# Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 15, 16 and 17 July 1993.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ibrahim Hassan Ghana | Evon Clarke Jamaica | Danny McFarlane Jamaica |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Derek Mills | United States | 46.32 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Udeme Ekpeyong | Nigeria | 46.36 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tsvetoslav Stankulov | Bulgaria | 46.81 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ibrahim Hassan | Ghana | 46.82 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | LaMont Smith | United States | 46.83 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Paul Greene | Australia | 47.01 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Seiji Inagaki | Japan | 47.06 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 47.13 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Evon Clarke | Jamaica | 47.19 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 47.20 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Omokaro Alohan | Nigeria | 47.25 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Masayoshi Kan | Japan | 47.42 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 47.51 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Dejan Jovković | Independent Participants | 47.57 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Nick Cowan | New Zealand | 48.19 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Alessandro Pinna | Italy | 48.22 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Amador Mohedano | Spain | 48.29 | q |
| 18 | 5 | Hayden Stephen | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.42 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Arnold Payne | Zimbabwe | 48.44 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Jason Kougellis | Australia | 48.49 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Andrew Ndaula | Uganda | 48.53 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | Derick Fredericks | South Africa | 48.74 | q |
| 23 | 4 | Darren Dale | New Zealand | 49.35 | Q |
| 24 | 4 | Thompson Harokave | Papua New Guinea | 49.93 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Emmanuel Ngega | Tanzania | 50.15 | |
| 26 | 2 | Mohamed Mehdi Hasan | Bangladesh | 50.52 | |
| 27 | 1 | Almamy Farma | Sierra Leone | 53.01 | |
| 28 | 5 | Fabio Canini | San Marino | 55.33 | |
| 29 | 3 | W. Rohana | Sri Lanka | 55.79 | |
| 30 | 5 | Konstadinos Kederis | Greece | 1:02.31 | |

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Evon Clarke | Jamaica | 46.50 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Derek Mills | United States | 46.61 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ibrahim Hassan | Ghana | 46.66 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Masayoshi Kan | Japan | 46.69 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Tsvetoslav Stankulov | Bulgaria | 46.82 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Udeme Ekpeyong | Nigeria | 46.87 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.91 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Seiji Inagaki | Japan | 46.94 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | LaMont Smith | United States | 46.94 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 47.07 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Omokaro Alohan | Nigeria | 47.09 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Dejan Jovković | Independent Participants | 47.14 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Paul Greene | Australia | 47.15 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 47.42 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Hayden Stephen | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.48 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Jason Kougellis | Australia | 47.88 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Arnold Payne | Zimbabwe | 48.01 | |
| 18 | 1 | Andrew Ndaula | Uganda | 48.01 | |
| 19 | 2 | Amador Mohedano | Spain | 48.09 | |
| 20 | 2 | Nick Cowan | New Zealand | 48.22 | |
| 21 | 3 | Derick Fredericks | South Africa | 48.36 | |
| 22 | 3 | Alessandro Pinna | Italy | 48.49 | |
| | ? | Darren Dale | New Zealand | ??.?? | |
| | ? | Thompson Harokave | Papua New Guinea | ??.?? | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ibrahim Hassan | Ghana | 46.12 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | LaMont Smith | United States | 46.27 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Paul Greene | Australia | 46.40 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Evon Clarke | Jamaica | 46.46 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.54 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Masayoshi Kan | Japan | 46.55 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 46.69 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Derek Mills | United States | 46.90 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Seiji Inagaki | Japan | 47.15 | |
| 10 | 1 | Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 47.25 | |
| 11 | 1 | Udeme Ekpeyong | Nigeria | 47.45 | |
| 12 | 2 | Dejan Jovković | Independent Participants | 47.74 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jason Kougellis | Australia | 48.01 | |
| | ? | Hayden Stephen | Trinidad and Tobago | ??.?? | |
| | ? | Tsvetoslav Stankulov | Bulgaria | ??.?? | |
| | ? | Omokaro Alohan | Nigeria | ??.?? | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Ibrahim Hassan | Ghana | 45.87 |
| | 6 | Evon Clarke | Jamaica | 46.27 |
| | 7 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.60 |
| 4 | 8 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 46.62 |
| 5 | 5 | Paul Greene | Australia | 46.91 |
| 6 | 2 | Masayoshi Kan | Japan | 47.23 |
| 7 | 3 | LaMont Smith | United States | 49.78 |
| | 1 | Derek Mills | United States | DNS |