# Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 17–19 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jeshua Anderson United States | Takayuki Kishimoto Japan | Kurt Couto Mozambique |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jeshua Anderson | United States | 49.78 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium | 49.87 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Aleksey Pogorelov | Russia | 50.71 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | João Ferreira | Portugal | 50.88 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Gabriel El Hanbli | Canada | 50.92 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Richard Davenport | Great Britain | 51.08 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | 51.14 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Niall Flannery | Great Britain | 51.25 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Takatoshi Abe | Japan | 51.27 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Takayuki Kishimoto | Japan | 51.29 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 51.46 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Chen Dayu | China | 51.50 | q |
| 13 | 5 | Jorge Paula | Portugal | 51.52 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 51.55 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Silvestras Guogis | Lithuania | 51.65 | q, SB |
| 16 | 3 | Nils Duerinck | Belgium | 51.69 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Viacheslav Sakaev | Russia | 51.71 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Leonardo Capotosti | Italy | 51.86 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy | 51.91 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Pieter Beneke | South Africa | 51.92 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | Johannes Maritz | Namibia | 52.22 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | Robert Dwumfour | Ghana | 52.24 | q, SB |
| 22 | 5 | Fausto Santini | Switzerland | 52.24 | q |
| 24 | 1 | Lee Roy Bock | Namibia | 52.35 | PB |
| 25 | 4 | Marko Macuh | Slovenia | 52.37 | |
| 26 | 3 | Chen Chieh | Chinese Taipei | 52.39 | Q |
| 27 | 3 | Atilla Nagy | Romania | 52.42 | |
| 28 | 2 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 52.63 | |
| 29 | 3 | Aarne Nirk | Estonia | 52.93 | |
| 30 | 4 | Choi Suchang | South Korea | 54.09 | |
| 31 | 5 | Michael Cochrane | New Zealand | 55.98 | |
| 32 | 3 | Abdou Ahmed Masrahi | Saudi Arabia | 56.73 | |
| | 2 | Mohammed Ali Dakkam | Saudi Arabia | DQ | 168.7b |

### 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 | 1 | Takayuki Kishimoto | Japan | 49.53 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 49.55 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | 49.68 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Jeshua Anderson | United States | 49.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium | 49.88 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Richard Davenport | Great Britain | 49.89 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Jorge Paula | Portugal | 49.99 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | João Ferreira | Portugal | 50.07 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 50.14 | PB |
| 10 | 1 | Aleksey Pogorelov | Russia | 50.50 | |
| 11 | 3 | Nils Duerinck | Belgium | 50.80 | |
| 12 | 2 | Pieter Beneke | South Africa | 50.82 | |
| 13 | 3 | Takatoshi Abe | Japan | 50.96 | |
| 14 | 3 | Gabriel El Hanbli | Canada | 51.00 | |
| 15 | 2 | Viacheslav Sakaev | Russia | 51.18 | |
| 16 | 1 | Leonardo Capotosti | Italy | 51.19 | |
| 17 | 3 | Chen Dayu | China | 51.30 | |
| 18 | 3 | Silvestras Guogis | Lithuania | 51.32 | SB |
| 19 | 3 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy | 51.47 | |
| 20 | 1 | Chen Chieh | Chinese Taipei | 51.49 | |
| 21 | 1 | Fausto Santini | Switzerland | 51.77 | |
| 21 | 2 | Robert Dwumfour | Ghana | 51.77 | SB |
| 23 | 2 | Johannes Maritz | Namibia | 51.94 | |
| 24 | 2 | Niall Flannery | Great Britain | 53.86 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 8 | Jeshua Anderson | United States | 49.03 | |
| | 5 | Takayuki Kishimoto | Japan | 49.52 | |
| | 4 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | 49.61 | |
| 4 | 2 | João Ferreira | Portugal | 49.63 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Richard Davenport | Great Britain | 49.98 | |
| 6 | 6 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.20 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jorge Paula | Portugal | 50.69 | |
| 8 | 1 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium | 54.39 | |