# Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2007 Summer Universiade was held on 9–11 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sean Wroe Australia | Piotr Klimczak Poland | Dmitry Buryak Russia |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | 46.20 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Dylan Grant | Australia | 46.43 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sean Wroe | Australia | 46.56 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Dmitry Buryak | Russia | 46.56 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | Rahmani Miloud | Algeria | 46.80 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Andrew Dargie | Canada | 46.99 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Piotr Klimczak | Poland | 47.06 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Maksim Aleksandrenko | Russia | 47.08 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Willem de Beer | South Africa | 47.11 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Mohammad Akefian | Iran | 47.30 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Wang Xiaoxu | China | 47.36 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Fayçal Cherifi | Algeria | 47.40 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Félix Martínez | Puerto Rico | 47.43 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | Sebastijan Jagarinec | Slovenia | 47.44 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Julius Mutekanga | Uganda | 47.53 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Waisea Finau | Fiji | 47.62 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Marouane El Maadadi | Morocco | 47.63 | Q, PB |
| 18 | 4 | Rudolf Götz | Czech Republic | 47.68 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | Jukkatip Pojaroen | Thailand | 47.74 | q |
| 20 | 5 | Marco Moraglio | Italy | 47.75 | q |
| 21 | 2 | Fuseihi Bawah | Ghana | 47.78 | |
| 22 | 7 | Teo Turchi | Italy | 47.79 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | Piotr Kędzia | Poland | 47.81 | Q |
| 24 | 7 | Matthias Bos | Germany | 47.83 | Q |
| 25 | 1 | Bobby Young | Liberia | 47.87 | |
| 25 | 3 | Jacob Riis | Denmark | 47.87 | |
| 26 | 4 | Matthew Boateng | Ghana | 48.06 | Q |
| 27 | 7 | Mohd Zainal Abidin Zaiful | Malaysia | 48.12 | |
| 28 | 5 | Mohd Zafril Zualani | Malaysia | 48.24 | |
| 29 | 7 | Mart Kroodo | Estonia | 48.28 | PB |
| 30 | 4 | Muhammad Abduljaleel | Liberia | 48.46 | |
| 31 | 3 | Khoo Kian Seong Kenneth | Singapore | 48.55 | |
| 32 | 6 | Julius Kasule | Uganda | 48.63 | |
| 33 | 2 | Waldy Lindeborg | Netherlands Antilles | 48.72 | |
| 34 | 4 | Steffen Jorgensen | Denmark | 48.86 | |
| 35 | 1 | Jonathan Loor | Ecuador | 49.74 | |
| 36 | 5 | Frank Puriza | Namibia | 49.77 | |
| 37 | 7 | Emnignuel Karngar | Liberia | 50.08 | |
| 38 | 5 | Camilo Quevedo | Guatemala | 50.22 | |
| 39 | 4 | Teng Wei Yang Alexander | Singapore | 50.28 | |
| 40 | 7 | Leung Ki Ho | Hong Kong | 50.32 | |
| 41 | 6 | Sornsak Koonkaew | Thailand | 50.59 | |
| 42 | 2 | Muhammad Nabeel | Pakistan | 50.80 | |
| 43 | 3 | Hilary Wesonga Weguld | Kenya | 50.92 | |
| 44 | 1 | Mduduzi Sunday Matse | Swaziland | 51.12 | |
| 45 | 6 | Atanasius Kangala | Namibia | 51.29 | |
| 46 | 5 | Lui Ka Ho | Hong Kong | 51.57 | PB |
| 47 | 7 | Heditiana Rampy Andrianjaka | Madagascar | 52.80 | |
| 48 | 3 | Djimadoum Rodoum | Chad | 53.39 | SB |
| | 2 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | DNS | |
| | 2 | Cyrus Wesley | Liberia | DNS | |
| | 3 | Bhartha Reddy | India | DNS | |
| | 4 | Adam Refat Adam | Sudan | DNS | |
| | 4 | David Testa | Spain | DNS | |
| | 6 | Pierre Lavanchy | Switzerland | DNS | |
| | 6 | David McCarthy | Ireland | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Sean Wroe | Australia | 45.96 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Piotr Klimczak | Poland | 46.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Dylan Grant | Australia | 46.29 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Willem de Beer | South Africa | 46.31 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Dmitry Buryak | Russia | 46.33 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | 46.41 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Piotr Kędzia | Poland | 46.51 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Rudolf Götz | Czech Republic | 46.71 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Rahmani Miloud | Algeria | 46.72 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sebastijan Jagarinec | Slovenia | 46.79 | PB |
| 11 | 3 | Maksim Aleksandrenko | Russia | 46.87 | |
| 12 | 1 | Andrew Dargie | Canada | 46.91 | |
| 13 | 1 | Wang Xiaoxu | China | 47.00 | |
| 13 | 3 | Félix Martínez | Puerto Rico | 47.00 | |
| 15 | 3 | Teo Turchi | Italy | 47.10 | |
| 16 | 1 | Mohammad Akefian | Iran | 47.21 | |
| 17 | 2 | Fayçal Cherifi | Algeria | 47.33 | |
| 18 | 1 | Waisea Finau | Fiji | 47.44 | |
| 19 | 2 | Marco Moraglio | Italy | 47.64 | |
| 20 | 2 | Marouane El Maadadi | Morocco | 47.66 | |
| 21 | 2 | Julius Mutekanga | Uganda | 47.67 | |
| 22 | 3 | Jukkatip Pojaroen | Thailand | 47.82 | |
| 23 | 1 | Matthew Boateng | Ghana | 48.19 | |
| 24 | 3 | Matthias Bos | Germany | 48.59 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Sean Wroe | Australia | 45.49 | |
| | 6 | Piotr Klimczak | Poland | 46.06 | SB |
| | 8 | Dmitry Buryak | Russia | 46.22 | |
| 4 | 7 | Willem de Beer | South Africa | 46.31 | |
| 5 | 4 | Dylan Grant | Australia | 46.35 | |
| 6 | 3 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | 46.53 | |
| 7 | 2 | Piotr Kędzia | Poland | 46.85 | |
| 8 | 1 | Rudolf Götz | Czech Republic | 48.07 | |