Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 18, 19 and 20 August.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dmitriy Stukalov Soviet Union	Miroslav Kodejš Czechoslovakia	Tadeusz Kulczycki Poland

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Yanko Bratanov	Bulgaria	51.9	Q
2	1	Steve Black	Great Britain	52.2	Q
3	1	Julio Ferrer	Puerto Rico	53.1
4	1	Albert Toro	Central African Republic	56.6
5	1	Ahmed Javed	Pakistan	58.2
1	2	Bruce Collins	United States	51.42	Q^[4]
2	2	Werner Reibert	West Germany	51.8	Q
3	2	Ladislav Kárský	Czechoslovakia	52.1	q
4	2	Luc Baggio	France	52.24	q^[5]
5	2	Enrique Aguirre	Mexico	53.9
6	2	José Santiago	Puerto Rico	54.0
1	3	Dmitriy Stukalov	Soviet Union	50.8	Q
2	3	Frank Nusse	Netherlands	52.1	Q
3	3	Roberto Maroldi	Italy	52.6	q^[6]
4	3	Wynford Leyshon	Great Britain	52.9
5	3	Gheorghe Tanasescu	Romania	53.5
1	4	Miroslav Kodejš	Czechoslovakia	51.4	Q
2	4	Jerzy Hewelt	Poland	52.2	Q
3	4	Daniele Giovanardi	Italy	52.5	q^[6]
4	4	Dorin Melinte	Romania	52.9
5	4	Dorival Negrissoli	Brazil	53.4
6	4	David Jarvis	Canada	53.6
1	5	Tadeusz Kulczycki	Poland	51.7	Q
2	5	Hansjörg Haas	Switzerland	51.81	Q^[7]
3	5	Rolf Ziegler	West Germany	51.9	q
4	5	Talib Faizal Al-Saffar	Iraq	52.6	q
5	5	Ahmad Lotfabady	Iran	55.1

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Miroslav Kodejš	Czechoslovakia	50.65	Q
2	1	Jerzy Hewelt	Poland	51.07	Q
3	1	Lucien Baggio	France	51.29	Q^[5]
4	1	Rolf Ziegler	West Germany	51.5
5	1	Yanko Bratanov	Bulgaria	51.5
6	1	Talib Faizal Al-Saffar	Iraq	53.0
7	1	Roberto Maroldi	Italy	54.0	^[9]
1	2	Tadeusz Kulczycki	Poland	50.70	Q
2	2	Dmitriy Stukalov	Soviet Union	50.70	Q
3	2	Frank Nusse	Netherlands	50.93	Q^[10]
4	2	Werner Reibert	West Germany	51.0	q
5	2	Ladislav Kárský	Czechoslovakia	51.5	q
6	2	Steve Black	Great Britain	51.8
7	2	Hansjörg Haas	Switzerland	52.3	^[11]
8	2	Daniele Giovanardi	Italy	52.6	^[9]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Dmitriy Stukalov	Soviet Union	49.62
	Miroslav Kodejš	Czechoslovakia	49.94
	Tadeusz Kulczycki	Poland	50.54
4	Jerzy Hewelt	Poland	50.93
5	Lucien Baggio	France	50.98
6	Frank Nusse	Netherlands	51.30
7	Ladislav Kárský	Czechoslovakia	51.41
8	Werner Reibert	West Germany	51.76

^ "Zweite Plätze für Schittenhelm und Karst" [Second places for Schittenhelm und Karst]. Leichtathletik (in German). 34/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1202–1204. 21 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). 35/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
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^ ^a ^b French results
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^ "Superioridad rusa en grecorromana y gimnasia" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 August 1973. p. 13. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "L'Universiade a metà" (in Italian). La Stampa. 20 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ "Sowjet Unie superieur op Universiade" (in Dutch). Tubantia. 20 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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^ "Final results". The Central New Jersey Home News. 21 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1973. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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