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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2007 Summer Universiade was held on 11–13 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Petrus Koekemoer South Africa | Kurt Couto Mozambique | Javier Culson Puerto Rico |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Vladimir Antmanis | Russia | 50.36 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | El Hadji Sethe Mbow | Senegal | 50.42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ockert Cilliers | South Africa | 50.44 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | 50.48 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Raphael Fernandes | Brazil | 50.52 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Javier Culson | Puerto Rico | 50.58 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Yasuhiro Fueki | Japan | 50.69 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic | 50.73 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Ben Carne | Great Britain | 50.76 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 50.91 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Abderahmane Hamadi | Algeria | 51.23 | q, SB |
| 12 | 3 | Ou Yongjian | China | 51.36 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Jussi Heikkilä | Finland | 51.37 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Steven Green | Great Britain | 51.44 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Markus Crepaz | Italy | 51.47 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Petrus Koekemoer | South Africa | 52.03 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Tuncay Örs | Turkey | 52.36 | |
| 18 | 3 | Camilo Quevedo | Guatemala | 52.43 | |
| 19 | 1 | Bojan Maljković | Serbia | 52.56 | |
| 20 | 1 | Denis Byvakin | Russia | 52.65 | |
| 21 | 2 | Teeraporn Parkum | Thailand | 53.17 | |
| 22 | 1 | Nicola Cascella | Italy | 53.27 | |
| 23 | 4 | Jon Bentsen | Denmark | 54.06 | |
| 24 | 2 | Mart Kroodo | Estonia | 54.51 | |
| 25 | 4 | Horatius Abrahams | Namibia | 55.51 | |
| 26 | 3 | Heditiana Rampy Andrianjaka | Malaysia | 56.98 | |
| | 1 | Apisit Kuttiyawan | Thailand | DNS | |
| | 4 | Jermiah Shule | Kenya | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Javier Culson | Puerto Rico | 49.68 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 49.71 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | 50.04 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Petrus Koekemoer | South Africa | 50.09 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ockert Cilliers | South Africa | 50.23 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic | 50.26 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Vladimir Antmanis | Russia | 50.32 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | El Hadji Sethe Mbow | Senegal | 50.58 | |
| 9 | 2 | Steven Green | Great Britain | 50.59 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Ben Carne | Great Britain | 50.61 | |
| 11 | 2 | Yasuhiro Fueki | Japan | 51.02 | |
| 12 | 2 | Jussi Heikkilä | Finland | 51.04 | |
| 13 | 1 | Raphael Fernandes | Brazil | 51.06 | FS1 |
| 14 | 1 | Ou Yongjian | China | 51.23 | |
| 15 | 2 | Markus Crepaz | Italy | 51.30 | |
| 16 | 2 | Abderahmane Hamadi | Algeria | 56.78 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Petrus Koekemoer | South Africa | 49.06 | |
| | 4 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | 49.12 | SB |
| | 6 | Javier Culson | Puerto Rico | 49.35 | |
| 4 | 5 | Ockert Cilliers | South Africa | 49.36 | |
| 5 | 3 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 49.86 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vladimir Antmanis | Russia | 50.48 | |
| 7 | 2 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic | 50.54 | |
| | 8 | Steven Green | Great Britain | DNF | |