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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 23 and 24 July 1991.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Derrick Adkins  United States	Yoshihiko Saito  Japan	Oleg Tverdokhleb  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Derrick Adkins	United States	49.96	Q
2	3	Yoshihiko Saito	Japan	50.65	Q
3	1	Marc Dollendorf	Belgium	50.81	Q
4	3	Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal	50.94	Q
5	3	Oleg Tverdokhleb	Soviet Union	51.02	q
6	2	Vladimir Budko	Soviet Union	51.26	Q
7	1	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	Japan	51.30	q
8	2	Giorgio Frinolli	Italy	51.41	Q
9	3	Mugur Mateescu	Romania	51.87
10	1	Paweł Woźniak	Poland	52.10
11	1	Enzo Franciosi	Italy	52.11
12	2	Robert Rucker	United States	52.28
13	3	Son Joon	South Korea	52.33
14	2	Gilbert Hashan	Mauritius	52.79
15	3	Thomas Zverina	Canada	52.81
16	1	Hamdi Jafaar	Malaysia	52.92
17	2	Radek Bartakovič	Czechoslovakia	53.00
18	2	Mark Davidson	Great Britain	53.28
19	1	Nuno Alpiarça	Portugal	54.22	[4]
20	2	Peter Cheruiyot	Kenya	54.78
21	3	Henry Kiptoo	Kenya	55.57
22	2	Damith Hettihewa	Sri Lanka	1:08.85

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Derrick Adkins	United States	49.01
	Yoshihiko Saito	Japan	50.02
	Oleg Tverdokhleb	Soviet Union	50.09
4	Vladimir Budko	Soviet Union	50.13
5	Marc Dollendorf	Belgium	50.18
6	Kazuhiko Yamazaki	Japan	50.53
7	Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal	50.76
8	Giorgio Frinolli	Italy	51.21

References

1. Mel Watman (1 August 1991). "May dismay with silver". Athletics Today. 5 (31). Surrey: Athletics Today Publications Limited: 19–22. ISSN 0269-1302.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. Heats results
4. Portuguese results
5. Final results