Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 30 and 31 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Innocent Egbunike  Nigeria	Roberto Hernández  Cuba	Sunday Uti  Nigeria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Mark Rosenberg	Australia	47.49	Q[1]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	45.34	Q[2]
2	2	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	45.66	Q[2]
2	3	Susumu Takano	Japan	45.30	Q,[3] NR
3	3	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	45.77	q[4]
4	3	Gusztáv Menczer	Hungary	45.81	q[3]
5	3	Yevgeniy Lomtyev	Soviet Union	45.93	[2]
6	3	Mark Rosenberg	Australia	46.72	[1]

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria	45.10
	Roberto Hernández	Cuba	45.41
	Sunday Uti	Nigeria	45.58
4	Gusztáv Menczer	Hungary	46.06
5	Leroy Dixon	United States	46.20
6	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	46.49
7	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	46.50	[6]
	Susumu Takano	Japan	??.??

References

1. Australian resutls
2. Soviet results (p36)
3. Year list
4. Spanish toplist
5. "Final results". The Orlando Sentinel. 2 September 1985. p. 19. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
6. "El tartan aburre en Japón". Mundo Deportivo. 1 September 1985. p. 39. Retrieved 8 February 2020.