Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 and 7 September 1957.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Igor Ilyin Soviet Union	Anubes da Silva Brazil	Keiji Ogushi Japan

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Igor Ilyin	Soviet Union	53.8	Q^[3]
2	1	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	55.9	Q
3	1	Henryk Chojecki	Poland	56.4	Q
4	1	Dimitar Dimitrov	Bulgaria	56.4
5	1	Martin	France	57.2
6	1	José Luis Bustinza	Spain	59.3
1	2	Jean-Marie Kling	France	54.4	Q^[3]
2	2	Helmut Joho	West Germany	55.0	Q
3	2	Keiji Ogushi	Japan	55.0	Q
4	2	Jacques Vanden Abeele	Belgium	58.9
5	2	Germano Gimelli	Italy	1:01.2
	2	Alexander Hannah	Great Britain	DQ	^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Igor Ilyin	Soviet Union	53.3
	Anubes da Silva	Brazil	53.6
	Keiji Ogushi	Japan	54.1
4	Helmut Joho	West Germany	54.2
5	Jean-Marie Kling	France	54.2
6	Henryk Chojecki	Poland	57.6

^ García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ L'Athletisme (September 1957, p4)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Britain gains her first medal". The Manchester Guardian. 7 September 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2021.