Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 26 and 27 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 26 August 2018 | 20:25 | Round 1 |
| Monday, 27 August 2018 | 19:00 | 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 | Abderrahman Samba (QAT) | 46.98 | Paris, France | 30 June 2018 |
| 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

### Round 1

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

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Takatoshi Abe (JPN) | 49.71 | Q |
| 2 | Dmitriy Koblov (KAZ) | 50.58 | Q |
| 3 | Han Se-hyun (KOR) | 50.69 | q |
| 4 | Francis Medina (PHI) | 51.68 | |
| 5 | Andrian (INA) | 51.93 | |
| 6 | Abdullah Mulahyi (KSA) | 52.42 | |
| — | Feng Zhiqiang (CHN) | DNS | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chen Chieh (TPE) | 50.30 | Q |
| 2 | Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan (IND) | 50.46 | Q |
| 3 | Takayuki Kishimoto (JPN) | 50.95 | |
| 4 | Mehboob Ali (PAK) | 51.27 | |
| 5 | Cai Junqi (CHN) | 51.37 | |
| 6 | Halomoan Edwin Binsar (INA) | 53.28 | |
| 7 | Phan Khắc Hoàng (VIE) | 53.47 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Abderrahman Samba (QAT) | 49.34 | Q |
| 2 | Dharun Ayyasamy (IND) | 49.55 | Q |
| 3 | Eric Cray (PHI) | 50.54 | q |
| 4 | Yu Chia-hsuan (TPE) | 50.84 | |
| 5 | Reza Malekpour (IRI) | 50.99 | |
| 6 | Pipatporn Paungpi (THA) | 53.74 | |
| 7 | Chan Ka Chun (HKG) | 53.94 | |
| — | Quách Công Lịch (VIE) | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Abderrahman Samba (QAT) | 47.66 | GR |
| | Dharun Ayyasamy (IND) | 48.96 | |
| | Takatoshi Abe (JPN) | 49.12 | |
| 4 | Chen Chieh (TPE) | 49.62 | |
| 5 | Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan (IND) | 49.66 | |
| 6 | Dmitriy Koblov (KAZ) | 50.60 | |
| 7 | Eric Cray (PHI) | 51.53 | |
| 8 | Han Se-hyun (KOR) | 51.65 | |
