# Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 27, 28, and 29 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Andrew Pierce United States | Clinton Hill Australia | Andriy Tverdostup Ukraine |

## Results
### Heats

27 August
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Clinton Hill | Australia | 46.61 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Robert Daly | Ireland | 46.93 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Andriy Tverdostup | Ukraine | 47.01 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 47.11 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Matuupi Katjiyongua | Namibia | 47.14 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Liod Kgopong | South Africa | 47.34 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Mitsuhiro Sato | Japan | 47.42 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Oleksandr Kaydash | Ukraine | 47.82 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 47.96 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Ryuji Muraki | Japan | 48.01 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Andrew Pierce | United States | 48.14 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Adriaan Botha | South Africa | 48.16 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Arden Kelly | Puerto Rico | 48.28 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Juliën Hagen | Netherlands | 48.41 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Dmitriy Chumichkin | Azerbaijan | 48.42 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Oleg Mishukov | Russia | 48.45 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Thomas Gerding | United States | 48.63 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Aleksandr Usov | Russia | 48.90 | Q |
| 19 | 5 | Sylvester Nauta | Namibia | 49.06 | q |
| 20 | 2 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 49.17 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Bob Keus | Netherlands | 49.40 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | Ng Boon Keng | Singapore | 49.61 | q |
| 23 | 3 | Le Minh Chinh | Vietnam | 49.62 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Teu Koon Kiat | Singapore | 49.84 | q |
| 25 | 3 | Said Al-Abadi | Oman | 50.47 | |
| 26 | 3 | Chan Chi Hong | Hong Kong | 50.57 | |
| 27 | 4 | Muzi Mabuza | Swaziland | 50.66 | |
| 28 | 2 | Mansour Al-Anbary | Oman | 50.95 | |
| 29 | 1 | Roberto Gómez | Costa Rica | 51.23 | |
| 30 | 3 | Basheer Al-Khewani | Yemen | 52.46 | |
| 31 | 1 | Mohamed Mukul Hossain | Bangladesh | 52.55 | |
| 32 | 4 | Chan San Lam | Macau | 52.69 | |
| 33 | 2 | Rony Georges | Lebanon | 52.78 | NJR |
| 34 | 5 | Wai Fong Leong | Macau | 55.02 | |
| 35 | 4 | Michael Banda | Malawi | 55.17 | |
| 36 | 3 | C. K. B. Ratnayake | Sri Lanka | 55.51 | |
| 37 | 4 | Ibrahima Yansane | Guinea | 1:12.49 | |
| 38 | 1 | Ibrahima Tounkara | Guinea | 1:12.98 | |

### Quarterfinals

27 August
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Andrew Pierce | United States | 46.41 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Andriy Tverdostup | Ukraine | 46.42 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mitsuhiro Sato | Japan | 46.43 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Robert Daly | Ireland | 46.53 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ryuji Muraki | Japan | 46.73 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Oleg Mishukov | Russia | 46.77 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Oleksandr Kaydash | Ukraine | 46.85 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Clinton Hill | Australia | 46.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 46.88 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 46.98 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Matuupi Katjiyongua | Namibia | 47.03 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Thomas Gerding | United States | 47.15 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Adriaan Botha | South Africa | 47.26 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Aleksandr Usov | Russia | 47.49 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Arden Kelly | Puerto Rico | 47.57 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Liod Kgopong | South Africa | 47.59 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Juliën Hagen | Netherlands | 47.73 | |
| 18 | 2 | Dmitriy Chumichkin | Azerbaijan | 48.25 | |
| 19 | 2 | Bob Keus | Netherlands | 48.76 | |
| 20 | 1 | Sylvester Nauta | Namibia | 48.96 | |
| 21 | 2 | Teu Koon Kiat | Singapore | 49.96 | |
| 22 | 1 | Ng Boon Keng | Singapore | 50.22 | |
| | 1 | Le Minh Chinh | Vietnam | ? | |
| | 3 | Paul Pearce | Australia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

28 August
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Clinton Hill | Australia | 45.77 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Andriy Tverdostup | Ukraine | 45.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Andrew Pierce | United States | 46.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mitsuhiro Sato | Japan | 46.48 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ryuji Muraki | Japan | 46.60 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Oleksandr Kaydash | Ukraine | 46.60 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 46.65 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Thomas Gerding | United States | 47.13 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 47.21 | |
| 10 | 1 | Matuupi Katjiyongua | Namibia | 47.58 | |
| 11 | 2 | Oleg Mishukov | Russia | 47.90 | |
| 12 | 2 | Arden Kelly | Puerto Rico | 48.04 | |
| 13 | 2 | Adriaan Botha | South Africa | 48.05 | |
| 14 | 1 | Liod Kgopong | South Africa | 48.08 | |
| | 1 | Robert Daly | Ireland | DQ | |
| | 1 | Aleksandr Usov | Russia | DNF | |

### Final

29 August
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Andrew Pierce | United States | 45.34 |
| | Clinton Hill | Australia | 45.63 |
| | Andriy Tverdostup | Ukraine | 45.78 |
| 4 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 46.27 |
| 5 | Oleksandr Kaydash | Ukraine | 46.46 |
| 6 | Ryuji Muraki | Japan | 46.60 |
| 7 | Mitsuhiro Sato | Japan | 46.99 |
| 8 | Thomas Gerding | United States | 47.09 |