1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ruslan Mashchenko Russia | Ashraf Saber Italy | Robert Maćkowiak Poland |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 47.16 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 47.19 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sean Baldock | Great Britain | 47.26 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jan Poděbradský | Czech Republic | 47.38 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 47.43 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Bruno Wavelet | France | 47.49 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Rafik Elouardi | Austria | 47.51 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Antonio Andrés | Spain | 47.52 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Paul Slythe | Great Britain | 47.62 | |
| 10 | 1 | Fred Mango | France | 47.67 | |
| 11 | 4 | Emmanuel Front | France | 47.68 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 47.75 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Andreas Rechbauer | Austria | 47.75 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.85 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Laurent Clerc | Switzerland | 47.89 | |
| 16 | 3 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 47.99 | |
| 17 | 1 | Boris Gorban | Russia | 48.11 | |
| 18 | 5 | Alex Argudin | Romania | 48.15 | |
| 19 | 1 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 48.16 | |
| 20 | 4 | Panayiotis Sarris | Greece | 48.23 | |
| 21 | 2 | Solomon Wariso | Great Britain | 48.41 | |
| 22 | 2 | Bjorn Verbeke | Belgium | 48.78 | |
| 23 | 2 | Pablo Escribá | Spain | 48.81 | |
| 24 | 4 | Ercan Sunu | Turkey | 48.82 | |
| 25 | 5 | Kjell Provost | Belgium | 49.05 | |

### Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 46.24 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 46.36 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 46.48 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sean Baldock | Great Britain | 46.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Bruno Wavelet | France | 46.79 | |
| 6 | 2 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 47.42 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.43 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Emmanuel Front | France | 47.61 | |
| 9 | 2 | Rafik Elouardi | Austria | 47.64 | |
| 10 | 2 | Antonio Andrés | Spain | 47.66 | |
| 11 | 1 | Andreas Rechbauer | Austria | 48.03 | |
| | 1 | Jan Poděbradský | Czech Republic | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 45.90 | NR |
| | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 45.99 | NR |
| | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 46.00 | |
| 4 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.18 | |
| 5 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 47.32 | |
| 6 | Sean Baldock | Great Britain | 50.05 | |
