# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13 and 15 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kariem Hussein Switzerland |
| Silver | Rasmus Mägi Estonia |
| Bronze | Denis Kudryavtsev Russia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 August 1992 |
| European record | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.37 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 July 1995 |
| Championship record | Harald Schmid (FRG) | 47.48 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World Leading | Javier Culson (PUR) | 48.03 | New York City, United States | 14 June 2014 |
| European Leading | Rasmus Mägi (EST) | 48.61 | Tallinn, Estonia | 3 August 2014 |
| Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Rasmus Mägi (EST) | 48.54 | Zürich, Switzerland | 13 August 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 12 August 2014 | 11:00 | Round 1 |
| 13 August 2014 | 17:55 | Semifinals |
| 15 August 2014 | 20:52 | 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 | 1 | 7 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia | 49.05 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 49.46 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Yoann Décimus | France | 49.60 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Kariem Hussein | Switzerland | 49.70 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 49.72 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Patryk Dobek | Poland | 49.73 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Niall Flannery | Great Britain | 49.77 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 49.79 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 49.82 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Sebastian Rodger | Great Britain | 49.88 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 49.90 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 49.92 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 6 | Oskari Mörö | Finland | 49.97 | Q, PB |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium | 49.98 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium | 50.18 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 4 | Felix Franz | Germany | 50.23 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 50.33 | Q, PB |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Jussi Kanervo | Finland | 50.35 | q, PB |
| 19 | 3 | 5 | Leonardo Capotosti | Italy | 50.45 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | 8 | Tom Burton | Great Britain | 50.47 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Denys Nechyporenko | Ukraine | 50.63 | q |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine | 50.72 | q, SB |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Oleg Mironov | Russia | 50.78 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | Tim Rummens | Belgium | 50.80 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 50.84 | |
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Janis Baltušs | Latvia | 50.89 | Q, PB |
| 27 | 5 | 3 | Sergio Fernández | Spain | 50.89 | |
| 28 | 4 | 4 | Thomas Kain | Austria | 50.90 | PB |
| 29 | 2 | 8 | Nicolai Hartling | Denmark | 51.15 | |
| 30 | 5 | 2 | Øyvind Kjerpeset | Norway | 51.23 | |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 51.40 | =SB |
| 32 | 5 | 1 | Jason Harvey | Ireland | 51.91 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Yann Eloi Senjarić | Croatia | 52.14 | |
| 34 | 2 | 3 | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor | Estonia | 52.67 | |
| 35 | 5 | 4 | Jacques Frisch | Luxembourg | 54.06 | |
| 36 | 4 | 7 | Alexei Cravcenco | Moldova | 55.66 | |

### Semifinals

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 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 48.54 | Q, EL, NR |
| 2 | 3 | 8 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 48.69 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Felix Franz | Germany | 48.96 | q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Oskari Mörö | Finland | 49.08 | q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia | 49.09 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 49.12 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Patryk Dobek | Poland | 49.13 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Kariem Hussein | Switzerland | 49.16 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 49.21 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 49.30 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Sebastian Rodger | Great Britain | 49.47 | SB |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium | 49.62 | |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Yoann Décimus | France | 49.71 | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Niall Flannery | Great Britain | 50.15 | |
| 15 | 1 | 8 | Leonardo Capotosti | Italy | 50.21 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Denys Nechyporenko | Ukraine | 50.35 | |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.39 | |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Tom Burton | Great Britain | 50.47 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine | 50.60 | SB |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium | 50.63 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Oleg Mironov | Russia | 50.69 | |
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 50.95 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Janis Baltušs | Latvia | 50.96 | |
| | 3 | 1 | Jussi Kanervo | Finland | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Kariem Hussein | Switzerland | 48.96 | PB |
| | 3 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 49.06 | |
| | 6 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia | 49.16 | |
| 4 | 4 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 49.56 | |
| 5 | 2 | Felix Franz | Germany | 49.83 | |
| 6 | 7 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 49.90 | |
| 7 | 8 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 49.91 | |
| 8 | 1 | Oskari Mörö | Finland | 50.14 | |