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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 29, 30, and 31 August 1985.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tagir Zemskov  Soviet Union	Henry Amike  Nigeria	René Djédjémel Mélédjé  Ivory Coast

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	49.97	Q
2	1	René Djédjémel Mélédjé	Ivory Coast	50.17	Q
3	1	Henry Amike	Nigeria	50.46	Q
4	1	Julio Prado	Cuba	50.56	Q
1	2	Martin Briggs	Great Britain	50.43	Q
2	2	Toma Tomov	Bulgaria	50.63	Q
3	2	Franck Jonot	France	50.69	Q
1	3	Fujihide Nakaiyo	Japan	50.62	Q
2	3	Aleksandr Kharlov	Soviet Union	50.67	Q
3	3	Pedro Chiamulera	Brazil	50.77	Q
1	4	Jon Thomas	United States	50.46	Q
2	4	Daniel Ogidi	Nigeria	50.53	Q
3	4	István Takács	Hungary	50.76	Q
4	4	Georgios Vamvakas	Greece	50.83
1	5	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	50.27	Q
2	5	Thomas Futterknecht	Austria	50.31	Q
3	5	Dale Laverty	United States	50.31	Q
5	?	José Casabona	Spain	51.34	[2]
4	?	Thomas Wild	Switzerland	51.65	[3]

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Henry Amike	Nigeria	49.21	Q
2	1	Dale Laverty	United States	49.27	Q
3	1	Thomas Futterknecht	Austria	49.33	Q, NR
4	1	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	49.33	q
5	1	Pedro Chiamulera	Brazil	49.65	q
6	1	Julio Prado	Cuba	50.27
1	2	René Djédjémel Mélédjé	Ivory Coast	49.13	Q
2	2	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	49.24	Q
3	2	Jon Thomas	United States	49.34	Q
4	2	Daniel Ogidi	Nigeria	49.69
5	2	Aleksandr Kharlov	Soviet Union	49.73
6	2	Martin Briggs	Great Britain	49.91
7	2	Fujihide Nakaiyo	Japan	50.87
8	?	Franck Jonot	France	52.27

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	49.38
	Henry Amike	Nigeria	49.70
	René Djédjémel Mélédjé	Ivory Coast	49.73
4	Dale Laverty	United States	49.73
5	Thomas Futterknecht	Austria	50.21
6	Pedro Chiamulera	Brazil	50.54
7	Jon Thomas	United States	50.95
8	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	51.22	[5]

References

1. Year list
2. "Se cerro la piscina entre Barras y Estrellas". Mundo Deportivo. 30 August 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
3. "Gross: première médaille d'or" (in French). Fribourg La Liberte. 30 August 1985. p. 21. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
4. "Final results". The Orlando Sentinel. 2 September 1985. p. 19. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
5. "EUA perdem medalhas por error em idade de nadadora" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 1 September 1985. p. 36. Retrieved 27 January 2020.