Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10, 11 and 12 September 1979.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Harry Schulting  Netherlands	Vasyl Arkhypenko  Soviet Union	James Walker  United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Harry Schulting	Netherlands	49.78	Q
2	2	Bart Williams	United States	50.15	Q
3	2	Nikolay Vasilyev	Soviet Union	50.25	q
4	1	Hugo Pont	Netherlands	50.60	Q
5	5	James Walker	United States	50.78	Q
6	2	Ian Newhouse	Canada	50.92	q
7	3	Rok Kopitar	Yugoslavia	50.98	Q
8	5	Fulvio Zorn	Italy	51.08	Q
9	1	Peter Haas	Switzerland	51.15	Q
9	4	Vasyl Arkhypenko	Soviet Union	51.15	Q
11	5	Lloyd Guss	Canada	51.18	q
12	5	Donizete Soares	Brazil	51.29	q
13	5	José Casabona	Spain	51.30	q
14	4	Felix Rümmele	Austria	51.38	Q
15	4	Germán Tejada	Spain	51.47	q
16	1	Takashi Nagao	Japan	51.50	q
17	2	Patrick Chazot	France	51.81	[5]
18	4	Robert Williamson	Great Britain	51.84
19	1	Mountaga Diaknate	Senegal	51.85
20	5	Peter Allen	New Zealand	52.02
21	4	Jean-Claude Curtil	France	52.30	[5]
22	3	Horia Toboc	Romania	52.41	Q
23	4	Washington Weere	Kenya	52.41
24	3	Bernd Herrmann	West Germany	53.02
25	5	Bopalah Kokkalera	India	53.03
26	3	Prospere Rajaonarison	Madagascar	53.28
27	3	Jasem Al-Yagout	Kuwait	54.70

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Vasyl Arkhypenko	Soviet Union	48.70	Q
2	2	Nikolay Vasilyev	Soviet Union	48.98	Q
3	1	Harry Schulting	Netherlands	49.06	Q
4	2	Hugo Pont	Netherlands	49.40	Q
5	1	James Walker	United States	49.79	Q
6	2	Bart Williams	United States	49.91	Q
7	1	Ian Newhouse	Canada	50.04	Q
8	1	José Casabona	Spain	50.06	NR
8	2	Rok Kopitar	Yugoslavia	50.06	Q
10	2	Lloyd Guss	Canada	50.22
11	2	Felix Rümmele	Austria	50.68
12	1	Fulvio Zorn	Italy	51.54
13	1	Donizete Soares	Brazil	51.85
13	2	Germán Tejada	Spain	51.85
	1	Horia Toboc	Romania	??.??
	2	Peter Haas	Switzerland	DQ

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Harry Schulting	Netherlands	48.44	UR, NR
	Vasyl Arkhypenko	Soviet Union	48.60	NR
	James Walker	United States	48.88
4	Nikolay Vasilyev	Soviet Union	49.44
5	Rok Kopitar	Yugoslavia	49.55
6	Bart Williams	United States	49.70
7	Hugo Pont	Netherlands	50.46
8	Ian Newhouse	Canada	51.47

References

1. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. Year list
3. [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year list]
4. "Uitslagen Universiade" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 12 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
5. French results
6. "Na hordenexplosie bij Universiade Pont tiende ter wereld" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 13 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
7. Spanish hurdling records (p160)
8. "Final results". The News-Press. 13 September 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
9. "Final results". Victoria Advocate. 13 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 22 March 2020.