2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August.

Men's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The winning margin was 0.04 seconds, which was also the winning margin in the men's 400 metres at the 1971, 1978 and 1986 editions of these championships. As of 2024, 0.04 seconds remains the narrowest winning margin for this event at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Martyn Rooney
  Great Britain
Silver Matthew Hudson-Smith
  Great Britain
Bronze Donald Sanford
  Israel

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record   Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
European record   Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 44.33 Rome, Italy 3 September 1987
Championship record   Iwan Thomas (GBR) 44.52 Budapest, Hungary 21 August 1998
World Leading   Kirani James (GRN) 43.74 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 July 2014
European Leading   Pavel Maslák (CZE) 44.79 Doha, Qatar 9 May 2014
Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships
European Leading   Martyn Rooney (GBR) 44.71 Zürich, Switzerland 15 August 2014

Schedule

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Date Time Round
12 August 2014 12:46 Round 1
13 August 2014 18:54 Semifinal
15 August 2014 18:50 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

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Round 1

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First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 4 Maksim Dyldin   Russia 45.45 Q, SB
2 5 8 Martyn Rooney   Great Britain 45.48 Q
3 1 2 Mame-Ibra Anne   France 45.57 Q
4 2 6 Liemarvin Bonevacia   Netherlands 45.65 Q
5 3 3 Jakub Krzewina   Poland 45.68 Q
6 1 7 Kevin Borlée   Belgium 45.72 Q
7 2 5 Marek Niit   Estonia 45.74 Q, NR
8 2 8 Jonathan Borlée   Belgium 45.77 Q
9 5 5 Samuel García   Spain 45.80 Q
10 5 1 Kamghe Gaba   Germany 45.80 Q
11 3 2 Ricardo dos Santos   Portugal 45.81 Q, NR
12 3 7 Conrad Williams   Great Britain 45.90 Q
13 5 6 Nick Ekelund-Arenander   Denmark 45.91 Q
14 1 8 Łukasz Krawczuk   Poland 45.92 Q
15 1 4 Pavel Trenikhin   Russia 46.03 Q
16 4 3 Matthew Hudson-Smith   Great Britain 46.07 Q
17 2 2 Rafał Omelko   Poland 46.10 q
18 5 3 Miloš Raović   Serbia 46.12 q
19 4 4 Donald Sanford   Israel 46.18 Q
20 2 7 Richard Morrissey   Ireland 46.20 q, PB
21 3 8 Yannick Fonsat   France 46.23 Q
22 1 6 Vitaliy Butrym   Ukraine 46.30 q
23 3 4 Julien Watrin   Belgium 46.31
24 4 6 Brian Gregan   Ireland 46.33 Q
25 3 5 Davide Re   Italy 46.34
26 2 3 Patrik Šorm   Czech Republic 46.35
27 1 3 Daniel Němeček   Czech Republic 46.47
28 5 7 Lorenzo Valentini   Italy 46.61
29 4 5 Matteo Galvan   Italy 46.64 Q
30 4 8 Jan Tesař   Czech Republic 46.65
31 5 4 Karsten Warholm   Norway 46.73
32 4 7 Yavuz Can   Turkey 46.90
33 4 2 Johan Wissman   Sweden 46.93
34 3 6 Yevhen Hutsol   Ukraine 46.96
35 1 5 Bálint Móricz   Hungary 47.04
36 1 1 Mateo Ružić   Croatia 47.06
37 3 1 Batuhan Altıntaş   Turkey 47.35
38 2 1 Željko Vincek   Croatia 48.32
39 5 2 Fabian Haldner   Liechtenstein 50.55
40 4 1 Karl Baldachino   Gibraltar 55.09

Semifinal

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First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 3 Matthew Hudson-Smith   Great Britain 45.30 Q
2 3 8 Jonathan Borlée   Belgium 45.38 Q
3 3 5 Donald Sanford   Israel 45.39 q, NR
4 2 6 Martyn Rooney   Great Britain 45.40 Q
5 3 4 Jakub Krzewina   Poland 45.47 q
6 2 5 Samuel García   Spain 45.58 Q
7 2 4 Ricardo dos Santos   Portugal 45.74 NR
8 3 6 Mame-Ibra Anne   France 45.79
9 2 3 Marek Niit   Estonia 45.80
10 3 7 Brian Gregan   Ireland 45.81 SB
11 1 8 Conrad Williams   Great Britain 45.85 Q
12 1 6 Kamghe Gaba   Germany 46.01 Q
13 1 4 Maksim Dyldin   Russia 46.05
14 3 2 Miloš Raović   Serbia 46.09
15 1 3 Kevin Borlée   Belgium 46.15
16 2 7 Łukasz Krawczuk   Poland 46.24
17 2 2 Matteo Galvan   Italy 46.32
18 1 5 Liemarvin Bonevacia   Netherlands 46.38
19 2 8 Pavel Trenikhin   Russia 46.40
20 2 1 Richard Morrissey   Ireland 46.64
21 1 1 Rafał Omelko   Poland 46.69
22 1 2 Yannick Fonsat   France 46.83
23 1 7 Nick Ekelund-Arenander   Denmark 47.16
24 3 1 Vitaliy Butrym   Ukraine 48.16

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
  3 Martyn Rooney   Great Britain 44.71 EL
  6 Matthew Hudson-Smith   Great Britain 44.75 PB
  2 Donald Sanford   Israel 45.27 NR
4 1 Jakub Krzewina   Poland 45.52
5 5 Conrad Williams   Great Britain 45.53
6 7 Kamghe Gaba   Germany 45.83
7 8 Samuel García   Spain 46.35
4 Jonathan Borlée   Belgium DNS

References

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