Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 5, 6 and 7 July 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sunday Uti  Nigeria	Viktor Markin  Soviet Union	Sunder Nix  United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.74	Q
2	1	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.97	Q
3	1	Aldo Canti	France	47.14	Q
4	1	John Okoye	Nigeria	47.46	q
5	1	Kazunori Asaba	Japan	47.61
6	1	Said M'Hand	Morocco	48.03
7	1	Gualberto Paquete	Angola	49.10
8	1	Mario Villagran	Guatemala	52.69
1	2	Eliot Tabron	United States	46.34	Q
2	2	Susumu Takano	Japan	46.43	Q
3	2	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	46.87	Q
4	2	Heinz Weginer	West Germany	47.25	q
5	2	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.69
6	2	Lee Davis	Jamaica	48.56
7	2	Jacinto Macamba	Angola	49.48
8	2	Reinaldo Leiva	Guatemala	50.55
1	3	Sunder Nix	United States	46.48	Q
2	3	Héctor Herrera	Cuba	47.00	Q
3	3	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	47.09	Q
4	3	Vive Fegert	West Germany	47.63
5	3	Mohamed Alouini	Tunisia	48.07
6	3	Paul Carvana	Malta	55.62
1	4	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	46.25	Q
2	4	Elvis Forde	Barbados	46.51	Q
3	4	Oddur Sigurðsson	Iceland	46.96	Q
4	4	Doug Hinds	Canada	46.99	q
5	4	Juan Hormillos	Spain	??.??	q
6	4	Aphonse Madonda	Congo	48.03
7	4	Abdelali Kasbane	Morocco	49.17

Semifinals

[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	45.50	Q
2	1	Eliot Tabron	United States	45.63	Q
3	2	Sunder Nix	United States	45.74	Q
4	1	Susumu Takano	Japan	45.86	Q
5	2	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	45.87	Q
6	2	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	45.95	q
7	1	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.20	Q
8	2	Aldo Canti	France	46.26	q
9	1	Sergey Kutsebo	Soviet Union	46.36
10	1	Doug Hinds	Canada	46.78
11	1	Oddur Sigurðsson	Iceland	47.12
12	1	Heinz Weginer	West Germany	47.33
12	2	Juan Hormillos	Spain	47.33
14	1	John Okoye	Nigeria	47.58
15	2	Héctor Herrera	Cuba	48.09
	2	Elvis Forde	Barbados	??.??

Final

[4][5]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	45.32
	Viktor Markin	Soviet Union	45.38
	Sunder Nix	United States	45.53
4	Eliot Tabron	United States	45.82
5	Susumu Takano	Japan	46.00
6	Gérson de Souza	Brazil	46.03
7	Aldo Canti	France	46.15
8	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	46.67

References

1. "Heats results". Times Colonist. 6 July 1983. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
2. "Semifinals results". The Ottawa Citizen. 7 July 1983. p. 36. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
3. "Semifinals results". Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. 7 July 1983. p. 61. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Final results". The Windsor Star. 8 July 1983. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. "Final results". Austin American-Statesman. 8 July 1983. p. 75. Retrieved 9 February 2020.