Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24–25 November.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 24 November 2010 | 09:55 | Round 1 |
| Thursday, 25 November 2010 | 19:10 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 August 1992 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 47.53 | Sydney, Australia | 27 September 2000 |
| Games Record | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) | 48.42 | Busan, South Korea | 8 October 2002 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNF — Did not finish
* DNS — Did not start
* DSQ — Disqualified

### Round 1

* Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Naohiro Kawakita (JPN) | 51.01 | Q |
| 2 | Meng Yan (CHN) | 51.32 | Q |
| 3 | Viktor Leptikov (KAZ) | 51.64 | Q |
| 4 | Lee Seung-yoon (KOR) | 53.56 | |
| 5 | Nitat Kaewkhong (THA) | 55.87 | |
| — | Fawaz Al-Shammari (IOC) | DNS | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kenji Narisako (JPN) | 50.15 | Q |
| 2 | Joseph Abraham (IND) | 50.93 | Q |
| 5 | Bandar Sharahili (KSA) | 51.53 | Q |
| 7 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ) | 51.67 | q |
| 8 | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | 51.82 | q |
| — | Abdullah Al-Hidi (OMA) | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Joseph Abraham (IND) | 49.96 |
| | Bandar Sharahili (KSA) | 50.29 |
| | Naohiro Kawakita (JPN) | 50.37 |
| 4 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ) | 51.34 |
| 5 | Viktor Leptikov (KAZ) | 52.45 |
| — | Kenji Narisako (JPN) | DSQ |
| — | Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT) | DNS |
| — | Meng Yan (CHN) | DNS |
