1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February in Munich.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Yanko Bratanov Bulgaria | Hermann Köhler West Germany | Grzegorz Mądry 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 | 1 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 48.12 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Josip Alebić | Yugoslavia | 48.23 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Hermann Köhler | West Germany | 48.45 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Yanko Bratanov | Bulgaria | 48.45 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Ludger Zander | West Germany | 48.53 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Nándor Hornyacsek | Hungary | 48.66 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Waldemar Szlendak | Poland | 49.06 | |
| 8 | 2 | Grzegorz Mądry | Poland | 49.36 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 49.72 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Christian Jackiel | France | 50.15 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 47.62 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Yanko Bratanov | Bulgaria | 47.91 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hermann Köhler | West Germany | 47.91 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 47.98 | |
| 4 | 2 | Grzegorz Mądry | Poland | 47.98 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ludger Zander | West Germany | 48.82 | |
| 7 | 2 | Nándor Hornyacsek | Hungary | 49.07 | |
| 8 | 2 | Josip Alebić | Yugoslavia | 49.31 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Yanko Bratanov | Bulgaria | 47.79 |
| | Hermann Köhler | West Germany | 48.19 |
| | Grzegorz Mądry | Poland | 48.46 |
| 4 | Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 48.51 |
