2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2024 European Athletics Championships
Men's 400 metres ; at the 2024 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Location	Rome
Dates	8 June (round 1); 9 June (semifinals); 10 June (final);
Competitors	33 from 18 nations
Winning time	44.15 CR
Medalists
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships
World record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03^[2]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
European record	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	44.07^[3]	Oslo, Norway	30 May 2024
Championship record	Iwan Thomas (GBR)	44.52	Budapest, Hungary	21 August 1998
World Leading	Christopher Morales-Williams (CAN)	44.05^[4]	Gainesville, Florida, United States	11 May 2024
Europe Leading	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	44.07^[5]	Oslo, Norway	30 May 2024

All times are local times (UTC+2)

The next 14 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. The 10 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semifinals.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	3	Luca Sito	Italy	45.12	q, EU23L
2	2	3	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.37	q
3	3	4	David Sombe	France	45.45	q, SB
4	1	8	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	45.50	q
5	3	6	Rok Ferlan	Slovenia	45.52	q, PB
6	1	7	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.59	q
7	3	5	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.62	q, SB
8	1	4	Téo Andant	France	45.65	q
9	1	5	Christopher O'Donnell	Ireland	45.69	q, SB
10	1	3	Karol Zalewski	Poland	45.80	q, SB
11	2	4	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	45.80	q
12	3	7	Gustav Lundholm Nielsen	Denmark	45.84	q, SB
13	3	9	Andreas Grimerud	Norway	45.90	q, =PB
14	1	2	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.90	q, SB
15	2	6	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	46.04	R
16	2	7	Riccardo Meli	Italy	46.17	SB
17	2	9	Marc Koch	Germany	46.18
18	2	5	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	46.39
19	2	8	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.40
20	2	2	Šimon Bujna	Slovakia	46.52
21	1	6	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.69
22	3	8	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	47.99
	1	9	Zoltán Wahl	Hungary	DNF

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[7]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	8	Charlie Dobson*	Great Britain	44.65	Q
2	1	5	Luca Sito	Italy	44.75	Q, EU23L, NR
3	3	5	Alexander Doom*	Belgium	44.87	Q
4	1	4	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	44.99	Q, PB
5	2	5	Jean Paul Bredau*	Germany	45.03	Q, SB
6	1	8	Attila Molnár*	Hungary	45.04	q, SB
7	3	6	Liemarvin Bonevacia*	Netherlands	45.17	Q, SB
8	2	9	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.28	q, SB
9	2	6	João Coelho*	Portugal	45.36	SB
10	2	4	David Sombe	France	45.36	SB
11	1	6	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen*	Norway	45.37	SB
12	1	7	Oleksandr Pohorilko*	Ukraine	45.41
13	2	7	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.46	SB
14	1	3	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.47	SB
15	1	2	Rok Ferlan	Slovenia	45.63
16	3	9	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	45.65
17	1	9	Téo Andant	France	45.72
18	3	8	Gilles Biron*	France	45.91
19	3	4	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.92
20	2	2	Gustav Lundholm Nielsen	Denmark	46.01
21	3	7	Manuel Sanders*	Germany	46.03
22	2	3	Andreas Grimerud	Norway	46.25
23	3	2	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	46.05
	3	3	Christopher O'Donnell	Ireland	DQ
	3		Karol Zalewski	Poland	DNS

*Athletes that received a bye into the semifinal

The final started on 10 June at 21:40.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	8	Alexander Doom	Belgium	44.15	CR, NR
	6	Charlie Dobson	Great Britain	44.38	PB
	9	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Netherlands	44.88	SB EM35R
4	5	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	44.98	PB
5	7	Luca Sito	Italy	45.04
6	3	Attila Molnár	Hungary	45.07
7	4	Jean Paul Bredau	Germany	45.11
8	2	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.69