# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August.
The winning margin was 0.04 seconds, which was also the winning margin in the men's 400 metres at the 1971, 1978 and 1986 editions of these championships. As of 2024, 0.04 seconds remains the narrowest winning margin for this event at these championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Martyn Rooney Great Britain |
| Silver | Matthew Hudson-Smith Great Britain |
| Bronze | Donald Sanford Israel |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.18 | Seville, Spain | 26 August 1999 |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 44.33 | Rome, Italy | 3 September 1987 |
| Championship record | Iwan Thomas (GBR) | 44.52 | Budapest, Hungary | 21 August 1998 |
| World Leading | Kirani James (GRN) | 43.74 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 3 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Pavel Maslák (CZE) | 44.79 | Doha, Qatar | 9 May 2014 |
| Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Martyn Rooney (GBR) | 44.71 | Zürich, Switzerland | 15 August 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 12 August 2014 | 12:46 | Round 1 |
| 13 August 2014 | 18:54 | Semifinal |
| 15 August 2014 | 18:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Maksim Dyldin | Russia | 45.45 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.48 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 45.57 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 45.65 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 45.68 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 45.72 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 45.74 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 45.77 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 5 | Samuel García | Spain | 45.80 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 45.80 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Ricardo dos Santos | Portugal | 45.81 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Conrad Williams | Great Britain | 45.90 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 45.91 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 45.92 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 4 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 46.03 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 46.07 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.10 | q |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | Miloš Raović | Serbia | 46.12 | q |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 46.18 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Richard Morrissey | Ireland | 46.20 | q, PB |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Yannick Fonsat | France | 46.23 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | 6 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 46.30 | q |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Julien Watrin | Belgium | 46.31 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 46.33 | Q |
| 25 | 3 | 5 | Davide Re | Italy | 46.34 | |
| 26 | 2 | 3 | Patrik Šorm | Czech Republic | 46.35 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Daniel Němeček | Czech Republic | 46.47 | |
| 28 | 5 | 7 | Lorenzo Valentini | Italy | 46.61 | |
| 29 | 4 | 5 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 46.64 | Q |
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 46.65 | |
| 31 | 5 | 4 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 46.73 | |
| 32 | 4 | 7 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 46.90 | |
| 33 | 4 | 2 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 46.93 | |
| 34 | 3 | 6 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 46.96 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Bálint Móricz | Hungary | 47.04 | |
| 36 | 1 | 1 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 47.06 | |
| 37 | 3 | 1 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 47.35 | |
| 38 | 2 | 1 | Željko Vincek | Croatia | 48.32 | |
| 39 | 5 | 2 | Fabian Haldner | Liechtenstein | 50.55 | |
| 40 | 4 | 1 | Karl Baldachino | Gibraltar | 55.09 | |

### Semifinal

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 45.30 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 8 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 45.38 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 45.39 | q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.40 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 45.47 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Samuel García | Spain | 45.58 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo dos Santos | Portugal | 45.74 | NR |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 45.79 | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 45.80 | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 45.81 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Conrad Williams | Great Britain | 45.85 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 46.01 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Maksim Dyldin | Russia | 46.05 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Miloš Raović | Serbia | 46.09 | |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 46.15 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 46.24 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 46.32 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 46.38 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 46.40 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Richard Morrissey | Ireland | 46.64 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 46.69 | |
| 22 | 1 | 2 | Yannick Fonsat | France | 46.83 | |
| 23 | 1 | 7 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 47.16 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 48.16 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 44.71 | EL |
| | 6 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 44.75 | PB |
| | 2 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 45.27 | NR |
| 4 | 1 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 45.52 | |
| 5 | 5 | Conrad Williams | Great Britain | 45.53 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 45.83 | |
| 7 | 8 | Samuel García | Spain | 46.35 | |
| | 4 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | DNS | |