Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 7, 8 and 9 July 1983.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aleksandr Kharlov  Soviet Union	Amadou Dia Ba  Senegal	David Patrick  United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Aleksandr Kharlov	Soviet Union	50.25	Q
2	1	Thomas Wild	Switzerland	50.40	Q
3	4	Amadou Dia Ba	Senegal	50.68	Q
4	1	Lloyd Guss	Canada	50.75	Q
5	4	Carlos Azulay	Spain	50.83	Q
6	4	David Patrick	United States	50.96	Q
7	3	Georgios Vamvakas	Greece	51.00	Q
8	3	Dmitry Shkarupin	Soviet Union	51.10	Q
9	1	Riccardo Trevisan	Italy	51.22	q
10	1	Rafael Casabona	Spain	51.23	q
11	4	Carlos Leal	Mexico	51.24	q
12	4	Ian Newhouse	Canada	51.24	q
13	3	Axel Salander	West Germany	51.31	Q
14	3	Vinicio Ruggieri	Italy	51.33
15	2	Daniel Ogidi	Nigeria	51.34	Q
16	2	Julius Mercer	United States	51.39	Q
17	2	Shigenori Omori	Japan	51.48	Q
18	1	Uwe Schmitt	West Germany	51.76
19	2	Antonio Ferreira	Brazil	52.00
20	2	Tapio Kallio	Finland	52.56
21	4	Khalid Rgoug	Morocco	52.76
22	3	Alphonse Mandonda	Congo	53.32
23	2	Gualberto Paquete	Angola	55.65

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Amadou Dia Ba	Senegal	50.15	Q
2	2	Aleksandr Kharlov	Soviet Union	50.22	Q
3	1	Dmitry Shkarupin	Soviet Union	50.23	Q
4	1	David Patrick	United States	50.27	Q
5	2	Julius Mercer	United States	50.48	Q
6	2	Carlos Azulay	Spain	50.58	Q
7	2	Axel Salander	West Germany	50.63	q
8	1	Shigenori Omori	Japan	50.71	q
9	1	Thomas Wild	Switzerland	50.74
10	2	Riccardo Trevisan	Italy	50.76
11	2	Georgios Vamvakas	Greece	50.78
12	2	Lloyd Guss	Canada	50.83
13	1	Ian Newhouse	Canada	51.28
14	1	Rafael Casabona	Spain	51.46
15	2	Carlos Leal	Mexico	51.77
	1	Daniel Ogidi	Nigeria	DQ

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Aleksandr Kharlov	Soviet Union	49.41
	Amadou Dia Ba	Senegal	49.94
	David Patrick	United States	50.28
4	Rafael Azulay	Spain	51.07
5	Dmitry Shkarupin	Soviet Union	51.31
6	Julius Mercer	United States	52.31
7	Axel Salander	West Germany	53.53
	Shigenori Omori	Japan	DNF

References

1. "Heats results". Alabama Journal. 8 July 1983. p. 16. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
2. "Heats results". Austin American-Statesman. 8 July 1983. p. 75. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
3. "Semifinals results". Tucson Citizen. 9 July 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Semifinals results". Red Deer Advocate. 9 July 1983. p. 22. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. "Final results". The Spokesman-Review. 10 July 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
6. "Final results". Edmonton Journal. 10 July 1983. p. 25. Retrieved 9 February 2020.