The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.Results at Tilastopaja
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDavid LeeDmitriy ShkarupinAntônio Dias Ferreira
Results Heats Held on 21 JulyYear list Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 4 David Lee 50.47 Q 2 1 Hugo Pont 50.71 Q 3 1 Krzysztof Węglarski 50.87 Q 4 1 Nikolay Vasilyev 50.95 Q 5 1 Dumitru Iacob 50.98 q 6 4 Carlos Azulay 51.27 Q 7 2 Frank Czioska 51.38 Q 8 3 Antônio Dias Ferreira 51.43 Q 9 3 David Patrick 51.44 Q 10 2 Dmitriy Shkarupin 51.58 Q 11 1 Takashi Nagao 51.67 q 12 2 Ian Newhouse 51.67 Q 13 3 José Casabona 51.73 Q 14 2 Jorge Batista 51.81 q 15 4 Shigenobu Omori 51.84 Q 16 1 Carlo Putetto 51.96 q 17 3 Riccardo Trevisan 52.09 18 4 Jacek Birek 52.20 19 3 Iosif Korodi 52.25 20 2 Peter Paulinyi 52.29 21 4 Jean-Claude Curtil 52.51 French results 22 3 Wolfgang Richter 52.78 23 3 Rafael Echavarría 53.02 24 2 Lars-Åke Welander 53.11 25 4 Marc Eyckmans 53.77 26 4 Nasir Sati 55.70
Semifinals Held on 22 July Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Dmitriy Shkarupin 50.31 Q 2 2 Hugo Pont 50.51 Q 3 2 Frank Czioska 50.53 Q 4 1 David Lee 50.70 Q 5 2 David Patrick 50.86 q 6 1 Antônio Dias Ferreira 51.10 Q 7 2 Takashi Nagao 51.37 q 8 1 Nikolay Vasilyev 51.41 Q 9 1 José Casabona 51.50 10 2 Carlos Azulay 51.62 11 1 Dumitru Iacob 51.66 12 1 Shigenobu Omori 51.73 13 2 Jorge Batista 52.08 14 2 Krzysztof Węglarski 52.14 15 1 Ian Newhouse 52.85 16 1 Carlo Putetto
Final Held on 22 July
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes David Lee 49.05 Dmitriy Shkarupin 49.52 Antônio Dias Ferreira 50.04 4 Nikolay Vasilyev 50.11 5 David Patrick 50.40 6 Frank Czioska 50.84 7 Takashi Nagao 51.69 Hugo Pont
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