Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg with the final on 26, 27, and 28 August 1989.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Roberto Hernández Cuba	Sérgio Menezes Brazil	Oliver Bridges United States

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	46.00	Q
2	4	Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	46.18	Q
3	3	Sérgio Menezes	Brazil	46.33	Q
4	4	Aivar Ojastu	Soviet Union	46.36	q
5	3	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.41	Q
6	5	Hachim Ndiaye	Senegal	46.42	Q
7	1	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.59	Q
8	1	Oliver Bridges	United States	46.69	Q
9	5	Devon Morris	Jamaica	46.72	Q
10	3	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	46.79	q^[3]
11	2	Alessandro Pinna	Italy	46.93	Q
12	2	Arkadiy Kornilov	Soviet Union	46.99	Q
13	4	Junior de Lain	Netherlands	47.02	q
14	5	Thomas Koech	Kenya	47.03	q
15	3	Koichi Konakatomi	Japan	47.05	q
16	1	Raymundo Escalante	Mexico	47.17	q
17	1	Anselm Schuster	West Germany	47.39
18	2	Marcello Pantone	Italy	47.71
19	1	Moisés Fernández	Spain	47.78	^[3]
19	5	Richard Hill	Great Britain	47.78
21	1	Josue Morales	Mexico	47.80
21	5	Lee Bridges	United States	47.80
23	3	Dávid Somfai	Hungary	48.14
24	1	Daniel Mwihuri	Kenya	48.26
25	2	Nicos Adamou	Cyprus	48.47
26	2	Ali Faudet	Chad	48.50
27	4	Paul Dennis	Great Britain	48.56
28	3	Seiichi Ibe	Japan	48.84
29	4	Lin Kuang-liang	Chinese Taipei	48.89
30	2	Bernard Austin	Ghana	49.85
31	1	Mohamed Mehdi Hasan	Bangladesh	50.12
32	3	Wu Cheng-ho	Chinese Taipei	50.77
33	5	Camera Ntereke	Botswana	51.21
34	2	Lee Ka Kit	Hong Kong	51.85
35	4	Wong Hung	Hong Kong	53.36
36	4	Ndoluvualu Mukoko	Zaire	1:04.01
	5	Francis Kpaka	Sierra Leone	DQ

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	45.53	Q
2	1	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	45.87	Q
3	1	Sérgio Menezes	Brazil	46.03	Q
4	2	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.03	Q
5	1	Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	46.20	Q
6	2	Oliver Bridges	United States	46.31	Q
7	1	Devon Morris	Jamaica	46.38	q
8	2	Aivar Ojastu	Soviet Union	46.63	Q
9	2	Hachim Ndiaye	Senegal	46.68
10	1	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	46.83	^[4]
11	1	Thomas Koech	Kenya	47.02
12	1	Koichi Konakatomi	Japan	47.08
13	2	Junior de Lain	Netherlands	47.27
14	1	Arkadiy Kornilov	Soviet Union	47.32
15	2	Alessandro Pinna	Italy	47.60
16	2	Raymundo Escalante	Mexico	47.92

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	45.42
	Sérgio Menezes	Brazil	45.66
	Oliver Bridges	United States	45.78
4	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	45.92
5	Devon Morris	Jamaica	46.30
6	Aivar Ojastu	Soviet Union	46.66
7	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.89
	Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	DNF

^ Schröder, Gustav (7 September 1989). "XV. Universiade: Ein Hauch von Olympia im Ruhrevier" [XV. Universiade: A touch of the Olympics in the Ruhrevier]. Leichtathletik (in German). 36/1989. Bartels & Wernitz: 1134–1139. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b "García Chico consiguio el bronce a 5,40 metros" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 27 August 1989. p. 52. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Serrano, bronce en 10.000 m, y Hernández, cuarto en longitud" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 August 1989. p. 56. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Final results". Courier-Post. 28 August 1989. p. 32. Retrieved 3 January 2020.