# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6, 7, and 8 September 1982.

## Medalists

| Gold | Harald Schmid West Germany |
| Silver | Aleksandr Yatsevich Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Uwe Ackermann East Germany |

## Results
### Final

8 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 47.48 | AR |
| | Aleksandr Yatsevich | Soviet Union | 48.60 | |
| | Uwe Ackermann | East Germany | 48.64 | |
| 4 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | Soviet Union | 48.68 | |
| 5 | Ryszard Szparak | Poland | 49.41 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Kharlov | Soviet Union | 49.56 | |
| 7 | Sven Nylander | Sweden | 49.64 | |
| 8 | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 50.10 | |

### Semi-finals

7 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 49.84 | Q |
| 2 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | Soviet Union | 49.98 | Q |
| 3 | Sven Nylander | Sweden | 50.03 | Q |
| 4 | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 50.10 | Q |
| 5 | Franz Meier | Switzerland | 50.33 | |
| 6 | Michael Zimmerman | Belgium | 50.83 | |
| 7 | Georgios Vamvakas | Greece | 50.85 | |
| 8 | José Alonso | Spain | 51.00 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Uwe Ackermann | East Germany | 49.32 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Yatsevich | Soviet Union | 49.55 | Q |
| 3 | Ryszard Szparak | Poland | 49.79 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Kharlov | Soviet Union | 50.00 | Q |
| 5 | Serge Guillen | France | 50.40 | |
| 6 | Saverio Gellini | Italy | 50.59 | |
| 7 | Christer Gullstrand | Sweden | 50.61 | |
| 8 | Krasimir Demirev | Bulgaria | 51.45 | |

### Heats

6 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Harald Schmid | West Germany | 49.27 | Q |
| 2 | Serge Guillen | France | 50.07 | Q |
| 3 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | Soviet Union | 50.10 | Q |
| 4 | Toma Tomov | Bulgaria | 50.36 | Q |
| 5 | Georgios Vamvakas | Greece | 50.84 | q |
| 6 | Marceliano Ruiz | Spain | 51.10 | |
| 7 | José Carvalho | Portugal | 51.35 | |
| 8 | István Simon-Balla | Hungary | 51.61 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Uwe Ackermann | East Germany | 49.48 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Kharlov | Soviet Union | 50.52 | Q |
| 3 | Franz Meier | Switzerland | 50.68 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Zimmerman | Belgium | 50.71 | Q |
| 5 | Christer Gullstrand | Sweden | 50.75 | q |
| 6 | Krasimir Demirev | Bulgaria | 50.89 | q |
| 7 | José Alonso | Spain | 50.95 | q |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ryszard Szparak | Poland | 50.51 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Yatsevich | Soviet Union | 50.83 | Q |
| 3 | Saverio Gellini | Italy | 51.27 | Q |
| 4 | Sven Nylander | Sweden | 51.40 | Q |
| 5 | Horia Toboc | Romania | 51.65 | |
| 6 | Olivier Gui | France | 52.39 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* East Germany (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* West Germany (1)