Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 30 and 31 August.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Innocent Egbunike	Roberto Hernández	Sunday Uti

Results

Heats

Held on 30 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7			45.55	Q
3	6			46.15	Q
4	7			46.41	Q
5	4			46.47	Q
6	2			46.55	Q
7	6			46.59	Q
8	7			46.65	Q
9	4			46.76	Q
10	6			46.95	Q
11	2			47.01	Q
12	7			47.10	q
13	1			47.13	Q
14	6			47.14	q
15	3			47.35	Q
16	1			47.43	Q
17	5			47.49	Q^[2]
18	7?			47.50	q
19	1			47.52	Q
20	2			47.61	Q
21	3			47.71	Q
22	5			47.72	Q
23	2			48.17
24	6			48.22
25	5			48.26	Q
26	3	Z. Shihan		48.84	Q
27	4			49.07	Q
28	1			49.15
29	2			49.27
30	1			49.46
31	4			49.89
32	3	V. Golea		51.53
33	5			51.98
34	3			53.24
35	5			56.73
36	4	M. Luveniyali		57.74

Semifinals

Held on 31 August

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			45.19	Q
2	3			45.30	Q,^[3] NR
3	2			45.34	Q^[4]
4	2			45.66	Q
5	3			45.77	q^[5]
6	3			45.81	q
7	1			45.92	Q
8	3			45.93
9	2			45.96
10	1			46.09	Q
11	2			46.65
12	3			46.72
13	3			46.74
14	1			46.88
14	3			46.88
16	1			46.92
17	2			47.04
18	2			47.57
19	1			47.63
20	1			47.75
21	1			47.75
22	2			47.85
23	1	Z. Shihan		48.44
24	2			49.24

Final

Held on 31 August^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			45.10
			45.41
			45.58
4			46.06
5			46.20
6			46.49
7			46.50	^[7]

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1985&CID=12981261 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410013103/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/international/int75.htm Australian results
3. https://digilander.libero.it/atletica3/Stagionali/WRL/1985/400.htm Year list
4. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
5. https://www.rfea.es/ranking/altt/alltimeESP_2017.pdf Spanish toplist
6. News: Final results . 27 January 2020 . . 2 September 1985 . 19.
7. News: El tartan aburre en Japón . 8 February 2020 . . 1 September 1985 . 39.