# Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 8, 10 and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jerome Davis United States | Paston Coke Jamaica | Jopie van Oudtshoorn South Africa |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Jerome Davis | United States | 46.48 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Jared Deacon | Great Britain | 46.76 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Geoff Dearman | Great Britain | 46.81 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Marcel Lopuchovský | Slovakia | 46.83 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Kunle Adejuyigbe | Nigeria | 46.91 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Jopie van Oudtshoorn | South Africa | 46.93 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | Mariano Mesa | Cuba | 46.95 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Lars Figura | Germany | 46.96 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Daniyil Shchokin | Russia | 47.05 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Mathias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 47.05 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 47.08 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Kim Jae-da | South Korea | 47.09 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Juliën Hagen | Netherlands | 47.16 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Ousmane Niang | Senegal | 47.18 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Ingūns Svikliņš | Latvia | 47.19 | q |
| 16 | 7 | Tomas Coman | Ireland | 47.22 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | Jens Dautzenberg | Germany | 47.27 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.30 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Rampa Mosveu | Botswana | 47.31 | q |
| 19 | 6 | Rikard Rasmusson | Sweden | 47.31 | q |
| 21 | 3 | Julius Edwards | United States | 47.32 | q |
| 22 | 5 | Paston Coke | Jamaica | 47.34 | Q |
| 23 | 6 | Francesco Cundo | Italy | 47.39 | |
| 24 | 5 | Alain Rohr | Switzerland | 47.42 | Q |
| 25 | 2 | Andrey Semenov | Russia | 47.52 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | Christian Birk | Denmark | 47.66 | Q |
| 27 | 1 | Philippe Bouche | France | 47.67 | Q |
| 28 | 2 | Rova Rabemananjara | Canada | 47.70 | |
| 29 | 1 | Adriaan Botha | South Africa | 47.84 | Q |
| 30 | 1 | Kieran Gallagher | Australia | 47.87 | Q |
| 30 | 7 | Opeoluwa Sogbayi | Nigeria | 47.87 | Q |
| 32 | 7 | Magnus Aare | Sweden | 47.92 | |
| 33 | 4 | Clayton Veltman | Australia | 47.96 | Q |
| 34 | 2 | Ilya Dzhivondov | Bulgaria | 47.99 | |
| 34 | 5 | Djamel Belaid | Algeria | 47.99 | |
| 34 | 6 | Sande Kasajja | Uganda | 47.99 | |
| 37 | 1 | Frank Fiske | Norway | 48.03 | Q |
| 38 | 1 | Papa Serigne Diene | Senegal | 48.09 | |
| 39 | 4 | Arden Kelly | Puerto Rico | 48.41 | Q |
| 40 | 4 | Chang Po-Chih | Chinese Taipei | 48.42 | |
| 41 | 7 | Josh Martin | New Zealand | 48.44 | |
| 42 | 5 | Miguel Cosme | Puerto Rico | 48.49 | |
| 43 | 7 | Erwin Namhwaka | Namibia | 48.57 | |
| 44 | 4 | Raimundo Silva | Chile | 49.14 | |
| 45 | 4 | Abdelajauil Kelkel | Algeria | 50.00 | |
| 46 | 1 | Chan Chi Hong | Hong Kong | 51.44 | |
| 47 | 5 | Christian Carranza | Costa Rica | 51.58 | |
| 48 | 1 | Ernest Jere | Malawi | 51.94 | |
| 49 | 2 | Modisa Bakupi | Botswana | 52.68 | |
| 50 | 6 | Edward Grecht | Malta | 53.25 | |
| | 4 | Don Bruno | Canada | DQ | R141.2 |
| | 7 | Peter Kerema | Kenya | DQ | R141.2 |
| | 2 | Eliud Wainaina | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 3 | Farid da Graça | São Tomé and Príncipe | DNS | |

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jerome Davis | United States | 46.11 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mariano Mesa | Cuba | 46.28 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Andrey Semenov | Russia | 46.43 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Juliën Hagen | Netherlands | 46.45 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Paston Coke | Jamaica | 46.46 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Adriaan Botha | South Africa | 46.48 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Jared Deacon | Great Britain | 46.52 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Philippe Bouche | France | 46.56 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Geoff Dearman | Great Britain | 46.56 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Tomas Coman | Ireland | 46.57 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Jopie van Oudtshoorn | South Africa | 46.60 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Daniyil Shchokin | Russia | 46.61 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Marcel Lopuchovský | Slovakia | 46.62 | |
| 14 | 3 | Jens Dautzenberg | Germany | 46.68 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Lars Figura | Germany | 46.69 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 46.77 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Mathias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 46.78 | |
| 18 | 4 | Ousmane Niang | Senegal | 46.79 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Kim Jae-da | South Korea | 47.09 | |
| 19 | 3 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 47.09 | |
| 21 | 1 | Ingūns Svikliņš | Latvia | 47.36 | |
| 22 | 4 | Rampa Mosveu | Botswana | 47.41 | |
| 23 | 3 | Alain Rohr | Switzerland | 47.42 | |
| 24 | 4 | Frank Fiske | Norway | 47.49 | |
| 25 | 1 | Kieran Gallagher | Australia | 47.50 | |
| 26 | 1 | Arden Kelly | Puerto Rico | 47.53 | |
| 27 | 3 | Rikard Rasmusson | Sweden | 47.72 | |
| 28 | 4 | Clayton Veltman | Australia | 47.83 | |
| 29 | 2 | Opeoluwa Sogbayi | Nigeria | 48.07 | |
| 30 | 3 | Christian Birk | Denmark | 48.12 | |
| 31 | 2 | Julius Edwards | United States | 48.22 | |
| | 4 | Abecugibe Adekunle | Nigeria | DQ | R141.2 |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Paston Coke | Jamaica | 45.36 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Jopie van Oudtshoorn | South Africa | 45.50 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jerome Davis | United States | 45.62 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mariano Mesa | Cuba | 45.78 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | Adriaan Botha | South Africa | 45.83 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Jared Deacon | Great Britain | 45.88 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Juliën Hagen | Netherlands | 45.98 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Andrey Semenov | Russia | 46.02 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Tomas Coman | Ireland | 46.07 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 1 | Geoff Dearman | Great Britain | 46.16 | |
| 10 | 2 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 46.16 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | Philippe Bouche | France | 46.19 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | Daniyil Shchokin | Russia | 46.24 | SB |
| 14 | 2 | Jens Dautzenberg | Germany | 46.38 | |
| 15 | 1 | Lars Figura | Germany | 46.41 | |
| | 1 | Ousmane Niang | Senegal | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Jerome Davis | United States | 44.91 |
| | Paston Coke | Jamaica | 45.15 |
| | Jopie van Oudtshoorn | South Africa | 45.21 |
| 4 | Adriaan Botha | South Africa | 45.49 |
| 5 | Jared Deacon | Great Britain | 46.02 |
| 6 | Mariano Mesa | Cuba | 46.07 |
| 7 | Andrey Semenov | Russia | 46.08 |
| | Tomas Coman | Ireland | DNS |