Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 14, 15 and 16 July 1993.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Derrick Adkins United States | Yoshihiko Saito Japan | Dusán Kovács Hungary |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Yoshihiko Saito | Japan | 49.99 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Samuel Matete | Zambia | 50.12 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Derrick Adkins | United States | 50.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | Japan | 50.52 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Dusán Kovács | Hungary | 50.56 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Rohan Robinson | Australia | 50.59 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Paolo Bellino | Italy | 50.76 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | Belgium | 50.86 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Marc Dollendorf | Belgium | 50.95 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Hubert Rakotombelontsoa | Madagascar | 51.00 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Piotr Kotlarski | Poland | 51.09 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Michael Kaul | Germany | 51.17 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Mugur Mateescu | Romania | 51.29 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Mauro Maurizi | Italy | 51.50 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Johnathon Schmidt | New Zealand | 51.63 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Mark Jackson | Canada | 51.68 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Santiago Fraga | Spain | 51.74 | |
| 18 | 1 | Ali Ismail Doka | Qatar | 52.03 | |
| 19 | 1 | Torrance Zellner | United States | 52.10 | |
| 20 | 3 | Samuel Madonsela | South Africa | 52.47 | |
| 21 | 1 | Marco Mina | Peru | 53.03 | |
| 22 | 2 | Chen Fang-cheng | Chinese Taipei | 53.54 | |
| 23 | 4 | Arnold Persulessy | Indonesia | 53.75 | |
| 24 | 3 | Grant Coutts | New Zealand | 53.84 | |
| 25 | 4 | Mauricio Carranza | El Salvador | 54.18 | |
| 26 | 1 | Shehzed Ishaque | Pakistan | 55.39 | |
| 27 | 2 | Pablo Agosto | Puerto Rico | 55.46 | |
| 28 | 4 | Ravindra Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 59.77 | |
| 29 | 1 | Ibrahim Munu | Sierra Leone | 1:01.02 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Yoshihiko Saito | Japan | 49.24 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Samuel Matete | Zambia | 49.29 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Derrick Adkins | United States | 49.48 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rohan Robinson | Australia | 49.77 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | Belgium | 49.83 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Dusán Kovács | Hungary | 49.96 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Hubert Rakotombelontsoa | Madagascar | 50.22 | |
| 8 | 2 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | Japan | 50.41 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Piotr Kotlarski | Poland | 50.48 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Paolo Bellino | Italy | 50.53 | |
| 11 | 1 | Mauro Maurizi | Italy | 50.77 | |
| 12 | 2 | Mugur Mateescu | Romania | 51.33 | |
| 13 | 2 | Michael Kaul | Germany | 51.36 | |
| 14 | 1 | Johnathon Schmidt | New Zealand | 51.56 | |
| 15 | 2 | Marc Dollendorf | Belgium | 51.82 | |
| 16 | 1 | Mark Jackson | Canada | 51.96 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Derrick Adkins | United States | 49.35 |
| | 5 | Yoshihiko Saito | Japan | 49.61 |
| | 1 | Dusán Kovács | Hungary | 50.12 |
| 4 | 3 | Samuel Matete | Zambia | 50.31 |
| 5 | 8 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | Japan | 50.34 |
| 6 | 6 | Rohan Robinson | Australia | 50.38 |
| 7 | 2 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | Belgium | 51.53 |
| 8 | 7 | Piotr Kotlarski | Poland | 51.55 |
