Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8, 9 and 11 September 1979.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Harald Schmid	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	Walter McCoy

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			45.45	Q
2	2			46.00	Q
3	1			46.12	Q
4	6			46.15	Q^[5]
5	7			46.19	Q
6	6			46.24	Q, NR
7	2			46.32	Q
7	7			46.32	Q
9	6			46.34	Q, PB
10	4			46.39	Q
11	1			46.49	Q
12	6			46.69	q
13	5			46.79	Q
14	3			46.93	Q
15	3			47.06	Q^[6]
16	7			47.15	Q
17	2			47.22	Q
18	3			47.23	Q
19	4			47.45	Q
20	4			47.54	q
21	5			47.66	Q
22	5			47.96	Q^[7]
23	7			48.13	q
24	1			48.45	Q
25	4			48.46
26	2			48.61
27	7			49.17
28	3			49.23
29	4			49.68
30	1			49.75
31	5			49.86
32	6			50.26
33	7			50.39
34	2			50.47
35	2			50.50
36	2			50.75
37	3	E. N. Quargraine		50.90
38	5			51.23
39	6			51.69
40	7			51.92
41	1			52.56
42	5			53.05
43	6			53.56
44	6			55.30
	7				^[8]

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			45.12	Q
2	2			45.16	Q
3	2			45.40	Q
4	3			45.72	Q
5	2			45.73	q
6	1			45.79	Q
7	1			45.87	q
8	2			46.17
9	2			46.18
10	3			46.24	Q
11	3			46.25
12	3			46.28	PB
13	3			46.51
14	2			46.53
15	1			46.64
16	1			46.68	NJR
17	3			46.76
18	1			46.89
19	3			47.49
20	2			47.61
21	3			47.74
22	2			47.83
23	1			48.62
	1

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			44.98
			45.12
			45.90
4			45.94
5			46.56
6			48.40

Notes and References

1. Holzbach . Gerd . Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico . Leichtathletik . 25 September 1979 . 39/1979 . 1240–1245 . Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1979&CID=12981106 Results at Tilastopaja
3. atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year top list
4. News: Heats results . 22 March 2020 . . 10 September 1979 . 17. Dutch.
5. https://www.rfea.es/records/libro_recordsESP_AL/03_hombres_velocidad.pdf Spanish sprint records chronology
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410014509/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int50.htm Australian results
8. News: Atletica: tre azzuri nelle finali 100 metri . . 10 September 1979 . 12 . Italian.
9. News: Universiade, atletiek . 28 March 2020 . . 11 September 1979 . 17 . Dutch.
10. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 12 September 1979 . 22.
11. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 12 September 1979 . 49.