Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the
1959 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen

The men's 400 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin with the final on 3, 4 and 5 September 1959.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Viktor Šnajder
 Yugoslavia 		Walter Oberste
 West Germany 		Otto Klappert
 West Germany

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Walter Oberste  West Germany 48.9 Q
2 1 René Sadler  France 49.0 Q[3]
3 1 Zygmunt Czapracki  Poland 49.7 Q
4 1 Nisar  Pakistan 50.9
1 2 Josef Trousil  Czechoslovakia 49.0 Q
2 2 Robert Hay  Great Britain 49.5 Q
3 2 Jacques Pennewaert  Belgium 49.5 Q
4 2 Janusz Ludka  Poland 49.6
1 3 Jean-Marie Cheuvart  Belgium 55.9 Q
2 3 José Luis Martínez  Spain 55.9 Q
3 3 Traian Sudrigean  Romania 55.9 Q
1 4 Otto Klappert  West Germany 48.7 Q
2 4 Daniel Laurent  France 49.8 Q[3]
3 4 Costa Martins  Portugal 52.5 Q
4 4 Michel Tawil  Lebanon 54.8
1 5 Viktor Šnajder  Yugoslavia 48.8 Q
2 5 Nereo Fossati  Italy 48.8 Q
3 5 Norman Futter  Great Britain 49.6 Q
4 5 Paul Sahl  Luxembourg 49.9
1 5 Eldo Manaresi  Italy 49.9 Q
2 5 Jesús Rancaño  Spain 51.0 Q

Semifinals

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Viktor Šnajder  Yugoslavia 47.7 Q
2 1 Josef Trousil  Czechoslovakia 48.1 Q
3 1 Nereo Fossati  Italy 48.3
4 1 José Luis Martínez  Spain 49.0
5 1 Robert Hay  Great Britain 49.6
6 1 Daniel Laurent  France 50.4 [3]
1 2 Walter Oberste  West Germany 48.4 Q
2 2 Norman Futter  Great Britain 48.7 Q
3 2 Zygmunt Czapracki  Poland 49.2
4 2 Eldo Manaresi  Italy 49.9
5 2 Jacques Pennewaert  Belgium 50.1
1 3 Otto Klappert  West Germany 47.8 Q[4]
2 3 Traian Sudrigean  Romania 47.8 Q
3 3 René Sadler  France 48.3 [3]
4 3 Jesús Rancaño  Spain 48.8
5 3 Jean-Marie Cheuvart  Belgium 49.8
? Costa Martins  Portugal ?

Final

[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Šnajder  Yugoslavia 47.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Walter Oberste  West Germany 47.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otto Klappert  West Germany 47.9
4 Josef Trousil  Czechoslovakia 48.0
5 Traian Sudrigean  Romania 48.2
6 Norman Futter  Great Britain 48.5

References

  1. ^ "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 7–8. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ a b c d French results
  4. ^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p35)
  5. ^ Boccacini, Gigi (6 September 1959). "Oggi chiusura ai mondiali goliardici" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 8. Retrieved 26 February 2021.