# Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 23, 24 and 25 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Luguelín Santos Dominican Republic | Yoandys Lescay Cuba | Rafał Omelko Poland |

## 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 | 1 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.77 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Nathaniel George | Canada | 46.91 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mikhail Litvin | Kazakhstan | 46.92 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 8 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 46.93 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Zakithi Nene | South Africa | 46.97 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Othman Al-Busaidi | Oman | 47.05 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 5 | Yoandys Lescay | Cuba | 47.06 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | Li Runyu | China | 47.14 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Darren Alfred | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.18 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 47.22 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 47.34 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Daniele Angelella | Switzerland | 47.34 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Silvan Lutz | Switzerland | 47.40 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Luis Charles | Dominican Republic | 47.42 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Denis Danáč | Slovakia | 47.50 | Q |
| 16 | 9 | Kajetan Duszyński | Poland | 47.57 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 47.59 | q |
| 18 | 9 | Benjamin Ayesu-Attah | Canada | 47.65 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | Bienvenu Sawadogo | Burkina Faso | 47.69 | q |
| 19 | 9 | Ibrahima Mbengue | Senegal | 47.69 | q |
| 21 | 9 | Ayodeji Akinkuowo | Nigeria | 47.69 | q, PB |
| 22 | 3 | Takamasa Kitagawa | Japan | 47.85 | |
| 23 | 4 | Davide Re | Italy | 47.87 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Yang Lung-hsiang | Chinese Taipei | 47.95 | |
| 25 | 6 | Daniele Corsa | Italy | 47.97 | Q |
| 26 | 4 | Jordan Clarke | United States | 48.02 | Q |
| 27 | 8 | Cliffton Meshack | Botswana | 48.03 | |
| 28 | 8 | Abdelrahman Abualhummos | Jordan | 48.16 | PB |
| 29 | 3 | Andrey Sokolov | Kazakhstan | 48.19 | |
| 30 | 1 | Rokas Pacevičius | Lithuania | 48.27 | |
| 31 | 6 | Duncan Agyemang | Ghana | 48.53 | |
| 32 | 5 | Anchois Aron | Malaysia | 48.56 | |
| 33 | 3 | Daniel Bingi | Uganda | 48.57 | |
| 34 | 6 | Kwong Kar Jun | Malaysia | 48.65 | |
| 35 | 4 | Charles Shimukowa | Zambia | 48.72 | |
| 36 | 7 | Benson Okot | Uganda | 48.87 | |
| 37 | 4 | Yang Zeping | China | 49.03 | |
| 38 | 7 | Wijesundara Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | 49.06 | |
| 39 | 4 | Sten Ütsmüts | Estonia | 49.20 | SB |
| 40 | 5 | Mohammed Mahnashi | Saudi Arabia | 49.22 | SB |
| 41 | 1 | Tan Zong Yang | Singapore | 49.25 | SB |
| 42 | 4 | Umar Sadat | Pakistan | 49.27 | |
| 43 | 2 | Pankaj Malik | India | 49.61 | |
| 44 | 2 | Isaac Olumbe | Kenya | 49.66 | |
| 45 | 3 | Obrey Chabala | Zambia | 49.80 | |
| 46 | 8 | Jakob Goroško | Estonia | 49.81 | |
| 47 | 2 | Lim Hyoung-bin | South Korea | 49.97 | |
| 48 | 2 | Disanayaka Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | 50.02 | |
| 49 | 6 | Usama Al-Gheilani | Oman | 50.04 | |
| 50 | 5 | Luis Iriarte | Peru | 50.05 | |
| 51 | 4 | Jan Jamnik | Slovenia | 50.19 | |
| 52 | 9 | Krištof Knap | Slovenia | 50.83 | |
| 53 | 7 | Malek Chatila | Lebanon | 51.08 | |
| 54 | 8 | Musaad Ahmed Bali | Saudi Arabia | 51.53 | |
| 55 | 9 | Ilvars Ieviņš | Latvia | 51.65 | |
| 56 | 6 | Rasmus Jensen | Denmark | 52.63 | |
| 57 | 3 | Shukhrat Usmanov | Tajikistan | 54.59 | |
| | 9 | Johan Nicolai Hartling | Denmark | DNF | |
| | 7 | Amoj Jacob | India | DQ | 163.3a |
| | 7 | Mohamed Islem Bekar | Algeria | DQ | 163.3a |
| | 5 | Arinze Chance | Guyana | DNS | |
| | 6 | Gideon Narib | Namibia | DNS | |
| | 8 | Mmaduabuchi Ogbukwo | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 9 | Alimamy Kamara | Sierra Leone | 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 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 45.85 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Yoandys Lescay | Cuba | 46.02 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Benjamin Ayesu-Attah | Canada | 46.23 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Kajetan Duszyński | Poland | 46.30 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Davide Re | Italy | 46.32 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Mikhail Litvin | Kazakhstan | 46.40 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Nathaniel George | Canada | 46.47 | |
| 8 | 2 | Zakithi Nene | South Africa | 46.55 | |
| 9 | 1 | Daniele Corsa | Italy | 46.56 | |
| 10 | 3 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.73 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 46.77 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 46.86 | |
| 13 | 1 | Silvan Lutz | Switzerland | 46.89 | |
| 14 | 1 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 46.90 | |
| 15 | 3 | Darren Alfred | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.15 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Othman Al-Busaidi | Oman | 47.20 | |
| 17 | 3 | Luis Charles | Dominican Republic | 47.33 | |
| 18 | 3 | Li Runyu | China | 47.53 | |
| 19 | 1 | Ibrahima Mbengue | Senegal | 47.61 | |
| 20 | 3 | Ayodeji Akinkuowo | Nigeria | 47.75 | |
| 21 | 3 | Daniele Angelella | Switzerland | 47.75 | |
| 22 | 3 | Jordan Clarke | United States | 47.76 | |
| 23 | 2 | Denis Danáč | Slovakia | 47.82 | |
| 24 | 2 | Bienvenu Sawadogo | Burkina Faso | 48.15 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic | 45.24 | SB |
| | 5 | Yoandys Lescay | Cuba | 45.31 | SB |
| | 4 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 45.56 | |
| 4 | 7 | Kajetan Duszyński | Poland | 46.50 | |
| 5 | 6 | Benjamin Ayesu-Attah | Canada | 46.53 | |
| 6 | 1 | Davide Re | Italy | 46.87 | |
| 7 | 2 | Mikhail Litvin | Kazakhstan | 46.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Darren Alfred | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.93 | |