# 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held on 3 March 2023 at 09:50 (heats), on 3 March at 19:35 (semi-finals), and on 4 March at 20:20 (final) local time.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| World record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
| European record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.05 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2 March 2019 |
| Championship record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.05 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2 March 2019 |
| World Leading | Elija Godwin (USA) | 44.75 | Fayetteville, United States | 25 February 2023 |
| European Leading | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.31 | Ulsteinvik, Norway | 2 February 2023 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 45.75 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Matěj Krsek | Czech Republic | 46.23 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 46.26 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alexander Doom | Belgium | 46.26 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 46.28 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Julien Watrin | Belgium | 46.41 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Gilles Biron | France | 46.50 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.51 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Carl Bengtström | Sweden | 46.55 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Kajetan Duszyński | Poland | 46.66 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Isayah Boers | Netherlands | 46.72 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Isaya Klein Ikkink | Netherlands | 46.74 | |
| 13 | 1 | Lionel Spitz | Switzerland | 46.79 | |
| 14 | 1 | Vladimir Aceti | Italy | 46.80 | |
| 15 | 5 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 46.87 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Gustav Lundholm Nielsen | Denmark | 46.93 | |
| 17 | 3 | Marvin Schlegel | Germany | 47.01 | |
| 18 | 3 | Andreas Grimerud | Norway | 47.04 | |
| 19 | 1 | Mihai Sorin Dringo | Romania | 47.06 | |
| 20 | 5 | Ricky Petrucciani | Switzerland | 47.32 | |
| 21 | 5 | Boško Kijanović | Serbia | 47.36 | |
| 22 | 2 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | France | 47.55 | |
| 23 | 2 | Iļja Petrušenko [de] | Latvia | 47.95 | |
| 24 | 3 | Robert Parge | Romania | 49.67 | |
| 25 | 5 | Manuel Guijarro | Spain | 49.77 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 45.43 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carl Bengtström | Sweden | 45.77 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Julien Watrin | Belgium | 45.82 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 45.86 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Matěj Krsek | Czech Republic | 46.03 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Alexander Doom | Belgium | 46.12 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 46.60 | |
| 8 | 1 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.69 | |
| 9 | 2 | Gilles Biron | France | 46.71 | |
| 10 | 2 | Kajetan Duszyński | Poland | 47.01 | |
| 11 | 2 | Isayah Boers | Netherlands | 47.39 | |
| | 1 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 45.35 | |
| | 4 | Julien Watrin | Belgium | 45.44 | NR |
| | 5 | Carl Bengtström | Sweden | 45.77 | |
| 4 | 2 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 46.24 | |
| 5 | 3 | Matěj Krsek | Czech Republic | 46.48 | |
| | 1 | Alexander Doom | Belgium | DNS | |