Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23, 24 and 25 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cliff Wiley  United States	Walter McCoy  United States	Gérson de Souza  Brazil

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Walter McCoy	United States	46.32	Q[1]
?	?	Cliff Wiley	United States	46.70	Q
3	2	Benjamín González	Spain	47.05	Q[2]
4	?	Urs Kamber	Switzerland	47.32	q[3]
?	?	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	48.09	Q[4]

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Walter McCoy	United States	45.90	Q[1]
2	1	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	46.45	Q[1]
3	1	Carlos Reyté	Cuba	46.47	q[1]
4	1	Benjamín González	Spain	46.48	q[1]
5	1	Urs Kamber	Switzerland	47.22
6	1	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	47.27
7	1	Silvio Almanzar	Dominican Republic	47.84
8	1	Horia Toboc	Romania	48.41
1	2	Cliff Wiley	United States	46.12	Q[1]
2	2	Stefano Malinverni	Italy	46.21	Q[1]
3	2	Vitaliy Fedotov	Soviet Union	46.56
4	2	Goran Humar	Yugoslavia	47.16
5	2	Jean Didoce Mbemou	Congo	48.26
6	2	Roberto Ramos	Cuba	48.29
1	3	Viktor Burakov	Soviet Union	46.55	Q
2	3	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.77	Q
3	3	Melvin Fowell	Great Britain	46.94
4	3	Uwe Wegner	West Germany	47.03
6	3	Alphonse Mandonda	Congo	48.08
7	3	Nikolaos Megalemos	Greece	48.33
8	3	Shigenori Omori	Japan	48.64

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cliff Wiley	United States	45.18
	Walter McCoy	United States	45.33
	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	45.91
4	Carlos Reyté	Cuba	46.10
5	Stefano Malinverni	Italy	46.35
6	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	46.41
7	Benjamín González	Spain	46.56
8	Viktor Burakov	Soviet Union	46.57

References

1. Year list
2. "Otras tres medallas de oro para Nadia Comaneci" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 July 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
3. "Stabspringer begeisterten" (in German). Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten. 24 July 1981. p. 11.
4. "Alle turntitels voor Roemenië" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 24 July 1981. p. 8.
5. "Semifinals results". Arizona Republic. 25 July 1981. p. 112. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
6. "Final results". The Herald-News. 26 July 1981. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
7. "Final results". United Press International. 25 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.