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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 30–31 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Alwyn Myburgh South Africa | Yevgeniy Meleshenko Kazakhstan | Chen Tien-wen Chinese Taipei |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 30 August
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 49.74 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 49.80 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 49.85 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Alwyn Myburgh | South Africa | 49.89 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Marcel Schelbert | Switzerland | 50.03 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Martin Willemse | South Africa | 50.04 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 50.08 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 50.10 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Fred Sharpe | United States | 50.11 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Marcel Lopuchovský | Slovakia | 50.12 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Ken Yoshizawa | Japan | 50.19 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Yoshihiro Chiba | Japan | 50.28 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia | 50.28 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Chen Tien-wen | Chinese Taipei | 50.31 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Jan Schneider | Germany | 50.55 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Matthew Douglas | Great Britain | 50.59 | |
| 17 | 4 | Bayano Kamani | United States | 50.65 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Eduardo Iván Rodríguez | Spain | 50.85 | |
| 19 | 4 | Leonid Vershinin | Belarus | 50.89 | |
| 20 | 1 | Gianni Carabelli | Italy | 50.95 | |
| 21 | 4 | Anderson Costa dos Santos | Brazil | 50.98 | |
| 22 | 4 | Rova Rabemananjara | Canada | 51.37 | |
| 23 | 4 | Jaime Juan | Spain | 51.67 | |
| 24 | 2 | Tahar Ghozali | Algeria | 51.68 | |
| 25 | 1 | Charles Robertson-Adams | Great Britain | 52.88 | |
| 26 | 1 | Jeerachai Linglom | Thailand | 53.58 | |
| 27 | 4 | Kulan Arunajith | Sri Lanka | 56.04 | |
| 28 | 3 | Ravindra Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 56.35 | |
| 29 | 2 | A. Flores | Peru | 58.77 | |
| 30 | 3 | Rony Georges | Lebanon | 59.46 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 31 August
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Alwyn Myburgh | South Africa | 49.04 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 49.22 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 49.30 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 49.49 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Chen Tien-wen | Chinese Taipei | 49.57 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ken Yoshizawa | Japan | 49.63 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Martin Willemse | South Africa | 49.68 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 49.77 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 49.87 | |
| 10 | 2 | Yoshihiro Chiba | Japan | 50.00 | |
| 11 | 2 | Fred Sharpe | United States | 50.01 | |
| 12 | 2 | Marcel Schelbert | Switzerland | 50.53 | |
| 13 | 2 | Marcel Lopuchovský | Slovakia | 50.55 | |
| 14 | 2 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia | 50.60 | |
| 15 | 1 | Bayano Kamani | United States | 50.64 | |
| 16 | 1 | Jan Schneider | Germany | 51.44 | |

### Final

Held on 31 August
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alwyn Myburgh | South Africa | 48.09 | UR |
| | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | Kazakhstan | 48.46 | |
| | Chen Tien-wen | Chinese Taipei | 48.63 | |
| 4 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 48.87 | |
| 5 | Martin Willemse | South Africa | 48.96 | |
| 6 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 49.07 | |
| 7 | Ken Yoshizawa | Japan | 49.60 | |
| 8 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 49.68 | |