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Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8, 9 and "11 September 1979."

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Harald Schmid  West Germany	Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany	Walter McCoy  United States

Results※

Heats※

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Nikolay Chernetsky	Soviet Union	45.45	Q
2	2	Walter McCoy	United States	46.00	Q
3	1	Harald Schmid	West Germany	46.12	Q
4	6	Horia Toboc	Romania	46.15	Q
5	7	Koen Gijsbers	Netherlands	46.19	Q
6	6	Isidoro Hornillos	Spain	46.24	Q, NR
7	2	Jens Smedegaard	Denmark	46.32	Q
7	7	Remigijus Valiulis	Soviet Union	46.32	Q
9	6	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	46.34	Q, PB
10	4	Lew Davis	Jamaica	46.39	Q
11	1	Geraldo José Pegado	Brazil	46.49	Q
12	6	Rolf Gisler	Switzerland	46.69	q
13	5	Leslie Kerr	United States	46.79	Q
14	3	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	46.93	Q
15	3	Robert Froissart	France	47.06	Q
16	7	Eiji Natori	Japan	47.15	Q
17	2	Alan Bell	Great Britain	47.22	Q
18	3	Avognan Nogboum	Ivory Coast	47.23	Q
19	4	Jenaro Iritia	Spain	47.45	Q
20	4	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	47.54	q
21	5	Alexander Fortelny	Austria	47.66	Q
22	5	Chum Darvall	Australia	47.96	Q
23	7	Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison	Madagascar	48.13	q
24	1	Takashi Nagao	Japan	48.45	Q
25	4	Gabriel Leseku	Tanzania	48.46
26	2	Antonis Georgallidis	Cyprus	48.61
27	7	Alfonso Pérez	Mexico	49.17
28	3	António Mota Gomes	Angola	49.23
29	4	Adodo Djobokou	Togo	49.68
30	1	Patrick Kagwisagne	Uganda	49.75
31	5	David Martínez	Mexico	49.86
32	6	Ngare Kinywa	Kenya	50.26
33	7	Orlando Ruano	Guatemala	50.39
34	2	Lauwi Adjambao	Togo	50.47
35	2	David Beylon	Kenya	50.50
36	2	Nelson González	Guatemala	50.75
37	3	E. N. Quargraine	Ghana	50.90
38	5	Roberto Prado	Bolivia	51.23
39	6	Ibrahim Rashed	Saudi Arabia	51.69
40	7	Jorge Camacho	Costa Rica	51.92
41	1	Fahad Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	52.56
42	5	Miguel Banegas	Honduras	53.05
43	6	Manuel Machado	Costa Rica	53.56
44	6	José Guillermo Brenes	Honduras	55.30
	7	Stefano Malinverni	Italy	DNF

Semifinals※

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Nikolay Chernetsky	Soviet Union	45.12	Q
2	2	Walter McCoy	United States	45.16	Q
3	2	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	45.40	Q
4	3	Harald Schmid	West Germany	45.72	Q
5	2	Remigijus Valiulis	Soviet Union	45.73	q
6	1	Leslie Kerr	United States	45.79	Q
7	1	Horia Toboc	Romania	45.87	q
8	2	Koen Gijsbers	Netherlands	46.17
9	2	Geraldo José Pegado	Brazil	46.18
10	3	Robert Froissart	France	46.24	Q
11	3	Avognan Nogboum	Ivory Coast	46.25
12	3	Roberto Tozzi	Italy	46.28	PB
13	3	Isidoro Hornillos	Spain	46.51
14	2	Alan Bell	Great Britain	46.53
15	1	Eiji Natori	Japan	46.64
16	1	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	46.68	NJR
17	3	Rolf Gisler	Switzerland	46.76
18	1	Jens Smedegaard	Denmark	46.89
19	3	Takashi Nagao	Japan	47.49
20	2	Genaro Iritia	Spain	47.61
21	3	Alexander Fortelny	Austria	47.74
22	2	Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison	Madagascar	47.83
23	1	Lew Davis	Jamaica	48.62
	1	Chum Darvall	Australia	DNS

Final※

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Harald Schmid	West Germany	44.98
	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	45.12
	Walter McCoy	United States	45.90
4	Leslie Kerr	United States	45.94
5	Horia Toboc	Romania	46.56
6	Remigijus Valiulis	Soviet Union	48.40
	Nikolay Chernetskiy	Soviet Union	DNS
	Robert Froissart	France	DNS

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