Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 18, 19 and 20 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Dmitriy Stukalov Soviet Union | Miroslav Kodejš Czechoslovakia | Tadeusz Kulczycki Poland |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Yanko Bratanov | Bulgaria | 51.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Steve Black | Great Britain | 52.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Julio Ferrer | Puerto Rico | 53.1 | |
| 4 | 1 | Albert Toro | Central African Republic | 56.6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Ahmed Javed | Pakistan | 58.2 | |
| 1 | 2 | Bruce Collins | United States | 51.42 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Werner Reibert | West Germany | 51.8 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ladislav Kárský | Czechoslovakia | 52.1 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Luc Baggio | France | 52.24 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Enrique Aguirre | Mexico | 53.9 | |
| 6 | 2 | José Santiago | Puerto Rico | 54.0 | |
| 1 | 3 | Dmitriy Stukalov | Soviet Union | 50.8 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Frank Nusse | Netherlands | 52.1 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Roberto Maroldi | Italy | 52.6 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Wynford Leyshon | Great Britain | 52.9 | |
| 5 | 3 | Gheorghe Tanasescu | Romania | 53.5 | |
| 1 | 4 | Miroslav Kodejš | Czechoslovakia | 51.4 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jerzy Hewelt | Poland | 52.2 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Daniele Giovanardi | Italy | 52.5 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Dorin Melinte | Romania | 52.9 | |
| 5 | 4 | Dorival Negrissoli | Brazil | 53.4 | |
| 6 | 4 | David Jarvis | Canada | 53.6 | |
| 1 | 5 | Tadeusz Kulczycki | Poland | 51.7 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Hansjörg Haas | Switzerland | 51.81 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Rolf Ziegler | West Germany | 51.9 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Talib Faizal Al-Saffar | Iraq | 52.6 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Ahmad Lotfabady | Iran | 55.1 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Miroslav Kodejš | Czechoslovakia | 50.65 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jerzy Hewelt | Poland | 51.07 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lucien Baggio | France | 51.29 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Rolf Ziegler | West Germany | 51.5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Yanko Bratanov | Bulgaria | 51.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Talib Faizal Al-Saffar | Iraq | 53.0 | |
| 7 | 1 | Roberto Maroldi | Italy | 54.0 | |
| 1 | 2 | Tadeusz Kulczycki | Poland | 50.70 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Dmitriy Stukalov | Soviet Union | 50.70 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Frank Nusse | Netherlands | 50.93 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Werner Reibert | West Germany | 51.0 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Ladislav Kárský | Czechoslovakia | 51.5 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Steve Black | Great Britain | 51.8 | |
| 7 | 2 | Hansjörg Haas | Switzerland | 52.3 | |
| 8 | 2 | Daniele Giovanardi | Italy | 52.6 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Dmitriy Stukalov | Soviet Union | 49.62 |
| | Miroslav Kodejš | Czechoslovakia | 49.94 |
| | Tadeusz Kulczycki | Poland | 50.54 |
| 4 | Jerzy Hewelt | Poland | 50.93 |
| 5 | Lucien Baggio | France | 50.98 |
| 6 | Frank Nusse | Netherlands | 51.30 |
| 7 | Ladislav Kárský | Czechoslovakia | 51.41 |
| 8 | Werner Reibert | West Germany | 51.76 |
