Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 13, 14 and 15 July 1987.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael Franks United States	Moses Ugbusien Nigeria	Raymond Pierre United States

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Moses Ugbisien	Nigeria	45.98	Q
2	5	Raymond Pierre	United States	46.59	Q
3	1	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.65	Q
4	1	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	46.77	q
5	2	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	46.78	Q
6	3	Michael Franks	United States	46.80	Q
6	9	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	46.80	Q
8	2	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	46.92	Q
9	2	Carlos Morales	Chile	46.96	q
10	3	Andre Smith	Canada	47.19	Q
11	9	Joseph Falaye	Nigeria	47.21	Q
12	7	Andrea Montanari	Italy	47.41	Q
13	6	Anatole Zongo Kuyo	Ivory Coast	47.54	Q
14	1	Marcello Pantone	Italy	47.56	q
15	8	Ervin Katona	Hungary	47.59	Q
16	6	António Abrantes	Portugal	47.65	Q
17	7	Manuel González	Spain	47.89	Q
18	5	Sylvain Lake	Canada	48.08	Q
19	1	Domingo Cordero	Puerto Rico	48.18	q
20	6	Donald Porter	Jamaica	48.30	q
21	1	Moisés del Castillo	Peru	48.58
22	5	Jonathan Njau	Tanzania	48.60
23	5	Irving Gil	Panama	48.68
24	9	Pedro Curvelo	Portugal	48.85	^[4]
25	1	David Ince	Barbados	48.92
26	6	Melvin Morales	Puerto Rico	48.99
27	2	Muhammad Fayyaz	Pakistan	49.09
27	5	Alejandro Krauss	Chile	49.09
29	7	Faustino Kiwa	Uganda	49.38
30	3	Fikret Tulumtaş	Turkey	49.56
31	4	Marek Sira	Poland	49.59	Q
32	7	Alberto Izu	Peru	49.81
33	4	Omar Abdulkadir Arale	Somalia	49.83	Q
34	2	Andrew Scully	Malaysia	49.97
35	8	Charalambos Papadopoulos	Cyprus	50.18	Q
36	3	Sekou Diakite	Guinea	50.69
37	2	Clement Taipala	Papua New Guinea	50.92
38	3	Naderi Mirwais	Afghanistan	50.93
39	4	Ekoue Ekoue-Totou	Togo	51.53
40	5	Manuel Youness	Lebanon	51.94
41	5	Chung Man Biu	Hong Kong	52.28
42	7	Lee Ka Kit	Hong Kong	53.59
43	8	Maher Abou Hajleh	Jordan	53.63
44	3	Soliman Ismailalazhari	Sudan	54.31

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Michael Franks	United States	45.56	Q
2	1	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	45.63	Q
3	2	Raymond Pierre	United States	45.71	Q
4	1	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	45.99	q
5	2	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.15	Q
6	3	Moses Ugbisien	Nigeria	46.18	Q
7	3	Andre Smith	Canada	46.38	Q
8	3	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	46.44	q
9	3	Marek Sira	Poland	46.59
10	2	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	46.73
11	1	Andrea Montanari	Italy	47.17
12	2	Marcello Pantone	Italy	47.23
13	2	Joseph Falaye	Nigeria	47.27
14	1	Carlos Morales	Chile	47.45
15	2	António Abrantes	Portugal	47.53
16	3	Ervin Katona	Hungary	47.61
17	1	Donald Porter	Jamaica	47.83
18	3	Manuel González	Spain	47.84
19	1	Anatole Zongo Kuyo	Ivory Coast	47.87
20	1	Moisés del Castillo	Peru	48.04
21	3	Sylvain Lake	Canada	48.15
22	2	Charalambos Papadopoulos	Cyprus	49.87
23	2	Omar Abdulkadir Arale	Somalia	50.06
	3	Domingo Cordero	Puerto Rico	?

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	3	Michael Franks	United States	45.33
	2	Moses Ugbisien	Nigeria	45.37
	6	Raymond Pierre	United States	45.67
4	5	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	45.82
5	4	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	45.91
6	7	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	46.17
7	8	Andre Smith	Canada	46.30
8	1	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	47.32

^ Treutlein, Gerhard (4 August 1987). "Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke" [The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions]. Leichtathletik (in German). 32/1987. Bartels & Wernitz: 1015–1018. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Heats results". Los Angeles Times. 14 July 1987. p. 35. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ Portuguese results
^ "Semifinals results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 14 January 2020.