Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 6 September 1957.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jim Paterson Great Britain	Walter Oberste West Germany	Csaba Csutorás Hungary

Held on 5 September

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jean-Pierre Goudeau	France	50.4	Q
2	1	Enrico Archilli	Italy	53.9	Q
1	2	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	49.6	Q
2	2	Keiji Ogushi	Japan	50.4	Q
3	2	Elio Catola	Italy	50.5	Q
4	2	Georgi Nechev	Bulgaria	50.6
1	3	Günther Glaeske	West Germany	49.4	Q
2	3	Michel Grosdemange	France	49.5	Q
3	3	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	49.8	Q
4	3	Jesús Rancaño	Spain	51.1
1	4	Walter Oberste	West Germany	49.2	Q
2	4	Miloje Grujić	Yugoslavia	49.4	Q
3	4	Jozef Kočiš	Czechoslovakia	50.1	Q
4	4	Jacques Bierlaire	Belgium	51.1
5	4	Reynolds	Ireland	54.4
1	5	Jim Paterson	Great Britain	48.6	Q^[3]
2	5	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	49.8	Q
3	5	Otto Klappert	West Germany	50.0	Q
4	5	Mario Paoletti	Italy	50.7
5	5	Juan Piqueras	Spain	50.9
1	6	Chris Goudge	Great Britain	49.3	Q^[3]
2	6	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	49.8	Q
3	6	Janusz Ludka	Poland	49.8	Q
4	6	Valentin Starcev	Bulgaria	50.0
5	6	Fernando Bremón	Spain	50.4

Held on 6 September

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jim Paterson	Great Britain	48.5	Q^[4]
2	1	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	49.1	Q
3	1	Otto Klappert	West Germany	49.1
4	1	Jean-Pierre Goudeau	France	50.1
5	1	Janusz Ludka	Poland	50.7
6	1	Elio Catola	Italy	51.1	^[5]
1	2	Walter Oberste	West Germany	48.9	Q
2	2	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	49.2	Q
3	2	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	49.5
4	2	Enrico Archilli	Italy	49.9	^[5]
5	2	Michel Grosdemange	France	50.0
6	2	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	50.1
1	3	Miloje Grujić	Yugoslavia	49.3	Q
2	3	Günther Glaeske	West Germany	49.9	Q
3	3	Jozef Kočiš	Czechoslovakia	50.0
4	3	Chris Goudge	Great Britain	51.0
	3	Keiji Ogushi	Japan	?

Held on 6 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Jim Paterson	Great Britain	48.4
	Walter Oberste	West Germany	48.8
	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	48.8
4	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	49.0
5	Miloje Grujić	Yugoslavia	49.0
6	Günther Glaeske	West Germany	51.4

↑ García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ L'Athletisme (September 1957, p5)
1 2 "Heartening day for Britain". The Manchester Guardian. 6 September 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
↑ "Britain gains her first medal". The Manchester Guardian. 7 September 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
1 2 Tuscan athletes at the Universiade