2003 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Manila, Philippines on September 20–21.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fawzi Al-Shammari Kuwait	Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia	Yuki Yamaguchi Japan

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	46.15	Q
2	1	Yuki Yamaguchi	Japan	46.37	Q
3	3	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	46.38	Q
4	2	Fawzi Al-Shammari	Kuwait	46.50	Q
5	2	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	Sri Lanka	46.72	Q
6	1	Jimar Aing	Philippines	46.82	q, PB
7	1	Manoj Lal	India	46.87	q
7	3	Mitsuhiro Sato	Japan	46.87	Q
9	3	Narong Nilploy	Thailand	46.95	SB
10	2	Mohammad Akefian	Iran	47.12
11	2	Denis Rypakov	Kazakhstan	47.55
12	3	Ahmad Sakeh Sumarsono	Indonesia	48.67
13	2	Banjong Lachua	Thailand	49.05
14	1	Saeed Al-Adhreai	Yemen	49.27
15	2	Yan Karubaba	Indonesia	50.14	SB
16	3	Ankhbayar Tumur	Mongolia	52.18	PB
17	2	Abdullah Ibrahim	Maldives	53.63	PB

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fawzi Al-Shammari	Kuwait	45.16
	Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	45.39
	Yuki Yamaguchi	Japan	46.18
4	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	46.21
5	Manoj Lal	India	46.77
6	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	Sri Lanka	46.92
7	Jimar Aing	Philippines	46.93
8	Mitsuhiro Sato	Japan	47.40