2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Martyn Rooney Great Britain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Matthew Hudson-Smith Great Britain |
| Bronze | Donald Sanford Israel |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.18 | Seville, Spain | 26 August 1999 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 44.33 | Rome, Italy | 3 September 1987 |
| Championship record | Iwan Thomas (GBR) | 44.52 | Budapest, Hungary | 21 August 1998 |
| World Leading | Kirani James (GRN) | 43.74 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 3 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Pavel Maslák (CZE) | 44.79 | Doha, Qatar | 9 May 2014 |
| Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Martyn Rooney (GBR) | 44.71 | Zürich, Switzerland | 15 August 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 12 August 2014 | 12:46 | Round 1 |
| 13 August 2014 | 18:54 | Semifinal |
| 15 August 2014 | 18:50 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Maksim Dyldin | Russia | 45.45 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.48 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 45.57 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 45.65 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 45.68 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 45.72 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 45.74 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 45.77 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Samuel García | Spain | 45.80 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 45.80 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Ricardo dos Santos | Portugal | 45.81 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Conrad Williams | Great Britain | 45.90 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 45.91 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 45.92 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 4 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 46.03 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 46.07 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.10 | q |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Miloš Raović | Serbia | 46.12 | q |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 46.18 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Richard Morrissey | Ireland | 46.20 | q, PB |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Yannick Fonsat | France | 46.23 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | 6 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 46.30 | q |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Julien Watrin | Belgium | 46.31 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 46.33 | Q |
| 25 | 3 | 5 | Davide Re | Italy | 46.34 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Patrik Šorm | Czech Republic | 46.35 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Daniel Němeček | Czech Republic | 46.47 | |
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Lorenzo Valentini | Italy | 46.61 | |
| 29 | 4 | 5 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 46.64 | Q |
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 46.65 | |
| 31 | 5 | 4 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 46.73 | |
| 32 | 4 | 7 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 46.90 | |
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 46.93 | |
| 34 | 3 | 6 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 46.96 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Bálint Móricz | Hungary | 47.04 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 47.06 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 47.35 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Željko Vincek | Croatia | 48.32 | |
| 39 | 5 | 2 | Fabian Haldner | Liechtenstein | 50.55 | |
| 40 | 4 | 1 | Karl Baldachino | Gibraltar | 55.09 | |

### Semifinal

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 45.30 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 8 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 45.38 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 45.39 | q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.40 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 45.47 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Samuel García | Spain | 45.58 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo dos Santos | Portugal | 45.74 | NR |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 45.79 | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 45.80 | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 45.81 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Conrad Williams | Great Britain | 45.85 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 46.01 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Maksim Dyldin | Russia | 46.05 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Miloš Raović | Serbia | 46.09 | |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 46.15 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 46.24 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 46.32 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 46.38 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 46.40 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Richard Morrissey | Ireland | 46.64 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.69 | |
| 22 | 1 | 2 | Yannick Fonsat | France | 46.83 | |
| 23 | 1 | 7 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 47.16 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 48.16 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 44.71 | EL |
| | 6 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 44.75 | PB |
| | 2 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 45.27 | NR |
| 4 | 1 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 45.52 | |
| 5 | 5 | Conrad Williams | Great Britain | 45.53 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 45.83 | |
| 7 | 8 | Samuel García | Spain | 46.35 | |
| | 4 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | DNS | |
