Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the 2022 Asian Games
Venue	HOC Stadium
Date	29–30 September 2023
Competitors	22 from 16 nations
Medalists
Yousef Masrahi    Saudi Arabia   Kentaro Sato    Japan   Yusuf Ali Abbas    Bahrain
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Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games

The men's 400 metres competition at the 2022 Asian Games took place on 29 and 30 September 2023 at the HOC Stadium, Hangzhou.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) ^[1]

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 29 September 2023	19:25	Round 1
Saturday, 30 September 2023	20:10	Final

Records

Records before the 2022 Asian Games

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [2]	Wayde Van Niekerk  (RSA)	43.03	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
Asian record [3]	Yousef Masrahi  (KSA)	43.93	Beijing, China	23 August 2015
Games record		44.46	Incheon, South Korea	27 September 2014
World leading [4]	Steven Gardiner  (BAH)	43.74	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	18 July 2023
Asian leading [5]	Kentaro Sato  (JPN)	44.77	Budapest, Hungary	20 August 2023

Results

Round 1

• Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. ^[6]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Kalinga Kumarage  (SRI)	45.57	Q
2	Yusuf Ali Abbas  (BRN)	45.77	Q
3	Muhammed Anas  (IND)	46.29
4	Ashraf Osman  (QAT)	46.82
5	Sarawut Nuansi  (THA)	47.02
6	Thiruben s/o Thana Rajan  (SGP)	47.26	PB
–	Tshering Penjor  (BHU)	DQ
–	Jandos Narau  (MGL)	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Kentaro Sato  (JPN)	45.57	Q
2	Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi  (IND)	45.76	Q
3	Ismail Doudai Abakar  (QAT)	46.03	q, PB
4	Mazen Al-Yassin  (KSA)	46.13
5	Som Bahadur Kumal  (NEP)	48.68
6	Kim Ui-yeon  (KOR)	48.68
7	Ruslan Litovski  (KGZ)	50.10

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Fuga Sato  (JPN)	45.56	Q
2	Yousef Masrahi  (KSA)	45.64	Q
3	Aruna Darshana  (SRI)	46.07	q
4	Umar Osman  (MAS)	46.58
5	Yefim Tarassov  (KAZ)	47.09
6	Muhammad Asad Khan  (PAK)	48.60
7	Erdenebat Turtogtokh  (MGL)	50.10	PB

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Yousef Masrahi  (KSA)	45.55
	Kentaro Sato  (JPN)	45.57
	Yusuf Ali Abbas  (BRN)	45.65	PB
4	Fuga Sato  (JPN)	45.70
5	Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi  (IND)	45.97
6	Aruna Darshan  (SRI)	46.09
7	Kalinga Kumarage  (SRI)	46.22
8	Ismail Doudai Abakar  (QAT)	46.48

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Hangzhou 2022. 2023-09-28.
2. "400 Metres men - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
3. "400 Metres men - Asian record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
4. "400 Metres men - 2023 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
5. "400 Metres men - 2023 Asian leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
6. "Men's 400m Round 1 Results" (PDF). Hangzhou 2022. 2023-09-29.
7. "Men's 400m Final Results" (PDF). Hangzhou 2022. 2023-09-30.