# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 7, 8, and 9 September 1982.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hartmut Weber West Germany |
| Silver | Andreas Knebel East Germany |
| Bronze | Viktor Markin Soviet Union |

## Results
### Final

9 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Hartmut Weber | West Germany | 44.72 | CR |
| | Andreas Knebel | East Germany | 45.29 | |
| | Viktor Markin | Soviet Union | 45.30 | |
| 4 | Phil Brown | United Kingdom | 45.45 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Troshchilo | Soviet Union | 45.67 | |
| 6 | Pavel Konovalov | Soviet Union | 45.84 | |
| 7 | Željko Knapić | Yugoslavia | 46.20 | |
| 8 | Thomas Giessing | West Germany | 48.70 | |

### Semi-finals

8 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hartmut Weber | West Germany | 46.13 | Q |
| 2 | Andreas Knebel | East Germany | 46.30 | Q |
| 3 | Pavel Konovalov | Soviet Union | 46.32 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Troshchilo | Soviet Union | 46.40 | Q |
| 5 | Mauro Zuliani | Italy | 46.44 | |
| 6 | Todd Bennett | United Kingdom | 46.84 | |
| 7 | Andrzej Stępień | Poland | 47.28 | |
| 8 | Oddur Sigurðsson | Iceland | 47.35 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Viktor Markin | Soviet Union | 45.99 | Q |
| 2 | Phil Brown | United Kingdom | 46.14 | Q |
| 3 | Željko Knapić | Yugoslavia | 46.24 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas Giessing | West Germany | 46.43 | Q |
| 5 | Didier Dubois | France | 46.56 | |
| 6 | Roberto Ribaud | Italy | 46.58 | |
| 7 | Sándor Újhelyi | Hungary | 46.59 | |
| 8 | David Jenkins | United Kingdom | 47.04 | |

### Heats

7 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hartmut Weber | West Germany | 45.90 | Q |
| 2 | David Jenkins | United Kingdom | 46.13 | Q |
| 3 | Pavel Konovalov | Soviet Union | 46.23 | Q |
| 4 | Sándor Újhelyi | Hungary | 46.46 | q |
| 5 | Didier Dubois | France | 46.51 | q |
| 6 | Benjamín González | Spain | 47.00 | |
| 7 | Hannu Mykrä | Finland | 47.16 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Phil Brown | United Kingdom | 46.52 | Q |
| 2 | Viktor Markin | Soviet Union | 46.53 | Q |
| 3 | Roberto Ribaud | Italy | 46.57 | Q |
| 4 | Oddur Sigurðsson | Iceland | 46.63 | q |
| 5 | Andrzej Stępień | Poland | 46.65 | q |
| 6 | Hector Llatser | France | 47.46 | |
| 7 | José Carvalho | Portugal | 47.92 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Željko Knapić | Yugoslavia | 46.71 | Q |
| 2 | Mauro Zuliani | Italy | 46.72 | Q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Troshchilo | Soviet Union | 46.74 | Q |
| 4 | Ryszard Podlas | Poland | 46.88 | |
| 5 | Eric Josjö | Sweden | 46.91 | |
| 6 | Edgar Nakladal | West Germany | 47.30 | |
| 7 | Paul Bourdin | France | 47.43 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Todd Bennett | United Kingdom | 46.16 | Q |
| 2 | Andreas Knebel | East Germany | 46.32 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Giessing | West Germany | 46.41 | Q |
| 4 | Roberto Tozzi | Italy | 46.65 | |
| 5 | Jacques Borlée | Belgium | 47.52 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (3)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)