Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres
# Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Vladimir Krasnov Russia | Anderson Henriques Brazil | Nicholas Maitland Jamaica |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and 6 best performers advanced to the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Anderson Henriques | Brazil | 46.63 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 46.68 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira | Brazil | 46.69 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Tyler Harper | Canada | 46.70 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Nicholas Maitland | Jamaica | 46.76 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | 46.77 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Jacques de Swardt | South Africa | 47.04 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia | 47.14 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Benjamin Ayesu-Attah | Canada | 47.15 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Mathew Lynch | Australia | 47.28 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Kengo Yamasaki | Japan | 47.32 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Jun Kimura | Japan | 47.42 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Mehmet Güzel | Turkey | 47.48 | q |
| 14 | 6 | Emmanuel Tugumisirize | Uganda | 47.52 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 47.71 | q |
| 16 | 6 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 47.93 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Ernst Narib | Namibia | 48.11 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 48.17 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Mothusi Bolele | Botswana | 48.30 | q |
| 20 | 6 | Martins Zacests | Latvia | 48.42 | Q, PB |
| 21 | 2 | Alexander Carew | Australia | 48.67 | Q |
| 22 | 6 | Mohd Arif Zulhilmi Bin Alet | Malaysia | 48.89 | q |
| 23 | 4 | Kannathasan Subramaniam | Malaysia | 49.12 | q |
| 24 | 5 | Jesús Herrera | Colombia | 49.20 | q |
| 25 | 6 | Rauno Kunnapuu | Estonia | 49.22 | |
| 26 | 1 | Ibrahima Mbengue | Senegal | 49.32 | |
| 27 | 6 | Oumar Dia | Senegal | 49.43 | |
| 28 | 1 | Geoffrey Akena | Uganda | 49.48 | |
| 29 | 3 | Henry Stevens-Carty | Bermuda | 49.49 | |
| 30 | 1 | Mohammed Abubakari | Ghana | 49.51 | |
| 31 | 2 | Felix Attafoe | Ghana | 49.61 | |
| 32 | 5 | Ramzi Naim | Lebanon | 49.76 | |
| 33 | 3 | Matthew Croker | Malta | 49.84 | |
| 34 | 5 | Vezokuhle Ndlovu | Zimbabwe | 50.01 | |
| 35 | 2 | Madushanka Dinesh | Sri Lanka | 50.17 | |
| 36 | 4 | Ao Ioeng Ka Hou | Macau | 50.31 | |
| 37 | 5 | Rodolfo Edmond Taylor | Panama | 51.19 | |
| 38 | 3 | Moussargue Tchoumgoyo | Chad | 53.12 | |
| | 1 | Vladislavs Prosmickis | Latvia | DQ | FS |
| | 2 | Nijel Amos | Botswana | DNF | |
| | 2 | Mohamed Kamara | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 2 | Peter Kiprotich | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 3 | Youssef Zeineddine | Lebanon | DNS | |
| | 4 | Fleury Oboba | Congo | DNS | |
| | 6 | Reginald Makunere | Zimbabwe | DNS | |
| | 6 | Noah Akwu | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 45.91 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 45.94 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira | Brazil | 45.96 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia | 46.03 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Nicholas Maitland | Jamaica | 46.04 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Anderson Henriques | Brazil | 46.17 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Emmanuel Tugumisirize | Uganda | 46.19 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Tyler Harper | Canada | 46.26 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | 46.39 | |
| 10 | 2 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 46.65 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jacques de Swardt | South Africa | 46.68 | |
| 12 | 1 | Jun Kimura | Japan | 46.84 | |
| 13 | 2 | Kengo Yamasaki | Japan | 46.90 | |
| 14 | 3 | Benjamin Ayesu-Attah | Canada | 47.11 | |
| 15 | 1 | Mathew Lynch | Australia | 47.16 | |
| 16 | 3 | Mehmet Güzel | Turkey | 47.41 | |
| 17 | 2 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 47.90 | |
| 18 | 3 | Ernst Narib | Namibia | 47.96 | |
| 19 | 2 | Kannathasan Subramaniam | Malaysia | 48.34 | |
| 20 | 3 | Alexander Carew | Australia | 48.47 | |
| 21 | 2 | Martins Zacests | Latvia | 48.58 | |
| 22 | 1 | Mothusi Bolele | Botswana | 49.11 | |
| 23 | 3 | Jesús Herrera | Colombia | 49.70 | |
| | 1 | Mohd Arif Zulhilmi Bin Alet | Malaysia | ??.?? | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 8 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia | 45.49 | SB |
| | 7 | Anderson Henriques | Brazil | 45.50 | |
| | 5 | Nicholas Maitland | Jamaica | 45.63 | PB |
| 4 | 6 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 45.69 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 45.83 | |
| 6 | 4 | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira | Brazil | 45.96 | |
| 7 | 1 | Emmanuel Tugumisirize | Uganda | 46.63 | |
| 8 | 2 | Tyler Harper | Canada | 46.97 | |
