The men's 400 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 19, 20 and 21 August.Results at Tilastopaja
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeFons BrydenbachWillie SmithRyszard Podlas
Results Heats
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Willie Smith 46.35 Q 2 5 Steve Scutt 46.53 Q 3 7 Ryszard Podlas 46.57 Q 4 2 Jerzy Pietrzyk 46.58 Q 5 1 Elvis Jennings 46.59 Q 6 4 Zakir Urinov 46.88 Q 7 3 Fons Brydenbach 47.08 Q 8 5 Brian Saunders 47.12 Q 9 2 Yasuhiro Harada 47.14 q 10 7 Glenn Bogue 47.17 Q 11 3 Hector Llatser 47.22 Q 11 5 Narzis Popov 47.22 q 13 1 Horia Toboc 47.28 Q 14 7 Flavio Borghi 47.29 q 15 2 Lionel Malingre 47.35 qFrench results 16 6 Alfonso Di Guida 47.37 Q 17 6 Lothar Krieg 47.40 Q 18 1 Željko Knapić 47.55 q 19 3 Pavel Litovchenko 47.63 q 20 7 Konstantin Vogt 47.67 q 21 7 Jukka Paaianen 47.73 q 22 4 Rolf Gisler 47.75 Q 23 1 Alexander Feroteiny 47.83 24 4 Henry Hermans 47.84 25 6 Leopoldo Puertas 47.85 26 6 Alphonse Mandonda 47.93 27 3 Iritia Genaro 48.11 28 3 Josip Bohucki 48.39 29 8 Takashi Nagao 48.51 Q 30 8 Roger Jenkins 48.66 Q 31 7 Istvan de Jesús 48.83 32 1 Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison 48.92 33 8 Yordan Yordanov 49.12 34 2 Brahim Badi 49.15 35 4 Omer Yousif 49.23 36 8 Eberhard Schneider 49.24 37 8 Istvan Nagy 49.43 38 2 Klaus Mayramhof 49.93 39 3 Aydoğan Erdoğan 50.08 40 8 Moustapha Belgacem 51.44 41 6 Amor Ghimaji 51.45 42 4 Titus Kiboi 53.85
Semifinals Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Willie Smith 45.71 Q 2 1 Lothar Krieg 46.24 Q 3 3 Fons Brydenbach 46.32 Q 4 1 Elvis Jennings 46.40 Q 5 2 Steve Scutt 46.42 Q 6 1 Jerzy Pietrzyk 46.58 q 7 2 Ryszard Podlas 46.59 Q 8 3 Brian Saunders 46.76 q 9 2 Zakir Urinov 46.97 Soviet results (p36) 10 1 Glenn Bogue 47.04 10 2 Željko Knapić 47.04 12 2 Narzis Popov 47.05 13 1 Alfonso Di Guida 47.15 14 2 Yasuhiro Harada 47.26 15 1 Rolf Gisler 47.40 16 1 Takashi Nagao 47.46 17 3 Flavio Borghi 47.65 18 2 Jukka Paaianen 47.73 19 3 Konstantin Vogt 47.73 ? Horia Toboc ? Roger Jenkins ? Hector Llatser ? Lionel Malingre 1 Pavel Litovchenko
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Fons Brydenbach 45.18 Willie Smith 45.34 Ryszard Podlas 45.36 4 Elvis Jennings 45.95 5 Lothar Krieg 46.25 6 Steve Scutt 46.27 7 Jerzy Pietrzyk 46.40 8 Brian Saunders 46.41
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