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.Results at Tilastopaja

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeHarald SchmidFranz-Peter HofmeisterWalter McCoy

Results Heats [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year top list] Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Nikolay Chernetsky 45.45 Q 2 2 Walter McCoy 46.00 Q 3 1 Harald Schmid 46.12 Q 4 6 Horia Toboc 46.15 QSpanish sprint records chronology (p59) 5 7 Koen Gijsbers 46.19 Q 6 6 Isidoro Hornillos 46.24 Q, NR 7 2 Jens Smedegaard 46.32 Q 7 7 Remigijus Valiulis 46.32 Q 9 6 Roberto Tozzi 46.34 Q, PB 10 4 Lew Davis 46.39 Q 11 1 Geraldo José Pegado 46.49 Q 12 6 Rolf Gisler 46.69 q 13 5 Leslie Kerr 46.79 Q 14 3 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 46.93 Q 15 3 Robert Froissart 47.06 QFrench results 16 7 Eiji Natori 47.15 Q 17 2 Alan Bell 47.22 Q 18 3 Avognan Nogboum 47.23 Q 19 4 Jenaro Iritia 47.45 Q 20 4 Marcel Klarenbeek 47.54 q 21 5 Alexander Fortelny 47.66 Q 22 5 Chum Darvall 47.96 Q 23 7 Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison 48.13 q 24 1 Takashi Nagao 48.45 Q 25 4 Gabriel Leseku 48.46 26 2 Antonis Georgallidis 48.61 27 7 Alfonso Pérez 49.17 28 3 António Mota Gomes 49.23 29 4 Adodo Djobokou 49.68 30 1 Patrick Kagwisagne 49.75 31 5 David Martínez 49.86 32 6 Ngare Kinywa 50.26 33 7 Orlando Ruano 50.39 34 2 Lauwi Adjambao 50.47 35 2 David Beylon 50.50 36 2 Nelson González 50.75 37 3 E. N. Quargraine 50.90 38 5 Roberto Prado 51.23 39 6 Ibrahim Rashed 51.69 40 7 Jorge Camacho 51.92 41 1 Fahad Abdullah 52.56 42 5 Miguel Banegas 53.05 43 6 Manuel Machado 53.56 44 6 José Guillermo Brenes 55.30 7 Stefano Malinverni

Semifinals

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Nikolay Chernetsky 45.12 Q 2 2 Walter McCoy 45.16 Q 3 2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 45.40 Q 4 3 Harald Schmid 45.72 Q 5 2 Remigijus Valiulis 45.73 q 6 1 Leslie Kerr 45.79 Q 7 1 Horia Toboc 45.87 q 8 2 Koen Gijsbers 46.17 9 2 Geraldo José Pegado 46.18 10 3 Robert Froissart 46.24 Q 11 3 Avognan Nogboum 46.25 12 3 Roberto Tozzi 46.28 PB 13 3 Isidoro Hornillos 46.51 14 2 Alan Bell 46.53 15 1 Eiji Natori 46.64 16 1 Marcel Klarenbeek 46.68 NJR 17 3 Rolf Gisler 46.76 18 1 Jens Smedegaard 46.89 19 3 Takashi Nagao 47.49 20 2 Genaro Iritia 47.61 21 3 Alexander Fortelny 47.74 22 2 Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison 47.83 23 1 Lew Davis 48.62 1 Chum Darvall

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Harald Schmid 44.98 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 45.12 Walter McCoy 45.90 4 Leslie Kerr 45.94 5 Horia Toboc 46.56 6 Remigijus Valiulis 48.40 Nikolay Chernetskiy Robert Froissart

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