Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23, 24 and 25 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Cliff Wiley	Walter McCoy	Gérson de Souza

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			46.32	Q[2]
2	2			46.70	Q
3	3			46.76	Q
4	2			46.81	Q
5	6			46.99	Q
6	2			47.05	Q[3]
7	3			47.12	Q
8	2			47.18	q
8	3			47.18	Q
10	6			47.23	Q
11	3			47.32	q[4]
12	5			47.47	Q
13	6			47.57	Q
14	5			47.60	Q
15	1			47.83	Q
16	1			47.89	Q
17	5			47.90	Q
18	1			48.00	q
19	4			48.09	Q[5]
20	5			48.27	q
21	3			48.49	q
22	4			48.79	Q
23	5			48.82	q
24	2			49.07
25	2			49.53
26	4			49.67	Q
27	6			49.95
28	6			50.03
29	4			50.14
30	1			51.53
31	4			52.54
32	2			53.76

Semifinals

^[6]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			45.90	Q
2	2			46.12	Q
3	2			46.21	Q
4	1			46.45	Q
5	1			46.47	q
6	1			46.48	q
7	3			46.55	Q
8	2			46.56
9	3			46.77	Q
10	3			46.94
11	3			47.03
12	2			47.16
13	1			47.22
14	1			47.27
15	2			47.33
16	1			47.84
17	3			48.08
18	2			48.26
19	2			48.29
20	3			48.33
21	1			48.41
22	3			48.64
	?
	?

Final

^{[7] [8]}

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			45.18
			45.33
			45.91
4			46.10
5			46.35
6			46.41
7			46.56
8			46.57

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1981&CID=12981191 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://digilander.libero.it/atletica2/Stagionali/WRL/1981/400.htm Year list
3. News: Otras tres medallas de oro para Nadia Comaneci . 25 November 2020 . . 24 July 1981 . 22 . Spanish.
4. News: Stabspringer begeisterten . Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten . 24 July 1981 . 11 . German.
5. News: Alle turntitels voor Roemenië . . 24 July 1981 . 8 . Dutch.
6. News: Semifinals results . 9 February 2020 . . 25 July 1981 . 112.
7. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 26 July 1981 . 30.
8. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 25 July 1981.