Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20, 21 and 22 July 1991.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Patrick O'Connor Jamaica	Benyounés Lahlou Morocco	Marlin Cannon United States

Results

Heats

Held on 20 July

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	46.89	Q
2	2	Shunji Karube	Japan	47.16	Q
3	2	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	47.27	Q
4	4	Tim Hesse	Ghana	47.44	Q
5	1	Gabriel Luke	United States	47.45	Q
6	3	Michael Joubert	Australia	47.50	Q
7	7	Elieser Wettebosi	Indonesia	47.63	Q
7	8	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	47.63	Q
9	1	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	47.69	Q
10	7	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	47.72	Q
11	4	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	47.74	Q
12	8	Laurent Lebras	France	47.75	Q
13	6	Marlin Cannon	United States	47.83	Q
14	7	Miguel Cuesta	Spain	48.02	q
15	8	Son Jul-il	South Korea	48.04	Q
16	6	Riccardo Cardone	Italy	48.09	Q
17	6	Joslyn Thomas	Sierra Leone	48.13	Q
18	4	Thomas Koech	Kenya	48.18	Q
19	6	Vladimir Popov	Soviet Union	48.33	q
20	3	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	48.36	Q
21	2	Jens Storhaug	Norway	48.47	Q
22	5	Camera Ntereke	Botswana	48.61	Q
23	8	Agustín Tello	Spain	48.64	q
24	3	Christian Boda	Mauritius	48.75	Q
25	1	Gianrico Boncompagni	Italy	48.82	Q
26	2	Nuno Alpiarça	Portugal	49.00	q
27	6	Moustapha Diarra	Senegal	49.15	q
28	5	Ivaylo Vasilev	Bulgaria	49.17	Q
29	1	Marius Rooth	Norway	49.38	q
30	3	Mohamed Mehdi Hasan	Bangladesh	49.39	q
31	3	Ali Faudet	Chad	49.57	q
32	4	Manlio Molinari	San Marino	49.85
33	5	Eliud Moreno	Kenya	50.09	Q
34	2	Ralph Blaauw	Namibia	50.43
34	4	Dhani Ram Chaudhari	Nepal	50.43
36	8	Bothloke Shebe	Lesotho	50.60
37	6	Dalos Umul	Uganda	50.62
38	7	Hau Yiu Chung	Hong Kong	50.64
39	8	Max Thenu	Indonesia	50.87
40	3	Carlos Madrigal	Costa Rica	51.73
41	4	Mordsen Ruveve	Zambia	51.88
42	7	Bringle Kgabanyane	Botswana	52.50
43	8	Erasmus Nyanga	Zambia	52.70
44	3	Mahamadou Issoufou	Niger	53.79
45	2	Timothy Leone	Malta	54.40
46	3	Faha Sy	Mauritania	54.44
47	5	Kabir Lutful	Bangladesh	54.72
48	5	Ralph Mifsud	Malta	56.13
49	5	S. Sopaseuth	Laos	57.36
50	1	Mohamed Ould Brahim	Mauritania	1:05.09

Quarterfinals

Held on 20 July

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	47.00	Q
2	3	Tim Hesse	Ghana	47.06	Q
2	4	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	47.06	Q
4	3	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	47.10	Q
5	2	Gabriel Luke	United States	47.12	Q
6	2	Michael Joubert	Australia	47.17	Q
7	1	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	47.19	Q
8	4	Ivaylo Vasilev	Bulgaria	47.22	Q
9	3	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	47.29	Q
10	3	Riccardo Cardone	Italy	47.36	Q
11	4	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	47.56	Q
12	1	Shunji Karube	Japan	47.61	Q
13	1	Marlin Cannon	United States	47.67	Q
13	2	Laurent Lebras	France	47.67	Q
15	2	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	47.73	Q
16	4	Miguel Cuesta	Spain	47.95
17	3	Christian Boda	Mauritius	48.23
18	2	Vladimir Popov	Soviet Union	48.33
19	4	Camera Ntereke	Botswana	48.38
20	3	Agustín Tello	Spain	48.39
21	1	Gianrico Boncompagni	Italy	48.40	Q
21	3	Joslyn Thomas	Sierra Leone	48.40
23	2	Thomas Koech	Kenya	48.50
24	1	Jens Storhaug	Norway	48.55
25	3	Marius Rooth	Norway	48.58
26	4	Eliud Moreno	Kenya	48.59
27	2	Nuño Alpiarça	Portugal	49.36
	?	Mohamed Mehdi Hasan	Bangladesh	?
	?	Ali Faudet	Chad	?
	?	Elieser Wettebosi	Indonesia	?
	?	Moustapha Diarra	Senegal	?
	?	Son Jul-il	South Korea	?

Semifinals

Held on 21 July

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gabriel Luke	United States	45.98	Q
2	1	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	46.11	Q
3	1	Marlin Cannon	United States	46.12	Q
4	2	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	46.18	Q
5	1	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	46.23	Q
6	2	Michael Joubert	Australia	46.37	Q
7	2	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	46.60	Q
8	1	Shunji Karube	Japan	46.62	Q
9	2	Tim Hesse	Ghana	46.66
10	1	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	46.68
11	1	Ivaylo Vasilev	Bulgaria	46.92
12	2	Riccardo Cardone	Italy	46.99
13	2	Laurent Lebras	France	47.29
14	2	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	47.34
15	1	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	47.63
16	1	Gianrico Boncompagni	Italy	48.44

Final

Held on 22 July^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	45.52
	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	45.55	PB
	Marlin Cannon	United States	45.78
4	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	46.24
5	Shunji Karube	Japan	46.49
6	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	46.51
	Gabriel Luke	United States	DQ	^[4]
	Michael Joubert	Australia	DQ	^[4]

References

^ Mel Watman (25 July 1991). "Women's day at Universiade". Athletics Today. 5 (32). Surrey: Athletics Today Publications Limited: 17–20. ISSN 0269-1302.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ Final results
^ ^a ^b Lane infringement