1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 8 and 9 March in Katowice.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Hermann Köhler West Germany | Josip Alebić Yugoslavia | Semyon Kocher Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 8 March. First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Alfons Brijdenbach | Belgium | 48.47 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Semyon Kocher | Soviet Union | 48.55 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 48.69 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Hermann Köhler | West Germany | 48.88 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Josip Alebić | Yugoslavia | 49.00 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Michael Fredriksson | Sweden | 49.00 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Ossi Karttunen | Finland | 49.30 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Józef Laskowski | Poland | 49.46 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Flavio Borghi | Italy | 49.92 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 8 March. First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Josip Alebić | Yugoslavia | 48.07 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Hermann Köhler | West Germany | 48.19 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Alfons Brijdenbach | Belgium | 48.39 | |
| 4 | 1 | Michael Fredriksson | Sweden | 49.18 | |
| 1 | 2 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 50.13 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Józef Laskowski | Poland | 50.16 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Semyon Kocher | Soviet Union | 48.64 | q |
| 2 | 3 | Ossi Karttunen | Finland | 49.52 | |

Note: Only two athletes started in semifinal 2 because the other two were not informed about it. A special third heat was run on 9 March to let those compete for one extra spot in the final.

### Final

Held on 9 March.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Hermann Köhler | West Germany | 48.76 |
| | Josip Alebić | Yugoslavia | 49.04 |
| | Semyon Kocher | Soviet Union | 49.33 |
| 4 | Józef Laskowski | Poland | 49.72 |
| 5 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 50.90 |
