Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 26–28 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	Ruslan Mashchenko Russia	Mubarak Al-Nubi Qatar

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	49.15	Q
?	?	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	49.66
1	1	Kenneth Enyiazu	Nigeria	49.80	Q, PB
?	?	Mubarak Al-Nubi	Qatar	49.89
?	?	Octavius Terry	United States	49.94
?	?	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	50.00
2	?	Rohan Robinson	Australia	50.04	Q
?	?	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	50.30
?	?	Marcel Schelbert	Switzerland	50.34
?	?	Dusán Kovács	Hungary	50.37
?	?	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	50.48
7	?	Carlos Silva	Portugal	50.93
6	?	Alexandre Marchand	Canada	51.59
?	?	Olivier Jean-Theodore	France	51.62
5	?	Laurier Primeau	Canada	52.56
4	5	Alberto Carlos González	Spain	52.69
7	?	Matthew Beckenham	Australia	53.83

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	48.73	Q
2	2	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	49.07	Q
3	1	Mubarak Al-Nubi	Qatar	49.22	Q
4	1	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	49.28	Q
5	1	Marcel Schelbert	Switzerland	49.33	Q, NR
6	1	Joey Woody	United States	49.36	Q
6	2	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	49.36	Q
8	1	Dusán Kovács	Hungary	49.40
9	2	Rohan Robinson	Australia	49.44	Q
10	2	Jimmy Coco	France	49.46
?	2	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	49.51
?	?	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	49.69
?	?	Kenneth Enyiazu	Nigeria	51.13
	?	Octavius Terry	United States	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Llewellyn Herbert	South Africa	48.89
	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	49.36
	Mubarak Al-Nubi	Qatar	49.48
4	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	49.63
5	Joey Woody	United States	49.94
6	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	50.02
7	Marcel Schelbert	Switzerland	51.62
8	Rohan Robinson	Australia	52.89

References

• IAAF 1997 ranking