2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue:	Ataköy Athletics Arena^[1]
Location:	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates:	3 March 2023 (round 1 and semi-finals) 4 March 2023 (final)
Competitors:	25
Nations:	17
Win Value:	45.35
Gold:	Karsten Warholm
Silver:	Julien Watrin
Bronze:	Carl Bengtström
Gold Nation:	Norway
Silver Nation:	Belgium
Bronze Nation:	Sweden
Previous:	2021
Next:	2025

The men's 400 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held on 3 March 2023 at 09:50 (heats), on 3 March at 19:35 (semi-finals), and on 4 March at 20:20 (final) local time.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		44.57		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		44.75		25 February 2023
European Leading		45.31	Ulsteinvik, Norway	2 February 2023

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			45.75	Q
2	4			46.23	Q
3	2			46.26	Q
4	2			46.26	Q
5	4			46.28	Q
6	5			46.41	Q
7	3			46.50	Q
8	4			46.51	q
9	1			46.55	Q
10	4			46.66	q
11	3			46.72	Q
12	2			46.74
13	1			46.79
14	1			46.80
15	5			46.87	Q
16	4			46.93
17	3			47.01
18	3			47.04
19	1			47.06
20	5			47.32
21	5			47.36
22	2			47.55
23	2			47.95
24	3			49.67
25	5			49.77

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			45.43	Q
2	1			45.77	Q,
3	2			45.82	Q,
4	2			45.86	Q
5	1			46.03	Q,
6	1			46.12	Q
7	1			46.60
8	1			46.69
9	2			46.71
10	2			47.01
11	2			47.39
	1

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
	6			45.35
	4			45.44
	5			45.77
4	2			46.24
5	3			46.48
	1

Notes and References

1. "Istanbul awarded 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics, 11 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
2. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 400 metres heats results . 2023-03-03 . 2023-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304043230/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM400M--------------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 400 metres semifinals results . 2023-03-03 . 2023-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304043232/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM400M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . dead .