2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# 2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10–12 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Mubarak Al-Nubi Qatar | Hideaki Kawamura Japan | Yevgeniy Meleshenko Kazakhstan |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Mubarak Al-Nubi | Qatar | 50.72 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hideaki Kawamura | Japan | 50.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 51.38 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Yoshihiro Chiba | Japan | 51.58 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Asoka Jayasundara | Sri Lanka | 51.73 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Apisit Kuttiyawan | Thailand | 51.81 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Harijan Ratnayake | Sri Lanka | 52.09 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Chen Tien-Wen | Chinese Taipei | 53.02 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Nguyen Bao Huy | Vietnam | 54.54 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | Suranga Adikari | Sri Lanka | 54.81 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Baymurat Ashirmuradov | Turkmenistan | 54.92 | |
| 12 | 2 | Wong Kai Tung | Hong Kong | 55.44 | PB |
| | 1 | Bader Abdulrahman Aman | Kuwait | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mubarak Al-Nubi | Qatar | 48.67 | |
| | Hideaki Kawamura | Japan | 48.85 | SB |
| | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 49.56 | |
| 4 | Yoshihiro Chiba | Japan | 50.24 | |
| 5 | Asoka Jayasundara | Sri Lanka | 50.78 | |
| | Apisit Kuttiyawan | Thailand | DNF | |
| | Harijan Ratnayake | Sri Lanka | DNS | |
| | Chen Tien-Wen | Chinese Taipei | DNS | |
