1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Jens Carlowitz	Brian Whittle	Ralf Lübke

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			46.83	Q
2	2			46.93	Q
3	2			46.96	Q
4	2			46.98	q
5	3			47.06	Q
6	3			47.07	Q
7	1			47.15	Q
8	4			47.28	Q
9	3			47.29	q
10	4			47.32	Q
11	4			47.39	q
12	1			47.45	q
13	2			47.46
14	3			47.50
15	4			47.83
16	3			47.84
17	1			48.62
18	4			49.14	=NR
	1

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			46.66	Q
2	1			46.77	Q
3	2			46.86	Q
4	2			46.86	Q
5	2			46.97	Q
6	1			47.09	Q
7	2			47.13
8	1			47.36
9	2			47.55
10	2			47.56
11	1			47.60
12	1			47.70

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			45.63
	5			45.98
	3			45.98
4	6			46.49
5	1			47.73
	2

Notes and References

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