2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 1–3.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marek Plawgo	Jimisola Laursen	Ioan Vieru

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			46.18	Q, NR
	5			46.19	Q, NR
	5			46.39	q, NR
	1			46.46	Q
	1			46.49	Q, NR
	2			46.77	Q
	1			46.91	q
	3			46.92	Q
	4			46.96	Q
10	1			47.01
11	2			47.07	Q
12	3			47.15	Q, NR
13	3			47.20
14	5			47.35	SB
15	1			47.39
15	2			47.39
15	4			47.39	Q
18	2			47.40	SB
19	4			47.61	PB
20	4			47.62
21	5			47.75
22	2			48.09
23	3			48.46	SB
24	4			48.51
	3
	4
	3
	5
	2

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			45.49	Q, CR, NR
	2			45.94	Q, NR
	1			46.00	Q, NR
	1			46.28	Q, PB
	2			46.32	Q, PB
	2			46.34	NR
	1			46.49	Q, PB
	1			46.54
	1			46.86
10	2			46.95
11	2			47.01
	1

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			45.39	CR, NR
	6			45.59	NR
	3			46.17
4	4			46.32
5	2			46.36
6	1			47.40

References

• Results