# Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1995 Summer Universiade was held on 30–31 August at the Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kazuhiko Yamazaki Japan | Octavius Terry United States | Yoshihiko Saito Japan |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Yoshihiko Saito | Japan | 49.53 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Octavius Terry | United States | 49.49 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 49.74 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Gary Jennings | Great Britain | 49.82 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | Japan | 49.82 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | Belgium | 49.90 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Patrick Ottoz | Italy | 49.96 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Vadim Zadoinov | Moldova | 49.96 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Mircea Mateescu | Romania | 50.09 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Dusán Kovács | Hungary | 50.10 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Oscar Pitillas | Spain | 50.15 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 50.30 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Oleg Tverdokhleb | Ukraine | 50.34 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 50.45 | q |
| 15 | 4 | Michael Kaul | Germany | 50.55 | |
| 16 | 3 | Antony Williams | Great Britain | 50.73 | |
| 17 | 5 | Jimmy Coco | France | 50.87 | |
| 18 | 6 | Ryan Hayden | United States | 50.89 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Michel Genest-Lahaye | Canada | 51.01 | |
| 20 | 4 | Stéphane Traversini | France | 51.15 | |
| 21 | 1 | Gennadiy Gorbenko | Ukraine | 51.27 | Q |
| 22 | 6 | Mitchel Francis | Jamaica | 51.37 | |
| 23 | 4 | Johann Steynberg | South Africa | 51.48 | |
| 24 | 5 | Ouahid Ketite | Algeria | 51.62 | |
| 25 | 5 | Robert Lungu | Romania | 51.66 | |
| 26 | 5 | Johnathan Schmiot | New Zealand | 51.69 | |
| 27 | 6 | Petteri Pulkkinen | Finland | 51.75 | |
| 28 | 2 | Olaf Hense | Germany | 52.02 | |
| 29 | 6 | Chris Carroll | Australia | 52.26 | |
| 30 | 6 | Francisco Lima | Brazil | 52.31 | |
| 31 | 1 | Piotr Kotlarski | Poland | 52.41 | |
| 32 | 2 | Lee Jung-ho | South Korea | 52.79 | |
| 33 | 4 | Jason McKissock | Canada | 52.87 | |
| 34 | 1 | Cleverson da Silva | Brazil | 53.46 | |
| 35 | 4 | Grant Coutts | New Zealand | 54.22 | |
| 36 | 6 | Iñigo Monreal | Spain | 54.45 | |
| 37 | 1 | Lawrence Anthonipillai | Sri Lanka | 56.73 | |
| 38 | 2 | Tham Kin Loong | Singapore | 57.12 | |
| 39 | 3 | Wong Pui Hung | Hong Kong | 57.30 | |
| | 1 | Sergey Podrez | Russia | DNF | |
| | 1 | Paolo Bellino | Italy | DNS | |
| | 2 | Egīls Tēbelis | Latvia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | Japan | 48.83 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gennadiy Gorbenko | Ukraine | 48.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Octavius Terry | United States | 48.98 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 49.40 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Yoshihiko Saito | Japan | 49.44 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 49.64 | |
| 7 | 1 | Dusán Kovács | Hungary | 49.66 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Oleg Tverdokhleb | Ukraine | 49.70 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Ryan Hayden | United States | 49.77 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Mircea Mateescu | Romania | 49.79 | |
| 11 | 1 | Vadim Zadoinov | Moldova | 49.84 | |
| 12 | 1 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | Belgium | 50.06 | |
| 13 | 1 | Oscar Pitillas | Spain | 50.10 | |
| 14 | 2 | Patrick Ottoz | Italy | 50.13 | |
| 15 | 1 | Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 50.56 | |
| 16 | 2 | Gary Jennings | Great Britain | 51.22 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | Japan | 48.58 |
| | 8 | Octavius Terry | United States | 48.95 |
| | 3 | Yoshihiko Saito | Japan | 49.18 |
| 4 | 5 | Gennadiy Gorbenko | Ukraine | 49.29 |
| 5 | 4 | Dusán Kovács | Hungary | 49.35 |
| 6 | 7 | Ryan Hayden | United States | 49.39 |
| 7 | 1 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 49.54 |
| | 2 | Oleg Tverdokhleb | Ukraine | DNF |