Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres
# Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held on 8, 9 and 10 July at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Valente Mendoza Mexico | Mikhail Litvin Kazakhstan | Gardeo Isaacs South Africa |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Mikhail Litvin | Kazakhstan | 46.39 | Q, SB |
| 1 | 6 | Valente Mendoza | Mexico | 46.39 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 46.58 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Mitsuki Kawauchi | Japan | 46.67 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf | Senegal | 46.77 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Wiktor Suwara | Poland | 46.93 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Mo Il-hwan | South Korea | 46.94 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Cliffton Meshack | Botswana | 47.03 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Gardeo Isaacs | South Africa | 47.03 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Yang Lung-hsiang | Chinese Taipei | 47.06 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Leon Tafirenyika | Zimbabwe | 47.07 | q, PB |
| 12 | 7 | Yu Chen-yi | Chinese Taipei | 47.11 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 47.14 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 47.24 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 3 | Dariusz Kowaluk | Poland | 47.25 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | Isaiah Palmer | United States | 47.41 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Frederic Mendy | Senegal | 47.45 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Abdul Razak | Ghana | 47.51 | q, PB |
| 19 | 1 | Naoki Kitadani | Japan | 47.55 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 47.55 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Jon Seeliger | South Africa | 47.81 | Q |
| 22 | 6 | Wu Lei | China | 47.82 | Q |
| 23 | 7 | Phitchaya Sunthonthuam | Thailand | 47.83 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | Oleksiy Pozdnyakov | Ukraine | 47.98 | |
| 25 | 1 | Andrey Sokolov | Kazakhstan | 48.06 | Q, SB |
| 26 | 7 | Nattapong Kongkraphan | Thailand | 48.14 | |
| 27 | 5 | Tan Zong Yang | Singapore | 48.16 | |
| 28 | 6 | Anouar El Aoufi | Morocco | 48.18 | |
| 29 | 1 | Cristian Radu | Romania | 48.21 | |
| 30 | 1 | Rokas Pacevičius | Lithuania | 48.22 | SB |
| 31 | 3 | Caleb Kwemoi | Uganda | 48.31 | |
| 32 | 1 | Etiam Torgbenu | Ghana | 48.37 | |
| 32 | 5 | Yau Chung Cheah | Malaysia | 48.37 | SB |
| 34 | 1 | Zhu Zilong | China | 48.73 | |
| 35 | 7 | Kar Jun Kwong | Malaysia | 48.89 | |
| 36 | 4 | Williamson Oroma | Uganda | 49.21 | |
| 37 | 7 | Laknath Kavindu | Sri Lanka | 49.22 | |
| 38 | 7 | Mohammed Al-Suleimani | Oman | 49.29 | PB |
| 39 | 4 | Zhivko Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 49.35 | SB |
| 40 | 2 | Mohamad Merhe Mortada | Lebanon | 49.46 | |
| 41 | 3 | Lesedi Omondi | Botswana | 49.47 | |
| 42 | 4 | Cristin Esanu | Moldova | 49.50 | |
| 43 | 4 | Abdullah Al-Subaie | Saudi Arabia | 49.59 | |
| 44 | 6 | Sten Ütsmüts | Estonia | 49.59 | |
| 45 | 6 | Jahquez Durham | United States | 49.62 | |
| 46 | 6 | Usama Al-Gheilani | Oman | 49.85 | |
| 47 | 2 | Obrey Chabala | Zambia | 50.09 | |
| 48 | 2 | Lovrenc Valič | Slovenia | 50.20 | |
| 49 | 3 | Frederik Peschardt | Denmark | 50.42 | |
| 50 | 1 | Erick Arnold | Argentina | 50.46 | SB |
| 51 | 6 | Ishan Lahiru Olidurage | Sri Lanka | 50.77 | |
| 52 | 2 | Patrick Kahongo | Zambia | 51.03 | |
| 53 | 5 | Jean Bruno Kadda | Central African Republic | 51.99 | PB |
| 54 | 5 | Mahmoud El Daou | Lebanon | 1:57.60 | |
| | 7 | Roy Machingura | Zimbabwe | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Valente Mendoza | Mexico | 45.75 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Mikhail Litvin | Kazakhstan | 45.84 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Gardeo Isaacs | South Africa | 46.02 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mitsuki Kawauchi | Japan | 46.05 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 46.09 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf | Senegal | 46.31 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Wiktor Suwara | Poland | 46.40 | q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Naoki Kitadani | Japan | 46.57 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Isaiah Palmer | United States | 46.59 | |
| 10 | 2 | Yang Lung-hsiang | Chinese Taipei | 46.67 | |
| 11 | 3 | Dariusz Kowaluk | Poland | 46.77 | |
| 12 | 1 | Cliffton Meshack | Botswana | 46.80 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | Yu Chen-yi | Chinese Taipei | 46.86 | |
| 14 | 2 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 46.94 | PB |
| 15 | 3 | Frederic Mendy | Senegal | 47.16 | |
| 16 | 3 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 47.18 | |
| 17 | 2 | Wu Lei | China | 47.26 | |
| 18 | 1 | Leon Tafirenyika | Zimbabwe | 47.32 | |
| 19 | 3 | Phitchaya Sunthonthuam | Thailand | 47.38 | |
| 20 | 3 | Jon Seeliger | South Africa | 47.60 | |
| 21 | 2 | Abdul Razak | Ghana | 47.60 | PB |
| 22 | 1 | Andrey Sokolov | Kazakhstan | 47.97 | SB |
| 23 | 2 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 48.09 | |
| | 1 | Mo Il-hwan | South Korea | DQ | 163.3a |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Valente Mendoza | Mexico | 45.63 | PB |
| | 3 | Mikhail Litvin | Kazakhstan | 45.77 | SB |
| | 6 | Gardeo Isaacs | South Africa | 45.89 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 46.23 | |
| 5 | 1 | Wiktor Suwara | Poland | 46.36 | PB |
| 6 | 5 | Mitsuki Kawauchi | Japan | 46.62 | |
| 7 | 2 | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf | Senegal | 46.64 | |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Kitadani | Japan | 46.69 | |
