title: 2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
text: # 2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
  
  The men's 400 metres event at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 28–30 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah Qatar | Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia | Xu Zizhou China |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah | Qatar | 45.79 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 45.96 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Rohan Pradeep Kumara | Sri Lanka | 46.15 | Q |
  | 4 | 4 | Salaheddine Bakar El-Safi | Qatar | 46.37 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | Paramjit Singh | India | 46.46 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | Purukottam Ramachandran | India | 46.62 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | Xu Zizhou | China | 46.90 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Kazuhiro Takahashi | Japan | 46.97 | Q |
  | 9 | 1 | Ernie Candelario | Philippines | 47.14 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | Ryuji Muraki | Japan | 47.14 | Q |
  | 11 | 2 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 47.25 | Q |
  | 12 | 1 | Onisimus Windesi | Indonesia | 47.51 | q |
  | 13 | 4 | Kim Jae-Da | South Korea | 47.59 | q |
  | 14 | 3 | Hwang Il Sok | North Korea | 47.72 | q |
  | 15 | 1 | Mohd Zaiful Zainal Abidin | Malaysia | 48.10 | q |
  | 16 | 3 | Aniruth Saisood | Thailand | 48.47 | |
  | 17 | 3 | Salem Masood Al-Ameeri | Bahrain | 48.67 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Yuriy Gayev | Kazakhstan | 48.73 | Q |
  | 19 | 2 | Jimar Aing | Philippines | 48.82 | |
  | 20 | 2 | Khalid Bilal Al-Jabber | Bahrain | 49.88 | |
  | 21 | 2 | Biplobuddin Bhuiyan | Bangladesh | 50.36 | |
  | 22 | 4 | Mohamed Amir | Maldives | 50.62 | |
  | 23 | 4 | Bazragch Batmunkh | Mongolia | 51.27 | |
  | 24 | 1 | Sultan Saeed | Maldives | 51.63 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah | Qatar | 45.36 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 45.46 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Rohan Pradeep Kumara | Sri Lanka | 45.65 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Paramjit Singh | India | 45.92 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Xu Zizhou | China | 46.16 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Purukottam Ramachandran | India | 46.20 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Salaheddine Bakar El-Safi | Qatar | 46.44 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 46.85 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Kim Jae-Da | South Korea | 47.38 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Kazuhiro Takahashi | Japan | 47.46 | |
  | 11 | 2 | Ernie Candelario | Philippines | 47.55 | |
  | 12 | 2 | Ryuji Muraki | Japan | 47.79 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Hwang Il Sok | North Korea | 47.90 | |
  | 14 | 1 | Onisimus Windesi | Indonesia | 48.07 | |
  | 15 | 1 | Mohd Zaiful Zainal Abidin | Malaysia | 48.21 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Yuriy Gayev | Kazakhstan | 48.22 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ibrahim Ismail Muftah | Qatar | 44.66 | NR |
  | | Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 45.32 | AJR, NR |
  | | Xu Zizhou | China | 45.55 | |
  | 4 | Rohan Pradeep Kumara | Sri Lanka | 45.66 | |
  | 5 | Paramjit Singh | India | 45.82 | |
  | 6 | Purukottam Ramachandran | India | 45.86 | |
  | 7 | Salaheddine Bakar El-Safi | Qatar | 46.41 | |
  | 8 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 46.49 | |
  