Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held in Daegu, South Korea with the final on 25–27 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Andriy Tverdostup Ukraine	Denis Rypakov Kazakhstan	Rafał Wieruszewski Poland

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Igor Vasilyev	Russia	47.08	Q
2	1	James Chatt	Great Britain	47.18	Q
3	4	Volodymyr Demchenko	Ukraine	47.22	Q
4	1	Jan Mazanec	Czech Republic	47.31	Q
5	3	Christian Birk	Denmark	47.43	Q
6	3	Marco Salvucci	Italy	47.46	Q
7	6	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	47.47	Q
8	3	Mohd Zainal Abidin Zaiful	Malaysia	47.52	Q
9	6	Narong Nilploy	Thailand	47.67	Q
10	4	Sergey Babayev	Russia	47.71	Q
11	4	Denis Rypakov	Kazakhstan	47.72	Q
12	6	François Gourmet	Belgium	47.79	Q
13	6	Yoshiaki Kitaoka	Japan	47.88	Q
14	5	Adam Potter	Great Britain	48.08	Q
15	5	Yoshihiro Horigome	Japan	48.09	Q
16	4	Matiuupi Katjiyuongua	Namibia	48.12	Q
17	3	Nathan Vadeboncoeur	Canada	48.13	Q
18	6	Marvin Essor	Jamaica	48.15	q^[1]
19	5	Luca Galletti	Italy	48.19	Q
20	4	Jonnie Lowe	Honduras	48.26	q^[1]
21	2	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	48.31	Q^[2]
22	5	Sam Higgie	New Zealand	48.39	Q
23	1	Tim Hawkes	New Zealand	48.44	Q
24	2	Dávid Csesznegi	Hungary	48.52	Q
25	3	Valentin Bulichev	Azerbaijan	48.64	q
26	2	Banjong Lachua	Thailand	48.66	Q
27	5	Mikk Joorits	Estonia	48.80	q
28	4	Stephen Adjei	Ghana	49.09	q
29	4	Saeed Ali Al-Adhreai	Yemen	49.21	q, NR
30	1	Nikolai Portelli	Malta	49.22	q
31	3	Shon Jung-ho	South Korea	49.32	q
32	6	Teu Koon Kiat	Singapore	49.89
33	6	Karl Farrugia	Malta	50.08
34	5	Kenneth Khoo Kian Seong	Singapore	50.09
35	2	Avetik Arakelian	Armenia	50.57	Q
36	3	Cheong Man Fong	Macau	51.23
37	4	Chan Chi Hong	Hong Kong	51.99
38	1	Adam Abubaker	Sudan	52.83
39	6	S. M. P. S. D. Pathirana	Sri Lanka	53.05
40	2	Chang Wa Ieng	Macau	53.99
41	2	Vajira Kularatne	Sri Lanka	54.06
42	1	Trent Armstrong	Marshall Islands	55.11
	2	Mohamed Al-Aswad	United Arab Emirates	DQ
	5	Lolo Ekanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	5	Thomas Kortbeek	Netherlands	DNS

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	46.65	Q
2	3	Denis Rypakov	Kazakhstan	46.70	Q
3	3	Volodymyr Demchenko	Ukraine	46.77	Q
4	2	Marvin Essor	Jamaica	46.87	Q
5	4	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	46.93	Q^[2]
6	4	François Gourmet	Belgium	47.04	Q
7	2	Sergey Babayev	Russia	47.14	Q
8	2	James Chatt	Great Britain	47.14	q
9	1	Narong Nilploy	Thailand	47.15	Q
10	3	Adam Potter	Great Britain	47.21	Q
11	4	Christian Birk	Denmark	47.27	Q
12	4	Jan Mazanec	Czech Republic	47.29	q
13	4	Yoshiaki Kitaoka	Japan	47.30	q
14	1	Dávid Csesznegi	Hungary	47.38	Q
15	1	Igor Vasilyev	Russia	47.51	Q
16	1	Mohd Zainal Abidin Zaiful	Malaysia	47.62	q
17	2	Yoshihiro Horigome	Japan	47.63
17	3	Mikk Joorits	Estonia	47.63
19	1	Matuupi Katjiyongua	Namibia	47.90
20	1	Luca Galletti	Italy	47.98
21	2	Banjong Lachua	Thailand	48.11
22	1	Valentin Bulichev	Azerbaijan	48.15
23	3	Marco Salvucci	Italy	48.18
24	3	Nathan Vadeboncoeur	Canada	48.18
25	2	Tim Hawkes	New Zealand	48.55
26	3	Sam Higgie	New Zealand	48.79
27	4	Jonnie Lowe	Honduras	48.83	^[1]
28	2	Son Jung-ho	South Korea	49.15
29	3	Nikolai Portelli	Malta	51.12
	4	Stephen Adjei	Ghana	?
	4	Saeed Ali Al-Adhreai	Yemen	?
	1	Avetik Arakelian	Armenia	DNS

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	46.82	Q
2	2	Volodymyr Demchenko	Ukraine	46.58	Q
3	2	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	46.64	Q
4	2	Denis Rypakov	Kazakhstan	46.78	Q
5	2	Christian Birk	Denmark	46.80	Q
6	2	Igor Vasilyev	Russia	46.89
7	1	Adam Potter	Great Britain	46.99	Q
8	1	Marvin Essor	Jamaica	47.25	Q^[1]
9	1	Dávid Csesznegi	Hungary	47.33	Q
10	1	Sergey Babayev	Russia	47.63
11	2	François Gourmet	Belgium	47.67
12	2	Jan Mazanec	Czech Republic	47.89
13	2	Yoshiaki Kitaoka	Japan	47.97
14	1	James Chatt	Great Britain	48.03
15	1	Mohd Zainal Abidin Zaiful	Malaysia	48.82
	1	Narong Nilploy	Thailand	DNS

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	6	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	46.08
	7	Denis Rypakov	Kazakhstan	46.51
	5	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	46.53
4	3	Adam Potter	Great Britain	46.64
5	4	Volodymyr Demchenko	Ukraine	46.82
6	8	Christian Birk	Denmark	46.98
7	1	Dávid Csesznegi	Hungary	47.50
8	2	Marvin Essor	Jamaica	48.01