The men's 400 metres event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 27–28 September.
| Men's 400 metres at the 2014 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Incheon Asiad Main Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 27–28 September | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 19 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Schedule edit
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 27 September 2014 | 18:00 | Round 1 |
| 21:40 | Semifinals | |
| Sunday, 28 September 2014 | 19:30 | Final |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Michael Johnson (USA) |
43.18 | Seville, Spain | 26 August 1999 |
| Asian Record |  Yousef Masrahi (KSA) |
44.43 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 3 July 2014 |
| Games Record |  Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) |
44.93 | Hiroshima, Japan Busan, South Korea |
11 October 1994 9 October 2002 |
Results edit
- Legend
- DNS — Did not start
Round 1 edit
- Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yuzo Kanemaru (JPN) |
46.68 | Q |
| 2 |  Ismail Al-Sabiani (KSA) |
46.83 | Q |
| 3 |  Maytham Hussein (IRQ) |
47.10 | Q |
| 4 |  Sergey Zaikov (KAZ) |
47.28 | q |
| 5 | Mohamed Nasir Abbas (QAT) |
47.64 | |
| 6 |  Vitsanu Phosri (THA) |
47.67 | |
| 7 |  Leung King Hung (HKG) |
48.12 | |
| 8 |  Samuel dos Santos (TLS) |
53.78 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Abbas Abubakar Abbas (BRN) |
45.61 | Q |
| 2 |  Park Bong-go (KOR) |
46.15 | Q |
| 3 |  Zhu Chenbin (CHN) |
46.50 | Q |
| 4 |  Archand Bagsit (PHI) |
46.88 | q |
| 5 |  Saud Abdelkarim (UAE) |
47.20 | q |
| 6 |  Aleksandr Pronzhenko (TJK) |
47.97 | |
| 7 |  Asyeikhany Akhyt (MGL) |
51.15 | |
| — |  Tilak Ram Tharu (NEP) |
DNS |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yousef Masrahi (KSA) |
46.30 | Q |
| 2 | Seong Hyeok-je (KOR) |
46.41 | Q |
| 3 |  Kunhu Muhammed (IND) |
46.55 | Q |
| 4 |  Mohamed Obaid Al-Saadi (OMA) |
47.96 | |
| 5 | Srikharin Wannasa (THA) |
48.23 | |
| 6 | Ho Tsz Fung (HKG) |
49.44 | |
| 7 |  Hussain Inaas (MDV) |
49.83 |
Heat 4 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arokia Rajiv (IND) |
46.41 | Q |
| 2 | Nobuya Kato (JPN) |
46.72 | Q |
| 3 | Zhang Huadong (CHN) |
47.16 | Q |
| 4 | Edgardo Alejan (PHI) |
47.29 | q |
| 5 | Dmitriy Korobeynikov (KAZ) |
48.32 | |
| 6 | Ahmed Al-Merjabi (OMA) |
48.88 | |
| 7 | Davron Atabaev (TJK) |
49.10 | |
| 8 | Hussain Riza (MDV) |
51.69 |
Semifinals edit
- Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbas Abubakar Abbas (BRN) |
45.17 | Q |
| 2 | Yuzo Kanemaru (JPN) |
45.72 | Q |
| 3 | Park Bong-go (KOR) |
46.06 | Q |
| 4 | Kunhu Muhammed (IND) |
46.08 | q |
| 5 | Zhu Chenbin (CHN) |
46.58 | |
| 6 | Ismail Al-Sabiani (KSA) |
47.06 | |
| 7 | Saud Abdelkarim (UAE) |
47.27 | |
| 8 | Archand Bagsit (PHI) |
47.56 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yousef Masrahi (KSA) |
45.86 | Q |
| 2 | Nobuya Kato (JPN) |
45.88 | Q |
| 3 | Arokia Rajiv (IND) |
46.22 | Q |
| 4 | Seong Hyeok-je (KOR) |
46.40 | q |
| 5 | Zhang Huadong (CHN) |
46.99 | |
| 6 | Edgardo Alejan (PHI) |
47.07 | |
| 7 | Maytham Hussein (IRQ) |
47.23 | |
| 8 | Sergey Zaikov (KAZ) |
47.33 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Yousef Masrahi (KSA) |
44.46 | GR |
 |
Abbas Abubakar Abbas (BRN) |
45.62 | |
 |
Arokia Rajiv (IND) |
45.92 | |
| 4 | Yuzo Kanemaru (JPN) |
46.04 | |
| 5 | Nobuya Kato (JPN) |
46.13 | |
| 6 | Park Bong-go (KOR) |
46.19 | |
| 7 | Kunhu Muhammed (IND) |
46.53 | |
| 8 | Seong Hyeok-je (KOR) |
46.74 |