Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Venue	Lohrheidestadion
Location	Bochum, Germany
Dates	21 July (heats) 22 July (semi-finals) 23 July (final)
Competitors	52 from 39 nations
Winning time	44.84 SB
Medalists
Lythe Pillay    South Africa   Patrik Simon Enyingi    Hungary   Edoardo Scotti    Italy
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The men's 400 metres event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 21, 22 and 23 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
Games record	João Coelho  (POR)	44.79	Chengdu, China	3 August 2023

Results

Heats

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals. ^[3]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kira Hirakawa	Japan	46.55	Q
2	Jake Palermo	United States	46.56	Q
3	Kago Seshoka	Botswana	46.80	Q
4	Abou Adama Sane	Senegal	46.94	q, PB
5	Andreas Wolf	Austria	47.50	q
6	Methawi Kanhaaudom	Thailand	48.20	SB
7	Daniel Earles	Canada	48.40
8	Novruz Asadli	Azerbaijan	50.24
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	46.81	Q
2	Marcin Karolewski	Poland	46.97	Q
3	Lex Revell-Lewis	New Zealand	47.55	Q
4	Nathaniel Dyas	Great Britain	48.49
5	Joseph Okolimo	Uganda	48.55
6	Jirateep Bundee	Thailand	49.95
—	Muhammad Aidil Azrul	Malaysia	DQ	TR 17.2.3
[5]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Vincent Gendre	Switzerland	46.97	Q
2	Kubilay Ençü	Turkey	47.29	Q
3	Terrell Thorne	Australia	47.40	Q, PB
4	Maj Janža  [ de ]	Slovenia	47.59
5	Keshawn Igbinosun	Canada	47.75	PB
6	Junsung Kim	South Korea	48.66
—	Isuru Welapala Gedara	Sri Lanka	DQ	TR 17.2.3
[6]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jack Raftery	Ireland	46.39	Q
2	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.48	Q
3	Matthew Galea Soler	Malta	46.82	Q
4	Umar Osman	Malaysia	46.97	q
5	Isaiah Sayialel	Kenya	50.05
6	Jhoan Julio Hoyos	Colombia	50.07
7	Yousuf Al-Malki	Oman	51.39
8	Jorge Mendoza Galindo	Honduras	51.85	PB
[7]

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Lythe Pillay	South Africa	46.25	Q
2	İlyas Çanakçı	Turkey	46.77	Q
3	Tomáš Grajcarík	Slovakia	47.09	Q, PB
4	Mouje Tjazeri	Botswana	47.75
5	Abhishek	India	48.58
6	Robin Sapar	Estonia	48.93
7	Everts Hemmelis	Latvia	49.45
[8]

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tumisang Shezi	South Africa	47.08	Q
2	Seungkyun Joo	South Korea	47.24	Q
3	Chun Ho Chan	Hong Kong	47.62	Q
4	Juan Martin Barbas	Argentina	48.67	PB
5	Juan Esteban Wilches	Colombia	49.19
6	Santiago Paul Llerena	Ecuador	50.00
—	Salim Zubairu Bello	Nigeria	DNF
—	Thomas Reynolds	Australia	DQ	TR 16.8
[9]

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Patrik Simon Enyingi	Hungary	46.59	Q
2	Daniel Sołtysiak  [ de; no ]	Poland	46.83	Q
3	Nayyir Newash-Campbell	United States	47.47	Q
4	Johnson Nyeko	Uganda	48.26
5	Ian Romeo Estrello	Mexico	49.59
6	Hussein al Sabaaa	Saudi Arabia	49.99
—	Hamzah Abdulla al Jabri	Oman	DQ	TR 17.2.3
[10]

Semi-finals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[11]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Lythe Pillay	South Africa	45.53	Q
2	Marcin Karolewski	Poland	45.92	Q, PB
3	Terrell Thorne	Australia	46.63
4	Vincent Gendre	Switzerland	46.80
5	İlyas Çanakçı	Turkey	47.11
6	Seungkyun Joo	South Korea	47.18
7	Andreas Wolf	Austria	47.77
8	Nayyir Newash-Campbell	United States	48.12
[12]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.89	Q
2	Daniel Sołtysiak  [ de; no ]	Poland	46.04	Q
3	Jack Raftery	Ireland	46.07	q
4	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.16	q
5	Lex Revell-Lewis	New Zealand	46.47
6	Umar Osman	Malaysia	47.10
7	Kubilay Ençü	Turkey	47.40
8	Tomáš Grajcarík	Slovakia	47.76
[13]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Patrik Simon Enyingi	Hungary	46.06	Q
2	Kira Hirakawa	Japan	46.18	Q
3	Matthew Galea Soler	Malta	46.63	PB
4	Abou Adama Sane	Senegal	46.76	PB
5	Kago Seshoka	Botswana	46.86
6	Chun Ho Chan	Hong Kong	47.76
—	Tumisang Shezi	South Africa	DNF
—	Jake Palermo	United States	DQ
[14]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Lythe Pillay	South Africa	44.84	SB
	Patrik Simon Enyingi	Hungary	45.41
	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.61
4	Jack Raftery	Ireland	45.69
5	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	45.84	SB
6	Marcin Karolewski	Poland	46.16
7	Daniel Sołtysiak  [ de; no ]	Poland	46.28
8	Kira Hirakawa	Japan	46.68
[15]

References

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