Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 21, 22 and 23 August.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Tom Andrews	Klaus Schönberger	Rolf Ziegler

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			50.30	Q
2	4			50.37	Q
3	3			50.46	Q
4	3			50.54	Q
5	3			50.62	q
6	4			51.00	Q
7	1			51.14	Q
8	1			51.27	Q
8	2			51.27	Q
10	1			51.33	Q
10	4			51.33	Q
12	1			51.60	q
13	4			51.61	q
14	2			51.63	Q
15	2			51.79	Q
16	2			52.09	q^[4]
17	4			52.13
18	3			52.25
19	2			52.35
20	2			52.53
21	1			52.67
22	4			52.75
23	4			53.58
24	2			54.59
25	1			58.22

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			49.50	Q
2	2			49.72	Q
3	2			49.95	Q, NR
4	2			49.99	q
5	1			50.07	Q
6	1			50.24	Q
7	2			50.64	q
8	2			50.77
9	1			50.92	Q
10	2			51.00
11	1			51.09	^[6]
12	1			51.15
13	2			51.56
14	1			51.62
15	1			51.68
16	1			53.28

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			49.52
			49.55
			49.72
4			49.90
5			50.34
6			50.53
7			51.28
				^[9]

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1977&CID=12981067 Results at Tilastopaja
2. News: Heats results . 8 April 2020 . . 22 August 1977 . 26.
3. News: Heats results . 8 April 2020 . . 22 August 1977 . 22.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
5. https://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1977/400h.htm Year list
6. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
7. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 24 August 1977 . 64.
8. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 24 August 1977 . 52.
9. Lane infringement