1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February in Munich.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Yanko Bratanov Bulgaria	Hermann Köhler	Grzegorz Mądry Poland

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			48.12	Q
2	3			48.23	Q
3	3			48.45	Q
4	3			48.45	q
5	1			48.53	Q
6	1			48.66	q
7	1			49.06
8	2			49.36	Q
9	2			49.72	Q
10	2			50.15

Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			47.62	Q
2	1			47.91	Q
2	2			47.91	Q
4	1			47.98
4	2			47.98	Q
6	1			48.82
7	2			49.07
8	2			49.31

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			47.79
			48.19
			48.46
4			48.51

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/history/year=1976/results/index.html Results
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results