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

The men's 400 metres event at the 1995 Summer Universiade was held on 31 August – 1 September at the Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Eswort Coombs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Udeme Ekpeyong Nigeria | Dmitriy Kosov Russia |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kenji Tabata | Japan | 46.69 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Andre Morris | United States | 46.74 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Dmitriy Kosov | Russia | 46.78 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Samuel Tlala | South Africa | 46.89 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Dennis Blake | Jamaica | 46.99 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Innokentiy Zharov | Russia | 47.07 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Udeme Ekpeyong | Nigeria | 47.09 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Francis Dwira Darko | Ghana | 47.10 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.11 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Masayoshi Kan | Japan | 47.23 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Jared Deacon | Great Britain | 47.27 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | Linval Laird | Jamaica | 47.35 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.37 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Rampa Mosweu | Botswana | 47.43 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | Leonard Byrd | United States | 47.53 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | Valentin Kulbatskiy | Ukraine | 47.54 | Q |
| 17 | 9 | Vincent van Rooyen | Namibia | 47.56 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | Poland | 47.57 | Q |
| 19 | 7 | Pablo Escribá | Spain | 47.58 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | Mark Wilson | New Zealand | 47.67 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Ingūns Svikliņš | Latvia | 47.71 | Q |
| 22 | 7 | Patrice Doucet | Canada | 47.73 | q |
| 23 | 6 | Vadim Ogiy | Ukraine | 47.74 | q |
| 24 | 3 | Julian Völkel | Germany | 47.77 | Q |
| 25 | 5 | Mark Ladbrook | Australia | 47.78 | q |
| 26 | 1 | Justice Dipeba | Botswana | 47.80 | Q |
| 27 | 9 | Arnaud Malherbe | South Africa | 47.96 | Q |
| 28 | 1 | Dan Monea | Romania | 48.15 | Q |
| 29 | 2 | Bülent Eren | Turkey | 48.23 | Q |
| 30 | 4 | Alberto Araujo | Mexico | 48.35 | q |
| 31 | 1 | David Grindley | Great Britain | 48.36 | Q |
| 32 | 9 | Declan Stack | Australia | 48.37 | q |
| 33 | 5 | Mariche Mohamed | Algeria | 48.46 | |
| 34 | 1 | Kunle Adejuyigbe | Nigeria | 48.58 | |
| 35 | 7 | Hamilton Mhlanga | Swaziland | 48.88 | |
| 36 | 9 | Sokol Shepeteja | Albania | 48.94 | |
| 37 | 5 | Cherno Sowe | Gambia | 49.06 | |
| 38 | 6 | Dean Sheddan | New Zealand | 49.21 | |
| 39 | 8 | Joaquin Casadella | Spain | 49.28 | |
| 40 | 2 | Peter Lawson | Canada | 49.35 | |
| 41 | 4 | Immanuel Kharigub | Namibia | 49.58 | |
| 42 | 4 | Gilbert Tuhabonye | Burundi | 49.70 | |
| 43 | 7 | Bendaoud Faissoil | Comoros | 50.20 | |
| 44 | 5 | Shushan Masauda | Libya | 50.21 | |
| 45 | 1 | Choi Wai Kin | Hong Kong | 50.86 | |
| 46 | 3 | Jassim Al-Yousuf | United Arab Emirates | 51.13 | |
| 47 | 4 | Naseer Ismail | Maldives | 51.15 | |
| 48 | 2 | Fred Baramaga | Uganda | 51.26 | |
| 49 | 3 | Wong Pui Hung | Hong Kong | 51.33 | |
| 50 | 9 | Erick Moga | Solomon Islands | 52.18 | |
| 51 | 6 | Halahapperumage Fonseka | Sri Lanka | 52.94 | |
| 52 | 9 | Lai Ka Hou | Macau | 53.74 | |
| 53 | 7 | Ahmed Hamdan | Sudan | 55.00 | |
| 54 | 2 | Emanuel Andrade | Cape Verde | 55.08 | |
| 55 | 1 | Gábor Kiss | Hungary | 1:11.03 | |
| | 3 | Miklós Gyulai | Hungary | DNF | |
| | 6 | Moussa Mahaman | Niger | DQ | |
| | 1 | Ouahid Ketite | Algeria | DNS | |
| | 2 | Francis Opore | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 2 | Boris Kaveshnikov | Kyrgyzstan | DNS | |
