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

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thomas Barr Ireland | Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria | Ivan Shablyuyev Russia |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 49.96 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.36 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Juander Santos | Dominican Republic | 50.66 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Algeria | 50.71 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Ivan Shablyuyev | Russia | 50.74 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Artur Terezan | Brazil | 50.78 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Eusebio Haliti | Italy | 50.95 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Nikita Andriyanov | Russia | 51.13 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Lindsay Hanekom | South Africa | 51.19 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Jesper Arts | Netherlands | 51.39 | q, SB |
| 11 | 4 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 51.42 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Cameron French | New Zealand | 51.46 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Chen Chieh | Chinese Taipei | 51.47 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Tim Rummens | Belgium | 51.50 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Amadou Ndiaye | Senegal | 51.51 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Leroux Hamman | South Africa | 51.55 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | Keyunta Hayes | United States | 51.61 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Han Se-hyun | South Korea | 51.65 | q |
| 19 | 2 | Petteri Monni | Finland | 51.96 | Q, SB |
| 20 | 2 | Alfredo Sepulveda | Chile | 51.99 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Máximo Mercedes | Dominican Republic | 52.03 | Q, PB |
| 22 | 6 | Jānis Baltušs | Latvia | 52.12 | q |
| 23 | 3 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica | 52.16 | q |
| 24 | 4 | Dmitriy Koblov | Kazakhstan | 52.22 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Jaime Rodríguez | Argentina | 52.31 | |
| 26 | 5 | Robert Dwumfour | Ghana | 52.50 | SB |
| 27 | 6 | Andreas Ritz | Switzerland | 52.59 | |
| 28 | 2 | Chan Ka Chun | Hong Kong | 52.62 | |
| 29 | 2 | Anders Idaas | Norway | 52.90 | |
| 30 | 3 | Andrés Toro | Venezuela | 52.92 | |
| 31 | 3 | Khalil Parris | Canada | 53.02 | |
| 32 | 5 | Robert Bryliński | Poland | 53.23 | |
| 33 | 4 | Maksims Semjonovs | Latvia | 53.51 | |
| 34 | 4 | Peter Hribaršek | Slovenia | 53.59 | |
| 35 | 1 | Katlego Lenkopane | Botswana | 53.82 | |
| 36 | 6 | Saber Boukemouche | Algeria | 54.41 | |
| 37 | 2 | Disanayaka Mudiyanselage | Sri Lanka | 55.54 | SB |
| 38 | 1 | Kemoi Charles | United States Virgin Islands | 56.53 | |
| 39 | 6 | Farhan Ilyas | Pakistan | 59.14 | |
| | 5 | Oeyvind Kjerpeset | Norway | DQ | |
| | 2 | Johannes Maritz | Namibia | DNS | |
| | 3 | Daniel Saliba | Malta | 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 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 49.75 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Algeria | 49.83 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ivan Shablyuyev | Russia | 50.00 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Artur Terezan | Brazil | 50.18 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Juander Santos | Dominican Republic | 50.27 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Cameron French | New Zealand | 50.31 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Amadou Ndiaye | Senegal | 50.35 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Chen Chieh | Chinese Taipei | 50.36 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Lindsay Hanekom | South Africa | 50.36 | |
| 10 | 1 | Nikita Andriyanov | Russia | 50.47 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 50.63 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | Leroux Hamman | South Africa | 51.07 | |
| 13 | 1 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 51.27 | |
| 14 | 2 | Alfredo Sepulveda | Chile | 51.32 | |
| 15 | 3 | Eusebio Haliti | Italy | 51.47 | |
| 16 | 3 | Jānis Baltušs | Latvia | 51.76 | |
| 17 | 1 | Petteri Monni | Finland | 51.95 | SB |
| 18 | 3 | Han Se-hyun | South Korea | 52.09 | |
| 19 | 1 | Máximo Mercedes | Dominican Republic | 52.29 | |
| 20 | 1 | Jesper Arts | Netherlands | 52.37 | |
| 21 | 3 | Keyunta Hayes | United States | 52.96 | |
| 22 | 2 | Gerald Drummond | Costa Rica | 53.35 | |
| | 1 | Dmitriy Koblov | Kazakhstan | DNF | |
| | 3 | Tim Rummens | Belgium | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 48.78 | |
| | 5 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Algeria | 48.99 | NR |
| | 6 | Ivan Shablyuyev | Russia | 49.04 | PB |
| 4 | 3 | Artur Terezan | Brazil | 49.73 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Cameron French | New Zealand | 49.92 | |
| 6 | 8 | Chen Chieh | Chinese Taipei | 50.22 | |
| 7 | 7 | Juander Santos | Dominican Republic | 50.34 | |
| 8 | 1 | Amadou Ndiaye | Senegal | 51.48 | |