1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 8 and 9 March in Katowice.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Hermann Köhler	Josip Alebić	Semyon Kocher

Results

Heats

Held on 8 March.
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			48.47	Q
2	1			48.55	Q
3	1			48.69	Q
4	2			48.88	Q
5	3			49.00	Q
6	3			49.00	q
7	1			49.30	q
8	2			49.46	Q
9	2			49.92

Semifinals

Held on 8 March.
First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			48.07	Q
2	1			48.19	Q
3	1			48.39
4	1			49.18
1	2			50.13	Q
2	2			50.16	Q
1	3			48.64	q
2	3			49.52

Note: Only two athletes started in semifinal 2 because the other two were not informed about it. A special third heat was run on 9 March to let those compete for one extra spot in the final.^[3]

Final

Held on 9 March.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			48.76
			49.04
			49.33
4			49.72
5			50.90

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/history/year=1975/results/index.html Results
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results
3. Web site: Semifinals results . maik-richter.de . 1 December 2018.