Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24–25 November.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Main Stadium
Dates	24–25 November
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Medalists
Joseph Abraham    India   Bandar Sharahili    Saudi Arabia   Naohiro Kawakita    Japan

Main article: Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 24 November 2010	09:55	Round 1
Thursday, 25 November 2010	19:10	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Kevin Young (USA)	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
Asian Record	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)	47.53	Sydney, Australia	27 September 2000
Games Record	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)	48.42	Busan, South Korea	8 October 2002

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish
• DNS — Did not start
• DSQ — Disqualified

Round 1

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Naohiro Kawakita (JPN)	51.01	Q
2	Meng Yan (CHN)	51.32	Q
3	Viktor Leptikov (KAZ)	51.64	Q
4	Lee Seung-yoon (KOR)	53.56
5	Nitat Kaewkhong (THA)	55.87
—	Fawaz Al-Shammari (IOC)	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Kenji Narisako (JPN)	50.15	Q
2	Joseph Abraham (IND)	50.93	Q
5	Bandar Sharahili (KSA)	51.53	Q
7	Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ)	51.67	q
8	Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT)	51.82	q
—	Abdullah Al-Hidi (OMA)	DNF

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Joseph Abraham (IND)	49.96
	Bandar Sharahili (KSA)	50.29
	Naohiro Kawakita (JPN)	50.37
4	Yevgeniy Meleshenko (KAZ)	51.34
5	Viktor Leptikov (KAZ)	52.45
—	Kenji Narisako (JPN)	DSQ
—	Mubarak Al-Nubi (QAT)	DNS
—	Meng Yan (CHN)	DNS

References

• Results