Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
David Lee	Dmitriy Shkarupin	Antônio Dias Ferreira

Results

Heats

Held on 21 July^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			50.47	Q
2	1			50.71	Q
3	1			50.87	Q
4	1			50.95	Q
5	1			50.98	q
6	4			51.27	Q
7	2			51.38	Q
8	3			51.43	Q
9	3			51.44	Q
10	2			51.58	Q
11	1			51.67	q
12	2			51.67	Q
13	3			51.73	Q
14	2			51.81	q
15	4			51.84	Q
16	1			51.96	q
17	3			52.09
18	4			52.20
19	3			52.25
20	2			52.29
21	4			52.51	^[4]
22	3			52.78
23	3			53.02
24	2			53.11
25	4			53.77
26	4			55.70

Semifinals

Held on 22 July^{[2] [5]}

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			50.31	Q
2	2			50.51	Q
3	2			50.53	Q
4	1			50.70	Q
5	2			50.86	q
6	1			51.10	Q
7	2			51.37	q
8	1			51.41	Q
9	1			51.50
10	2			51.62
11	1			51.66
12	1			51.73
13	2			52.08
14	2			52.14
15	1			52.85
16	1

Final

Held on 22 July^{[6] [7]}

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			49.05
			49.52
			50.04
4			50.11
5			50.40
6			50.84
7			51.69

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://digilander.libero.it/atletica2/Stagionali/WRL/1981/400h.htm Year list
3. News: Jury achter Comaneci . . 22 July 1981 . 9 . Dutch.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
5. News: Pont valt uit op Universiade . . 23 July 1981 . 9 . Dutch.
6. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . The Town Talk . 23 July 1981 . 30.
7. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 22 July 1981.