1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 and 23 February.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Thomas Schönlebe	José Alonso	Mathias Schersing

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			47.43	Q
2	1			47.59	Q
3	4			47.62	q
4	1			47.64	q
5	2			47.92	Q
6	3			47.95	Q
7	4			48.02	q
8	2			48.04
9	1			48.06
10	3			48.07
11	2			48.22
12	3			48.35
13	5			48.75	Q
14	5			48.83
15	5			49.21
16	2			49.58
	4

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			47.62	Q
2	1			47.75	Q
2	2			47.75	Q
4	2			47.78
5	1			47.79
6	1			47.81
7	1			49.29
	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			46.97
			47.12
			47.59
4			47.69

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results