Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 26, 27 and 28 August 1965.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Roberto Frinolli Italy | Robert Poirier France | Ron Whitney United States |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ron Whitney | United States | 52.1 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kiyoo Yui | Japan | 53.7 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Miklós Vértessy | Hungary | 54.1 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Dimcho Kovachev | Bulgaria | 54.9 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Hans Wick | Switzerland | 55.6 | |
| | 1 | Giorgio Reggiani | Italy | DQ | |
| 1 | 2 | Roberto Frinolli | Italy | 51.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rainer Schubert | West Germany | 53.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Cook | Great Britain | 54.3 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Wilfried Geeroms | Belgium | 55.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Svatopluk Matolin | Czechoslovakia | 55.2 | |
| 6 | 2 | Athanasios Lazaridis | Greece | 55.2 | |
| 1 | 3 | John Sherwood | Great Britain | 52.9 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Fritz Roth | West Germany | 53.5 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Andrzej Skorupiński | Poland | 53.8 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Robert Poirier | France | 54.2 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ferenc Oros | Hungary | 54.5 | |
| 1 | 4 | Anatoliy Kazakov | Soviet Union | 53.5 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jean-Jacques Behm | France | 54.3 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Karel Brems | Belgium | 54.6 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Hans Kocher | Switzerland | 54.8 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Miroslav Hruš | Czechoslovakia | 55.2 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ron Whitney | United States | 51.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | John Sherwood | Great Britain | 52.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Robert Poirier | France | 52.3 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kiyoo Yui | Japan | 52.4 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Fritz Roth | West Germany | 52.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Hans Kocher | Switzerland | 53.5 | |
| 7 | 1 | Karel Brems | Belgium | 53.5 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dimcho Kovachev | Bulgaria | 54.0 | |
| 1 | 2 | Roberto Frinolli | Italy | 51.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Anatoliy Kazakov | Soviet Union | 51.6 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Rainer Schubert | West Germany | 51.9 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | John Cook | Great Britain | 52.1 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jean-Jacques Behm | France | 52.6 | |
| 6 | 2 | Miklós Vértessy | Hungary | 53.0 | |
| 7 | 2 | Andrzej Skorupiński | Poland | 53.7 | |
| | 2 | Wilfried Geeroms | Belgium | ? | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Roberto Frinolli | Italy | 50.5 |
| | Robert Poirier | France | 50.7 |
| | Ron Whitney | United States | 51.1 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Kazakov | Soviet Union | 51.4 |
| 5 | John Sherwood | Great Britain | 51.5 |
| 6 | John Cook | Great Britain | 51.8 |
| 7 | Rainer Schubert | West Germany | 52.4 |
| 8 | Kiyoo Yui | Japan | 53.7 |
