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Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

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The men's 400 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.^[1]

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Josef Trousil Czechoslovakia	Jacques Pennewaert Belgium	Otto Grasshoff West Germany

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Carl-Gustaf Johansson	Sweden	48.28	Q
2	1	Bogusław Gierajewski	Poland	48.31	Q
3	1	Peter Hoppe	West Germany	48.73
4	1	Ming Campbell	Great Britain	49.3
5	1	Georgi Latchev	Bulgaria	50.5
1	2	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	47.78	Q
2	2	Bruno Bianchi	Italy	48.84	Q
3	2	Anton Antonov	Bulgaria	50.2
1	3	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	47.46	Q
2	3	Otto Grasshoff	West Germany	48.06	Q
3	3	Hirotada Hayase	Japan	48.59
4	3	Janusz Ludka	Poland	49.33
5	3	Hubert Figeys	Belgium	50.4

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	47.51
	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	48.06
	Otto Grasshoff	West Germany	48.53
4	Carl-Gustaf Johansson	Sweden	48.61
5	Bogusław Gierajewski	Poland	48.74
6	Bruno Bianchi	Italy	49.30

Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres