# Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 8–10 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tristan Thomas Australia | Kazuaki Yoshida Japan | Michael Bultheel Belgium |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Michael Bultheel | Belgium | 49.78 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | Jussi Heikkilä | Finland | 50.73 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Abderrahmane Hamadi | Algeria | 50.80 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Viktor Leptikov | Kazakhstan | 50.99 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Kazuaki Yoshida | Japan | 51.15 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Vladimir Guziy | Russia | 51.23 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Brendan Cole | Australia | 51.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Aarne Nirk | Estonia | 51.48 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Tristan Thomas | Australia | 52.26 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Peter Šajn | Slovenia | 52.30 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 4 | Thomas Carey | Ireland | 52.42 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Tuncay Örs | Turkey | 52.56 | q |
| 13 | 4 | Valdas Valintėlis | Lithuania | 52.60 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Abdelgadir Abakar | Sudan | 52.73 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Cornel Fredericks | South Africa | 52.96 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Denis Byvakin | Russia | 52.98 | |
| 16 | 3 | Valdis Iļjanovs | Latvia | 52.98 | q |
| 18 | 4 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 53.16 | PB |
| 19 | 2 | Thomas Cortebeeck | Denmark | 53.23 | PB |
| 20 | 4 | Sotirios Iakovakis | Greece | 54.19 | |
| 21 | 2 | Li Zhilong | China | 54.24 | |
| 22 | 2 | Andrejs Romaņivs | Latvia | 54.62 | |
| 23 | 3 | Niklas Liberg | Sweden | 54.81 | PB |
| 24 | 2 | Ilija Cvijetić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.84 | |
| 25 | 1 | Lukungu Waiswa | Uganda | 55.12 | |
| 26 | 4 | Nikola Marović | Montenegro | 55.24 | PB |
| 27 | 1 | Hussein Omer Gamal | Qatar | 58.67 | |
| 28 | 3 | Damir Andjelov | Serbia | 59.20 | |
| 29 | 1 | Wong Cheok Wa | Macau | 1:01.49 | SB |
| | 3 | Camilo Quevedo | Guatemala | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tristan Thomas | Australia | 50.11 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kazuaki Yoshida | Japan | 50.24 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Bultheel | Belgium | 50.46 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Brendan Cole | Australia | 50.59 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Cornel Fredericks | South Africa | 50.79 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Jussi Heikkilä | Finland | 50.86 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Viktor Leptikov | Kazakhstan | 50.94 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Vladimir Guziy | Russia | 51.14 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Tuncay Örs | Turkey | 51.57 | |
| 10 | 1 | Thomas Carey | Ireland | 52.08 | |
| 11 | 2 | Aarne Nirk | Estonia | 52.63 | |
| 12 | 2 | Peter Šajn | Slovenia | 52.88 | |
| 13 | 2 | Valdis Iļjanovs | Latvia | 53.00 | |
| 14 | 1 | Valdas Valintėlis | Lithuania | 53.05 | |
| 15 | 1 | Abdelgadir Abakar | Sudan | 53.51 | |
| | 2 | Abderrahmane Hamadi | Algeria | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Tristan Thomas | Australia | 48.75 | |
| | 5 | Kazuaki Yoshida | Japan | 49.78 | SB |
| | 4 | Michael Bultheel | Belgium | 49.79 | |
| 4 | 8 | Cornel Fredericks | South Africa | 49.93 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Brendan Cole | Australia | 50.18 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jussi Heikkilä | Finland | 50.19 | |
| 7 | 7 | Viktor Leptikov | Kazakhstan | 50.63 | |
| 8 | 1 | Vladimir Guziy | Russia | 51.41 | |