Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20, 21 and 22 July 1991.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Patrick O'Connor  Jamaica	Benyounés Lahlou  Morocco	Marlin Cannon  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gabriel Luke	United States	47.45	Q
2	1	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	47.69	Q
3	1	Gianrico Boncompagni	Italy	48.82	Q
4	1	Marius Rooth	Norway	49.38	q
1	2	Shunji Karube	Japan	47.16	Q
2	2	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	47.27	Q
3	2	Jens Storhaug	Norway	48.47	Q
4	2	Nuno Alpiarca	Portugal	49.00	q
1	3	Michael Joubert	Australia	47.50	Q
2	3	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	48.36	Q
3	3	Christian Boda	Mauritius	48.75	Q
4	3	Mohamed Mehdi Hasan	Bangladesh	49.39	q
5	3	Ali Faudet	Chad	49.57	q
1	4	Tim Hesse	Ghana	47.44	Q
2	4	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	47.74	Q
3	4	Thomas Koech	Kenya	48.18	Q
1	5	Camera Ntereke	Botswana	48.61	Q
2	5	Ivaylo Vasilev	Bulgaria	49.17	Q
3	5	E. Moreno	Kenya	50.09	Q
1	6	Marlin Cannon	United States	47.83	Q
2	6	Riccardo Cardone	Italy	48.09	Q
3	6	J. Thomas	Sierra Leone	48.13	Q
4	6	Vladimir Popov	Soviet Union	48.33	q
5	6	Moustapha Diarra	Senegal	49.15	q
1	7	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	46.89	Q
2	7	Elieser Wettebosi	Indonesia	47.63	Q
3	7	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	47.72	Q
4	7	Miguel Cuesta	Spain	48.02	q
1	8	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	47.63	Q
2	8	Laurent Lebras	France	47.75	Q
3	8	Son Jul-il	South Korea	48.04	Q
4	8	A. Tello	Spain	48.64	q

Quarterfinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	47.19	Q
2	1	Shunji Karube	Japan	47.61	Q
3	1	Marlin Cannon	United States	47.67	Q
4	1	Gianrico Boncompagni	Italy	48.40	Q
1	2	Gabriel Luke	United States	47.12	Q
2	2	Michael Joubert	Australia	47.17	Q
3	2	Laurent Lebras	France	47.67	Q
4	2	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	47.73	Q
1	3	Tim Hesse	Ghana	47.06	Q
2	3	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	47.10	Q
3	3	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	47.29	Q
4	3	Riccardo Cardone	Italy	47.36	Q
1	4	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	47.00	Q
2	4	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	47.06	Q
3	4	Ivaylo Vasilev	Bulgaria	47.22	Q
4	4	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	47.56	Q

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gabriel Luke	United States	45.98	Q
2	1	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	46.11	Q
3	1	Marlin Cannon	United States	46.12	Q
4	2	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	46.18	Q
5	1	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	46.23	Q
6	2	Michael Joubert	Australia	46.37	Q
7	2	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	46.60	Q
8	1	Shunji Karube	Japan	46.62	Q
9	2	Tim Hesse	Ghana	46.66
10	1	Evon Clarke	Jamaica	46.68
11	1	Ivaylo Vasilev	Bulgaria	46.92
12	2	Riccardo Cardone	Italy	46.99
13	2	Laurent Lebras	France	47.29
14	2	Masayoshi Kan	Japan	47.34
15	1	Du'aine Ladejo	Great Britain	47.63
16	1	Gianrico Boncompagni	Italy	48.44

Final

[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Patrick O'Connor	Jamaica	45.52
	Benyounés Lahlou	Morocco	45.55	PB
	Marlin Cannon	United States	45.78
4	Dmitriy Kliger	Soviet Union	46.24
5	Shunji Karube	Japan	46.49
6	Calvin Henry	Great Britain	46.51
	Gabriel Luke	United States	DQ	[3]
	Michael Joubert	Australia	DQ	[3]

References

1. Mel Watman (25 July 1991). "Women's day at Universiade". Athletics Today. Surrey: Athletics Today Publications Limited. 5 (32): 17–20. ISSN 0269-1302.
2. Final results
3. Lane infringement