# Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8, 9 and 10 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic | Leaname Maotoanong Botswana | Jan Tesař Czech Republic |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Gustavo Cuesta | Dominican Republic | 46.45 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Leaname Maotoanong | Botswana | 46.57 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 46.77 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Pieter Conradie | South Africa | 46.92 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Sakaria Kamberuka | Botswana | 46.92 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | George Effah | Ghana | 46.96 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 7 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 47.03 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Park Bong-go | South Korea | 47.20 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 47.21 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Sergio Germain | Chile | 47.30 | q |
| 11 | 7 | Fitzroy Dunkley | Jamaica | 47.32 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Takamasa Kitagawa | Japan | 47.34 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 47.41 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Kentaro Sato | Japan | 47.49 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Zoltán Kovács | Hungary | 47.59 | q, SB |
| 16 | 4 | Kim Ui-yeon | South Korea | 47.76 | Q, SB |
| 17 | 6 | Axel Bergrahm | Sweden | 47.80 | q |
| 18 | 1 | Roberto Severi | Italy | 47.87 | Q |
| 19 | 7 | Bailey Stewart | New Zealand | 47.88 | q |
| 20 | 8 | Jon Seeliger | South Africa | 47.89 | Q |
| 21 | 9 | Cole Lambourne | United States | 47.90 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | Alexander Beck | Australia | 47.93 | Q |
| 23 | 9 | Mauritz Kåshagen | Norway | 48.00 | q |
| 24 | 7 | Andrea Delfino | Italy | 48.02 | q |
| 25 | 5 | Mateusz Zagórski | Poland | 48.18 | |
| 26 | 1 | Charles Shimukowa | Zambia | 48.23 | PB |
| 27 | 4 | Adrian Dragan | Romania | 48.49 | |
| 28 | 1 | Andrey Sokolov | Kazakhstan | 48.50 | |
| 29 | 9 | Aitzhan Baisbayev | Kazakhstan | 48.59 | |
| 30 | 8 | Ibrahima Mbengue | Senegal | 48.64 | |
| 31 | 6 | Leung King Hung | Hong Kong | 48.74 | |
| 32 | 8 | Mohamad Bin Alet | Malaysia | 48.78 | |
| 33 | 6 | Ousmane Sidibé | Senegal | 48.84 | |
| 34 | 5 | Richard Ongom | Uganda | 48.91 | |
| 35 | 1 | Kunanon Sukkaew | Thailand | 49.08 | |
| 35 | 7 | Du Shen | China | 49.08 | |
| 37 | 5 | Rauno Kunnapuu | Estonia | 49.11 | |
| 38 | 2 | Daniel Bingi | Uganda | 49.21 | |
| 39 | 6 | Philip Braun | Denmark | 49.29 | PB |
| 40 | 8 | Denis Koren | Slovenia | 49.30 | SB |
| 41 | 5 | Usama Al-Gheilani | Oman | 49.37 | PB |
| 42 | 3 | Wijesundara Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | 49.37 | SB |
| 43 | 8 | Xu Rihong | China | 50.11 | |
| 44 | 7 | Talent Gomba | Zimbabwe | 50.32 | |
| 45 | 3 | Lalit Mathur | India | 50.63 | |
| 46 | 5 | Batnasan Batsukh | Mongolia | 50.98 | |
| 47 | 8 | Jocksan Morales | Costa Rica | 51.22 | |
| 48 | 9 | Kyle Stanley | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.75 | |
| 49 | 2 | Aghiles Saichi | Algeria | 51.97 | |
| 50 | 2 | Andrew Morgan | Panama | 52.09 | |
| 50 | 6 | Jantsandorj Ganbold | Mongolia | 52.09 | |
| 52 | 7 | Donald Arias | Costa Rica | 52.12 | |
| 53 | 3 | Daniel Saliba | Malta | 53.59 | |
| 54 | 4 | Montano Abeso | Equatorial Guinea | 58.90 | |
| | 1 | Ali Al-Achkar | Lebanon | DNF | |
| | 2 | Aleksey Kenig | Russia | DNF | |
| | 9 | Robert Annak | Ghana | DQ | R163.3 |
| | 4 | Bilal Sa'Ada | Jordan | DQ | R163.3 |
| | 3 | Omeiza Akerele | Equatorial Guinea | DNS | |
| | 4 | Chernor Barrie | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 4 | Abiola Onakoya | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Leaname Maotoanong | Botswana | 45.77 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 45.98 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 46.01 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 46.01 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | Alexander Beck | Australia | 46.05 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | Gustavo Cuesta | Dominican Republic | 46.10 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Sakaria Kamberuka | Botswana | 46.14 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Takamasa Kitagawa | Japan | 46.25 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Jon Seeliger | South Africa | 46.31 | |
| 10 | 2 | Kentaro Sato | Japan | 46.36 | |
| 11 | 3 | Park Bong-go | South Korea | 46.39 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | Cole Lambourne | United States | 46.58 | |
| 13 | 3 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.62 | |
| 14 | 1 | George Effah | Ghana | 46.67 | PB |
| 15 | 2 | Pieter Conradie | South Africa | 46.84 | |
| 16 | 1 | Zoltán Kovács | Hungary | 47.10 | SB |
| 17 | 2 | Kim Ui-yeon | South Korea | 47.15 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Axel Bergrahm | Sweden | 47.42 | |
| 19 | 3 | Sergio Germain | Chile | 47.46 | |
| 20 | 2 | Bailey Stewart | New Zealand | 47.57 | |
| 21 | 3 | Andrea Delfino | Italy | 47.72 | PB |
| 22 | 2 | Roberto Severi | Italy | 47.79 | |
| 23 | 1 | Mauritz Kåshagen | Norway | 48.34 | |
| | 3 | Fitzroy Dunkley | Jamaica | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 44.91 | SB |
| | 3 | Leaname Maotoanong | Botswana | 45.63 | PB |
| | 4 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 45.73 | PB |
| 4 | 1 | Gustavo Cuesta | Dominican Republic | 45.78 | |
| 5 | 8 | Sakaria Kamberuka | Botswana | 45.83 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Alexander Beck | Australia | 45.91 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Takamasa Kitagawa | Japan | 46.03 | |
| 8 | 6 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 46.53 | |