Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 1, 2 and 3 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
João Coelho  Portugal	Reece Holder  Australia	Mihai Dringo  Romania

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to semifinal.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Reece Holder	Australia	46.10	Q
2	1	Umar Osman	Malaysia	46.33	Q, PB
3	5	Naohiro Jinushi	Japan	46.43	Q
4	1	Sewekan Thovoethin	Nigeria	46.68	Q, PB
5	4	João Coelho	Portugal	46.83	Q
6	3	Mihai Dringo	Romania	46.85	Q
7	3	Mateusz Rzeźniczak	Poland	46.98	Q
8	3	Nhlanhla Maseko	South Africa	47.21	Q
9	4	Tjaart van der Walt	South Africa	47.21	Q
10	2	Kenki Imaizumi	Japan	47.23	Q
11	6	Keishon Franklin	United States	47.24	Q
12	4	Joo Seung-kyun	South Korea	47.26	Q
13	4	El Hadji Soumaré	Senegal	47.28	q
14	4	Thiruben Thana	Singapore	47.33	q
15	1	İlyas Çanakcı	Turkey	47.40	q
16	5	Zhou Haowen	China	47.40	Q
17	1	Calvin Quek	Singapore	47.41	q
18	4	Fredrik Øvereng	Norway	47.46	q
19	3	Phenyo Majama	Botswana	47.47	q
20	5	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	47.49	Q
21	6	João Falcão	Brazil	47.50	Q
22	2	José Elizondo	Costa Rica	47.58	Q
23	2	Kubilay Ençü	Turkey	47.59	Q
24	3	Emmanuel Dukpe	Ghana	47.66
25	2	Yefim Tarassov	Kazakhstan	47.68
26	6	Godfrey Chanwengo	Uganda	47.72	Q
27	2	Ivan Galuşca	Moldova	47.81
28	3	Nitin Kumar	India	48.31
29	6	Israel Anane Domeh	Ghana	48.35
30	1	Joseph Taylor	United States	48.41
31	6	Lee Do-ha	South Korea	48.77
32	5	Theerthesh Shetty	India	49.01
33	4	Justin Eyit	Uganda	49.29
34	2	Li Xinwang	China	50.11
35	1	Shimar Velloza	Guyana	51.45
36	6	Billy Ingabire	Burundi	51.84
37	6	James Manamugabe	Burundi	52.09
38	5	Y.K.S.T. Al-Malki	Oman	52.22
–	5	Adam Łukomski	Poland	DNF
–	5	Mouatez Sikiou	Algeria	DQ	TR17.4.3
–	6	Abdul Waify Roslan	Malaysia	DQ	TR17.4.3
–	3	Moses Chileshe	Zambia	DQ	TR17.4.3
–	2	Sujan Shrestha	Nepal	DNS
–	4	Hamad Alyahyaee	United Arab Emirates	DNS

Semifinal

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Reece Holder	Australia	45.75	Q
2	2	Naohiro Jinushi	Japan	45.90	Q
3	3	Kenki Imaizumi	Japan	46.01	Q
4	3	Umar Osman	Malaysia	46.09	q, PB
5	2	Mateusz Rzeźniczak	Poland	46.11	Q, SB
6	2	Nhlanhla Maseko	South Africa	46.26	q, PB
7	3	Sewekan Thovoethin	Nigeria	46.38	PB
8	1	João Coelho	Portugal	46.60	Q
9	2	Keishon Franklin	United States	46.72
10	2	Kubilay Ençü	Turkey	46.74
11	1	Mihai Dringo	Romania	46.90	Q
12	1	Tjaart van der Walt	South Africa	47.17
13	1	Joo Seung-kyun	South Korea	47.39
14	3	Phenyo Majama	Botswana	47.40	SB
15	1	Zhou Haowen	China	47.41
16	1	İlyas Çanakcı	Turkey	47.42
17	2	João Falcão	Brazil	47.45
18	2	Fredrik Øvereng	Norway	47.53
19	3	José Elizondo	Costa Rica	47.92
20	3	Godfrey Chanwengo	Uganda	48.01
21	2	Thiruben Thana	Singapore	48.09
–	1	Calvin Quek	Singapore	DNF
–	3	El Hadji Soumaré	Senegal	DNF
–	1	Mikhail Litvin	Kazakhstan	DQ	TR16.8

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	João Coelho	Portugal	44.79	GR
	Reece Holder	Australia	44.79	GR
	Mihai Dringo	Romania	45.27	PB
4	Naohiro Jinushi	Japan	45.58	PB
5	Mateusz Rzeźniczak	Poland	45.82	PB
6	Nhlanhla Maseko	South Africa	46.12	PB
7	Umar Osman	Malaysia	46.41
8	Kenki Imaizumi	Japan	47.18