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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Lee  United States	Dmitriy Shkarupin  Soviet Union	Antônio Dias Ferreira  Brazil

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hugo Pont	Netherlands	50.71	Q
2	1	Krzysztof Węglarski	Poland	50.87	Q
3	1	Nikolay Vasilyev	Soviet Union	50.95	Q
4	1	Dumitru Iacob	Romania	50.98	Q
1	2	Frank Czioska	West Germany	51.38	Q
2	2	Dmitriy Shkarupin	Soviet Union	51.58	Q
3	2	Ian Newhouse	Canada	51.67	Q
1	3	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	51.43	Q
2	3	David Patrick	United States	51.44	Q
3	3	José Casabona	Spain	51.73	Q
1	4	David Lee	United States	50.47	Q
2	4	Carlos Miguel Azulay	Spain	51.27	Q
3	4	Shigenobu Omori	Japan	51.84	Q
5	?	Jean-Claude Curtil	France	52.51	[3]

Semifinals

[1][4]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	David Lee	United States	50.70	Q
2	1	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	51.10	Q
3	1	Nikolay Vasilyev	Soviet Union	51.41	Q
1	2	Dmitriy Shkarupin	Soviet Union	50.31	Q
2	2	Hugo Pont	Netherlands	50.51	Q
3	2	Frank Czioska	West Germany	50.53	Q
4	2	David Patrick	United States	50.86	q
5	2	Takashi Nagao	Japan	51.37	q

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Lee	United States	49.05
	Dmitriy Shkarupin	Soviet Union	49.52
	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	50.04
4	Nikolay Vasilyev	Soviet Union	50.11
5	David Patrick	United States	50.40
6	Frank Czioska	West Germany	50.84
7	Takashi Nagao	Japan	51.69
	Hugo Pont	Netherlands	DNS	[4]

References

1. Year list
2. "Jury achter Comaneci" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 22 July 1981. p. 9.
3. French results
4. "Pont valt uit op Universiade" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 23 July 1981. p. 9.
5. "Final results". The Town Talk. 23 July 1981. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
6. "Final results". United Press International. 22 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.