Athletics at the 1963 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1963 Summer Universiade was held at the Estádio Olímpico Monumental in Porto Alegre in September 1963.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Adrian Metcalfe Great Britain	Hans-Joachim Reske West Germany	Jacques Pennewaert Belgium

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Johannes Schmitt	West Germany	48.6	Q
2	1	Mario Fraschini	Italy	49.1	Q
3	1	Hirotada Hayase	Japan	49.5
4	1	Gaston Fouchard	France	49.6
1	2	Hans-Joachim Reske	West Germany	47.45	Q
2	2	István Gyulai	Hungary	47.81	Q
3	2	Menzies Campbell	Great Britain	47.92
4	2	Sergio Bello	Italy	48.6
5	2	Ademar Rocha Filho	Brazil	52.2
1	3	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	48.03	Q
2	3	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	48.14	Q
3	3	Jean-Pierre Vitasse	France	48.4
4	3	Shlomo Nitzani	Israel	48.7
5	3	Carlo Milani	Brazil	52.2

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	46.75
	Hans-Joachim Reske	West Germany	46.92
	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	47.02
4	Johannes Schmitt	West Germany	47.49
5	István Gyulai	Hungary	48.40
6	Mario Fraschini	Italy	48.54