| | 3 | Achebe Hope | Barbados | DNS | |
| | 5 | Maurice Otieno | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 8 | Roger Mathauius | British Virgin Islands | DNS | |
| | 8 | Paul Debs | Lebanon | DNS | |
| | 8 | Mario Bonello | Malta | DNS | |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Valentin Kulbatskiy | Ukraine | 46.03 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Udeme Ekpeyong | Nigeria | 46.10 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Andre Morris | United States | 46.26 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.32 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Arnaud Malherbe | South Africa | 46.41 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Innokentiy Zharov | Russia | 46.43 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Dmitriy Kosov | Russia | 46.50 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Dennis Blake | Jamaica | 46.50 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Masayoshi Kan | Japan | 46.54 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | Poland | 46.56 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Leonard Byrd | United States | 46.59 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Julian Völkel | Germany | 46.66 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Jared Deacon | Great Britain | 46.70 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Samuel Tlala | South Africa | 46.73 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Kenji Tabata | Japan | 46.76 | |
| 16 | 3 | David Grindley | Great Britain | 46.86 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Pablo Escribá | Spain | 47.02 | |
| 18 | 3 | Rampa Mosweu | Botswana | 47.03 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Linval Laird | Jamaica | 47.05 | |
| 20 | 4 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.13 | |
| 21 | 3 | Ingūns Svikliņš | Latvia | 47.22 | |
| 22 | 4 | Mark Ladbrook | Australia | 47.24 | |
| 23 | 2 | Declan Stack | Australia | 47.55 | |
| 23 | 3 | Dan Monea | Romania | 47.55 | |
| 25 | 4 | Mark Wilson | New Zealand | 47.64 | |
| 26 | 1 | Patrice Doucet | Canada | 47.85 | |
| 27 | 3 | Bülent Eren | Turkey | 47.96 | |
| 28 | 2 | Justice Dipeba | Botswana | 48.13 | |
| 29 | 4 | Alberto Araujo | Mexico | 48.61 | |
| 30 | 1 | Francis Dwira Darko | Ghana | 48.85 | |
| 31 | 2 | Vincent van Rooyen | Namibia | 49.22 | |
| | 1 | Vadim Ogiy | Ukraine | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Valentin Kulbatskiy | Ukraine | 45.11 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.54 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Udeme Ekpeyong | Nigeria | 45.59 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dmitriy Kosov | Russia | 45.66 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Arnaud Malherbe | South Africa | 45.94 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Andre Morris | United States | 46.06 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | David Grindley | Great Britain | 46.15 | |
| 8 | 1 | Innokentiy Zharov | Russia | 46.29 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Dennis Blake | Jamaica | 46.31 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Jared Deacon | Great Britain | 46.45 | |
| 11 | 1 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | Poland | 46.49 | |
| 12 | 1 | Julian Völkel | Germany | 46.57 | |
| 13 | 2 | Masayoshi Kan | Japan | 46.73 | |
| 14 | 2 | Leonard Byrd | United States | 46.81 | |
| 15 | 2 | Rampa Mosweu | Botswana | 47.23 | |
| 16 | 1 | Samuel Tlala | South Africa | 47.24 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.38 |
| | 3 | Udeme Ekpeyong | Nigeria | 45.57 |
| | 2 | Dmitriy Kosov | Russia | 45.70 |
| 4 | 4 | Valentin Kulbatskiy | Ukraine | 45.84 |
| 5 | 8 | Dennis Blake | Jamaica | 46.44 |
| 6 | 1 | Arnaud Malherbe | South Africa | 46.60 |
| 7 | 7 | Innokentiy Zharov | Russia | 46.63 |
| 8 | 5 | Andre Morris | United States | 47.28 |