2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2021 at 10:13 (heats) and at 19:10 (semi-finals), and on 6 March 2021 at 20:10 (final) local time.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Óscar Husillos	Tony van Diepen	Liemarvin Bonevacia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		44.57	Fayetteville, United States	12 March 2005
European record		45.05	Sindelfingen, West Germany	5 February 1988
			Glasgow, United Kingdom	2 March 2019
Championship record		45.05	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2 March 2019
World Leading		45.03	Fayetteville, United States	24 January 2021
European Leading		45.99	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	21 February 2021

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) advance to the Semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	6			46.54	Q
2	4			46.56	Q
3	6			46.69	Q
4	9			46.69	Q
5	1			46.73	Q,
6	9			46.76	Q,
7	7			46.77	Q
8	1			46.82	Q
9	3			46.83	Q
10	4			46.85	Q
11	8			46.88	Q
12	9			46.92
13	7			46.92	Q
14	8			46.94	Q
15	1			46.99
16	1			47.02
17	2			47.05	Q
18	3			47.07	Q,
19	8			47.08
20	4			47.18
21	2			47.21	Q
22	6			47.33
23	3			47.39
24	5			47.42	Q
25	2			47.47
26	1			47.49
27	8			47.51
28	5			47.58	Q
29	5			47.60
30	9			47.65
31	9			47.65
32	6			47.69
33	3			47.77
34	7			47.84
35	6			47.85
35	7			47.85
37	4			47.89
38	1			47.93
39	5			47.95
40	8			48.02
41	5			48.06
42	3			48.11
43	2			48.24
44	4			48.42
45	2			48.44
46	4			48.46
47	3			48.52
48	2			48.60
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.^[2]

Rank	Heat			Time	Note
1	1			46.06	Q,
2	1			46.26	Q,
3	1			46.55
4	3			46.56	Q
5	3			46.67	Q
6	1			46.70
7	3			46.72
8	2			46.75	Q
9	1			46.94
10	3			47.02
11	2			47.25	Q
12	2			47.26
13	2			47.42
14	2			47.45
15	3			47.60
16	3			47.69
17	2			47.78
18	1			48.35

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
	4			46.22
	6			46.25
	3			46.30
4	2			46.42
5	5			46.82
6	1			47.22

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats results . 2021-03-05 . 2021-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305112036/https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C74A_ATHM400M--------------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: Semifinals results . 2021-03-05 . 2021-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305215251/https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C74A_ATHM400M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Final results . 2021-03-06 . 2021-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210306212004/https://liveresults.european-athletics.com/resEICH21-/pdf/EICH21-/ATH/EICH21-_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .