# 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 March 2019 at 10:20 (heats), at 21:00 (semifinals) and on 2 March 2019 at 20:22 (final) local time.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Karsten Warholm Norway | Óscar Husillos Spain | Tony van Diepen Netherlands |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| World record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, AR, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
| Championship record | Pavel Maslák (CZE) | 45.33 | Prague, Czech Republic | 7 March 2015 |
| World Leading | Kahmari Montgomery (USA) | 45.04 | Birmingham, United States | 23 February 2019 |
| European Leading | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.56 | Ulsteinvik, Norway | 25 January 2019 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinal.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Luka Janežič | Slovenia | 46.88 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Fabrisio Saidy | France | 46.99 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lucas Búa | Spain | 47.00 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 47.05 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Cameron Chalmers | Great Britain | 47.18 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 47.22 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Tony van Diepen | Netherlands | 47.32 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Manuel Guijarro | Spain | 47.33 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Janis Leitis | Latvia | 47.34 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 47.34 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 47.45 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Owen Smith | Great Britain | 47.50 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 47.59 | |
| 14 | 2 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 47.63 | |
| 15 | 2 | Vít Müller | Czech Republic | 47.69 | |
| 16 | 1 | Ricky Petrucciani | Switzerland | 47.83 | |
| 17 | 1 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 47.86 | |
| 18 | 4 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | Great Britain | 47.88 | |
| 19 | 4 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 48.22 | |
| 20 | 3 | Carl Bengtström | Sweden | 49.50 | |
| 21 | 3 | Jan Tesař | Czech Republic | 1:26.29 | |
| | 3 | Cillin Greene | Ireland | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 45.95 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 46.31 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Luka Janežič | Slovenia | 46.60 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Tony van Diepen | Netherlands | 46.62 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Lucas Búa | Spain | 46.81 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Fabrisio Saidy | France | 47.07 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 47.20 | |
| 8 | 2 | Manuel Guijarro | Spain | 47.34 | |
| 9 | 1 | Janis Leitis | Latvia | 47.36 | |
| 10 | 1 | Owen Smith | United Kingdom | 47.39 | |
| 11 | 2 | Cameron Chalmers | United Kingdom | 47.83 | |
| | 1 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 45.05 | =AR, CR |
| | 6 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 45.66 | NR |
| | 4 | Tony van Diepen | Netherlands | 46.13 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | Luka Janežič | Slovenia | 46.15 | |
| 5 | 2 | Fabrisio Saidy | France | 46.80 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lucas Búa | Spain | 46.92 | |