Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 29 and 30 August.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Clement Chukwu	Jerome Davis	Linval Laird

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	46.47	Q
2	7	46.86	Q
3	2	47.05	Q
4	7	47.05	Q
5	2	47.18	Q
6	7	47.21	Q
7	1	47.31	Q
8	3	47.33	Q
9	7	47.34	Q
10	2	47.41	Q
10	3	47.41	Q
12	3	47.43	Q
13	3	47.44	Q^[2]
13	7	47.44	q
15	5	47.46	Q^[3]
16	3	47.57	q
17	3	47.61	q
18	6	47.63	Q
19	6	47.68	Q
20	5	47.71	Q
21	5	47.74	Q
22	5	47.81	Q
23	2	47.84	q
24	5	47.85
25	4	48.07	Q
26	4	48.18	Q
27	6	48.21	Q
28	4	48.25	Q
29	6	48.28	Q
30	1	48.32	Q
31	1	48.38	Q
32	4	48.40	Q
33	6	48.50
34	2	48.53
35	4	48.77
36	6	49.00
37	5	49.10
38	7	49.24
39	5	49.35
40	1	49.45	Q
41	4	49.47
42	6	49.54
43	3	49.65
44	7	50.20
45	1	50.58
46	2	50.71
47	2	50.89
48	6	51.11
49	1	51.76
50	4	53.41
51	7	55.19
	5

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	4	45.77	Q
2	2	46.06	Q
3	2	46.11	Q
4	2	46.23	Q
5	2	46.25	Q
6	2	46.31
7	2	46.33
8	1	46.36	Q
9	3	46.50	Q
10	1	46.53	Q
11	4	46.55	Q
12	4	46.57	Q
13	3	46.58	Q
14	4	46.64	Q
15	1	46.81	Q
15	3	46.81	Q
17	3	46.96	Q
18	4	47.01
19	1	47.04	Q
20	1	47.04
21	2	47.05
22	3	47.06
23	1	47.10
24	3	47.12
25	2	47.32
26	1	47.46
27	4	47.52
28	3	47.53
29	1	47.56
30	4	47.57
31	4	47.64
32	3	48.47

https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1997&CID=12983456 Results at Tilastopaja
Web site: Australian 1997 Almanac . 2014-10-08 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091859/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1997-98.pdf . dead .
News: Swiss results . 27 April 2020 . Lausanne 24 Heures . 29 August 1997 . 21 . French.
http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
Web site: Results . 2014-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132326/http://wwwfisu.ulb.ac.be/html/sathletics.html . 2011-07-06 . dead .