Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles
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The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] on 31 August and 1 September 1961.
Morale's winning margin was 1.66 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 400 metres hurdles was won by more than 1.1 seconds at these games.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Salvatore Morale![]() | Georgiy Chevychalov![]() | Elio Catalo![]() |
Results
Heats
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Salvatore Morale | ![]() | 51.65 | Q |
2 | 1 | Wiesław Król | ![]() | 52.74 | Q |
3 | 1 | Albert Grawitz | ![]() | 52.87 | |
4 | 1 | Michael Robinson | ![]() | 53.17 | |
5 | 1 | Jacques Pennewaert | ![]() | 53.25 | |
6 | 1 | Raúl Fernández | ![]() | 55.3 | |
1 | 2 | Georgiy Chevychalov | ![]() | 53.07 | Q |
2 | 2 | Elio Catalo | ![]() | 53.65 | Q |
3 | 2 | Miroslav Jaroš | ![]() | 53.9 | |
4 | 2 | Janusz Wolf | ![]() | 54.0 | |
5 | 2 | Dimitar Dimitrov | ![]() | 54.2 | |
6 | 2 | Aydin Tunali | ![]() | 57.9 | |
1 | 3 | Valeriu Jurcă | ![]() | 53.26 | Q |
2 | 3 | John Cooper | ![]() | 53.42 | Q |
3 | 3 | Keiko Iijima | ![]() | 53.47 | |
4 | 3 | Jürgen Demmel | ![]() | 54.2 | |
5 | 3 | Abdul Saleh | ![]() | 55.9 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Salvatore Morale | ![]() | 50.14 | |
![]() | Georgiy Chevychalov | ![]() | 51.80 | |
![]() | Elio Catalo | ![]() | 52.33 | |
4 | Wiesław Król | ![]() | 52.76 | |
5 | John Cooper | ![]() | 53.3 | |
6 | Valeriu Jurcă | ![]() | 53.7 |
References
- ^ Results at Tilastopaja