1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Du'aine Ladejo Great Britain | Pierre-Marie Hilaire France | Ashraf Saber Italy |

## Results

### Heats

The first 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 47.29 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kent Ulyatt | Great Britain | 47.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Fabio Grossi | Italy | 47.48 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Lukáš Souček | Czech Republic | 47.52 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Tom McGuirk | Ireland | 47.73 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Julian Voelkel | Germany | 47.55 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Vadim Zadoynov | Moldova | 47.64 | q |
| 8 | 5 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 47.81 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Du'aine Ladejo | Great Britain | 47.84 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Matija Šestak | Slovenia | 47.88 | |
| 11 | 5 | Alexander Müller | Germany | 47.91 | |
| 12 | 3 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 48.03 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Bruno Wavelet | France | 48.07 | |
| 14 | 4 | Ingūns Svikliņš | Latvia | 48.09 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Aleksandr Dobryanskiy | Russia | 48.11 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Konstantinos Kenteris | Greece | 48.20 | |
| 17 | 3 | Bülent Eren | Turkey | 49.41 | |
| | 1 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | DQ | |
| | 4 | Dusán Kovács | Hungary | DQ | |

### Semifinals

The winner of each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The subsequent 4 fastest qualified for the B final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Du'aine Ladejo | Great Britain | 46.74 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 47.09 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 47.19 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Julian Voelkel | Germany | 47.34 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 47.40 | qB |
| 6 | 3 | Lukáš Souček | Czech Republic | 47.43 | qB |
| 7 | 3 | Vadim Zadoynov | Moldova | 47.54 | qB |
| 8 | 3 | Ingūns Svikliņš | Latvia | 47.56 | qB |
| 9 | 1 | Tom McGuirk | Ireland | 47.66 | |
| 10 | 1 | Aleksandr Dobryanskiy | Russia | 47.79 | |
| 11 | 2 | Kent Ulyatt | Great Britain | 52.05 | |
| | 2 | Fabio Grossi | Italy | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Du'aine Ladejo | Great Britain | 46.12 |
| | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 46.82 |
| | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 46.86 |
| 4 | Julian Voelkel | Germany | 47.05 |

**B final**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vadim Zadoynov | Moldova | 47.09 | NR |
| 2 | Lukáš Souček | Czech Republic | 47.20 | |
| 3 | Ingûns Sviklinš | Latvia | 47.22 | |
| | Carlos Silva | Portugal | DQ | |
