The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held in Daegu, South Korea with the final on 25–27 August.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAndriy TverdostupDenis RypakovRafał Wieruszewski
Results Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Igor Vasilyev 47.08 Q 2 1 James Chatt 47.18 Q 3 4 Volodymyr Demchenko 47.22 Q 4 1 Jan Mazanec 47.31 Q 5 3 Christian Birk 47.43 Q 6 3 Marco Salvucci 47.46 Q 7 6 Andriy Tverdostup 47.47 Q 8 3 Mohd Zainal Abidin Zaiful 47.52 Q 9 6 Narong Nilploy 47.67 Q 10 4 Sergey Babayev 47.71 Q 11 4 Denis Rypakov 47.72 Q 12 6 François Gourmet 47.79 Q 13 6 Yoshiaki Kitaoka 47.88 Q 14 5 Adam Potter 48.08 Q 15 5 Yoshihiro Horigome 48.09 Q 16 4 Matiuupi Katjiyuongua 48.12 Q 17 3 Nathan Vadeboncoeur 48.13 Q 18 6 Marvin Essor 48.15 qCAC 2003 Universiade results 19 5 Luca Galletti 48.19 Q 20 4 Jonnie Lowe 48.26 q 21 2 Rafał Wieruszewski 48.31 QPolish athletes 2003 international results 22 5 Sam Higgie 48.39 Q 23 1 Tim Hawkes 48.44 Q 24 2 Dávid Csesznegi 48.52 Q 25 3 Valentin Bulichev 48.64 q 26 2 Banjong Lachua 48.66 Q 27 5 Mikk Joorits 48.80 q 28 4 Stephen Adjei 49.09 q 29 4 Saeed Ali Al-Adhreai 49.21 q, NR 30 1 Nikolai Portelli 49.22 q 31 3 Shon Jung-ho 49.32 q 32 6 Teu Koon Kiat 49.89 33 6 Karl Farrugia 50.08 34 5 Kenneth Khoo Kian Seong 50.09 35 2 Avetik Arakelian 50.57 Q 36 3 Cheong Man Fong 51.23 37 4 Chan Chi Hong 51.99 38 1 Adam Abubaker 52.83 39 6 S. M. P. S. D. Pathirana 53.05 40 2 Chang Wa Ieng 53.99 41 2 Vajira Kularatne 54.06 42 1 Trent Armstrong 55.11 2 Mohamed Al-Aswad 5 Lolo Ekanga 5 Thomas Kortbeek
Quarterfinals Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Andriy Tverdostup 46.65 Q 2 3 Denis Rypakov 46.70 Q 3 3 Volodymyr Demchenko 46.77 Q 4 2 Marvin Essor 46.87 Q 5 4 Rafał Wieruszewski 46.93 Q 6 4 François Gourmet 47.04 Q 7 2 Sergey Babayev 47.14 Q 8 2 James Chatt 47.14 q 9 1 Narong Nilploy 47.15 Q 10 3 Adam Potter 47.21 Q 11 4 Christian Birk 47.27 Q 12 4 Jan Mazanec 47.29 q 13 4 Yoshiaki Kitaoka 47.30 q 14 1 Dávid Csesznegi 47.38 Q 15 1 Igor Vasilyev 47.51 Q 16 1 Mohd Zainal Abidin Zaiful 47.62 q 17 2 Yoshihiro Horigome 47.63 17 3 Mikk Joorits 47.63 19 1 Matuupi Katjiyongua 47.90 20 1 Luca Galletti 47.98 21 2 Banjong Lachua 48.11 22 1 Valentin Bulichev 48.15 23 3 Marco Salvucci 48.18 24 3 Nathan Vadeboncoeur 48.18 25 2 Tim Hawkes 48.55 26 3 Sam Higgie 48.79 27 4 Jonnie Lowe 48.83 28 2 Son Jung-ho 49.15 29 3 Nikolai Portelli 51.12 4 Stephen Adjei 4 Saeed Ali Al-Adhreai 1 Avetik Arakelian
Semifinals Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Andriy Tverdostup 46.82 Q 2 2 Volodymyr Demchenko 46.58 Q 3 2 Rafał Wieruszewski 46.64 Q 4 2 Denis Rypakov 46.78 Q 5 2 Christian Birk 46.80 Q 6 2 Igor Vasilyev 46.89 7 1 Adam Potter 46.99 Q 8 1 Marvin Essor 47.25 Q 9 1 Dávid Csesznegi 47.33 Q 10 1 Sergey Babayev 47.63 11 2 François Gourmet 47.67 12 2 Jan Mazanec 47.89 13 2 Yoshiaki Kitaoka 47.97 14 1 James Chatt 48.03 15 1 Mohd Zainal Abidin Zaiful 48.82 1 Narong Nilploy
Final Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes 6 Andriy Tverdostup 46.08 7 Denis Rypakov 46.51 5 Rafał Wieruszewski 46.53 4 3 Adam Potter 46.64 5 4 Volodymyr Demchenko 46.82 6 8 Christian Birk 46.98 7 1 Dávid Csesznegi 47.50 8 2 Marvin Essor 48.01
References Results Heats, quarterfinal results