Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 13, 14 and 15 July 1987.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael Franks  United States	Moses Ugbusien  Nigeria	Raymond Pierre  United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Moses Ugbisien	Nigeria	45.98	Q
2	1	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.65	Q
3	1	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	46.77	q
4	1	Marcello Pantone	Italy	47.56	q
1	2	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	46.78	Q
2	2	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	46.92	Q
3	2	Carlos Morales	Chile	46.96	q
1	3	Michael Franks	United States	46.80	Q
2	3	Andre Smith	Canada	47.19	Q
1	4	?	?	49.59	Q
1	5	Raymond Pierre	United States	46.59	Q
1	6	Kuya	Ivory Coast	47.54	Q
2	6	António Abrantes	Portugal	47.65	Q
1	7	Andrea Montanari	Italy	47.41	Q
2	7	Manuel González	Spain	47.89	Q
1	8	Ervin Katona	Hungary	47.59	Q
1	9	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	46.80	Q
2	9	Joseph Falaye	Nigeria	47.21	Q

Semifinals

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Michael Franks	United States	45.56	Q
2	1	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	45.63	Q
3	2	Raymond Pierre	United States	45.71	Q
4	1	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	45.99	q
5	2	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.15	Q
6	3	Moses Ugbisien	Nigeria	46.18	Q
7	3	Andre Smith	Canada	46.38	Q
8	3	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	46.44	q
9	3	Marek Sira	Poland	46.59
10	2	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	46.73
11	1	Andrea Montanari	Italy	47.17
12	2	Marcello Pantone	Italy	47.23
13	2	Joseph Falaye	Nigeria	47.27
14	1	Carlos Morales	Chile	47.45
15	2	António Abrantes	Portugal	47.53
16	3	Ervin Katona	Hungary	47.61
17	1	George Porter	Jamaica	47.83
18	3	Manuel González	Spain	47.84
19	1	Kuya	Ivory Coast	47.87
20	1	Moisés del Castillo	Peru	48.04
21	3	Sylvain Lake	Canada	48.15
22	2	Papadopoulos	Cyprus	49.87
23	2	O.A. Arale	Somalia	50.06

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Michael Franks	United States	45.33
	2	Moses Ugbisien	Nigeria	45.37
	6	Raymond Pierre	United States	45.67
4	5	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	45.82
5	4	Vladimir Prosin	Soviet Union	45.91
6	7	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	46.17
7	8	Andre Smith	Canada	46.30
8	1	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	47.32

References

1. Treutlein, Gerhard (4 August 1987). "Die Universiade in Zagreb – Ausblick und Eindrücke" [The Universiade in Zagreb – outlook and impressions]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 32/1987: 1015–1018. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. "Heats results". Los Angeles Times. 14 July 1987. p. 35. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
3. "Semifinals results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
4. "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1987. p. 32. Retrieved 14 January 2020.