	João Coelho	Portugal	46.60	Q
2	4	Mihai Dringo	Romania	46.90	Q
3	5	Tjaart van der Walt	South Africa	47.17
4	3	Joo Seung-kyun	South Korea	47.39
5	7	Zhou Haowen	China	47.41
6	2	İlyas Çanakcı	Turkey	47.42
—	1	Calvin Quek	Singapore	DNF
—	8	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	DQ	TR16.8
Source: [7]

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Naohiro Jinushi	Japan	45.90	Q
2	7	Mateusz Rzeźniczak	Poland	46.11	Q, SB
3	3	Nhlanhla Maseko	South Africa	46.26	q, PB
4	5	Keishon Franklin	United States	46.72
5	8	Kubilay Ençü	Turkey	46.74
6	6	João Falcão	Brazil	47.45
7	1	Fredrik Øvereng	Norway	47.53
8	2	Thiruben Thana	Singapore	48.09
Source: [8]

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Reece Holder	Australia	45.75	Q
2	6	Kenki Imaizumi	Japan	46.01	Q
3	4	Umar Osman	Malaysia	46.09	q, PB
4	3	Sewekan Thovoethin	Nigeria	46.38	PB
5	1	Phenyo Majama	Botswana	47.40	SB
6	5	José Elizondo	Costa Rica	47.92
7	8	Godfrey Chanwengo	Uganda	48.01
—	2	El Hadji Soumaré	Senegal	DNF
Source: [9]

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	5	João Coelho	Portugal	44.79 (.782)	GR
	6	Reece Holder	Australia	44.79 (.785)	GR
	3	Mihai Dringo	Romania	45.27	PB
4	7	Naohiro Jinushi	Japan	45.58	PB
5	8	Mateusz Rzeźniczak	Poland	45.82	PB
6	2	Nhlanhla Maseko	South Africa	46.12	PB
7	1	Umar Osman	Malaysia	46.41
8	4	Kenki Imaizumi	Japan	47.18
Source: [10]

References

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