title: Athletics at the Friendship Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles
text: # Athletics at the Friendship Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles
  
  The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the Friendship Games was held on 17 and 18 August 1984 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aleksandr Vasilyev Soviet Union | Vladimir Budko Soviet Union | Toma Tomov Bulgaria |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Aleksandr Vasilyev | Soviet Union | 49.77 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Vladimir Budko | Soviet Union | 49.96 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 50.18 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Vasyl Arkhypenko | Soviet Union | 50.47 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Julio Osvaldo Prado | Cuba | 50.48 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | József Szalai | Hungary | 50.67 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | István Takács | Hungary | 50.80 | q |
  | 8 | ? | Ryszard Szparak | Poland | ??.?? | q |
  | 9 | ? | F. Montiet | Cuba | 51.29 | |
  | 10 | ? | Bozhidar Konstantinov | Bulgaria | 51.35 | |
  | 11 | ? | Stanislav Návesňák | Czechoslovakia | 51.49 | |
  | 12 | ? | F. González | Colombia | 52.80 | |
  
  ### Extra
  
  Out of competition performances
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Aleksandr Kharlov | Soviet Union | 50.09 |
  | 2 | 1 | Valeriy Vikhrov | Soviet Union | 50.24 |
  | 3 | 1 | Sergey Melnikov | Soviet Union | 50.75 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Aleksandr Vasilyev | Soviet Union | 48.63 |
  | | Vladimir Budko | Soviet Union | 48.74 |
  | | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 49.29 |
  | 4 | Vasyl Arkhypenko | Soviet Union | 49.67 |
  | 5 | Julio Osvaldo Prado | Cuba | 49.77 |
  | 6 | József Szalai | Hungary | 50.44 |
  | 7 | István Takács | Hungary | 50.44 |
  | 8 | Ryszard Szparak | Poland | 50.68 |
  