1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Pietro Mennea	Ryszard Podlas Poland	Nikolay Chernetskiy

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			47.20	Q
2	2			47.80	Q
3	3			47.96	Q
4	3			47.96	Q
5	3			48.19
6	2			48.34
7	4			48.40	Q
8	4			48.55	Q
9	1			48.64	Q
9	2			48.64
11	1			48.79	Q
12	1			48.79
13	4			48.83

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			47.08	Q
2	2			47.16	Q
3	1			47.29	Q
4	1			47.61	Q
5	2			47.71
6	1			47.86
7	1			48.06
8	2			48.62

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			46.51
			46.55
			46.72
4			47.83

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/history/year=1978/results/index.html Results
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results