# 2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 15, 16 and 17 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) | 43.03 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14 August 2016 |
| 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 | Michael Norman (USA) | 43.56 | Eugene, United States | 25 June 2022 |
| Europe Leading | Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) | 44.35 | Eugene, United States | 28 May 2022 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 15 August 2022 | 19:00 | Round 1 |
| 16 August 2022 | 12:25 | Semifinals |
| 17 August 2022 | 21:42 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals. The 9 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semi-finals
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Davide Re | Italy | 45.26 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Ricky Petrucciani | Switzerland | 45.26 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Thomas Jordier | France | 45.39 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | Lionel Spitz | Switzerland | 45.46 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | Benjamin Lobo Vedel | Denmark | 45.50 | Q, =NR |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | Patrick Schneider | Germany | 45.58 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Patrik Šorm | Czech Republic | 45.66 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Boško Kijanović | Serbia | 45.75 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | João Coelho | Portugal | 45.78 | q |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Gilles Biron | France | 45.82 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 45.83 | Q, PB |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Edoardo Scotti | Italy | 45.87 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 45.92 | q, SB |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Gustav Lundholm Nielsen | Denmark | 46.05 | q, SB |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Joe Brier | Great Britain | 46.06 | |
| 16 | 3 | 4 | Matěj Krsek | Czech Republic | 46.12 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Norway | 46.18 | SB |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | Manuel Guijarro | Spain | 46.18 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Marvin Schlegel | Germany | 46.19 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Manuel Sanders | Germany | 46.21 | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Lorenzo Benati | Italy | 46.26 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Jochem Dobber | Netherlands | 46.36 | SB |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 46.39 | SB |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 46.42 | |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 46.79 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 44.98 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Thomas Jordier | France | 45.37 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 45.40 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | Great Britain | 45.45 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 45.52 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Petrucciani | Switzerland | 45.55 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Lionel Spitz | Switzerland | 45.56 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | João Coelho | Portugal | 45.64 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Patrik Šorm | Czech Republic | 45.66 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Dylan Borlée | Belgium | 45.67 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Christopher O'Donnell | Ireland | 45.73 | |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Gilles Biron | France | 45.75 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Alexander Doom | Belgium | 45.77 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Boško Kijanović | Serbia | 45.88 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Patrick Schneider | Germany | 45.92 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Matěj Krsek | Czech Republic | 45.92 | |
| 17 | 3 | 4 | Davide Re | Italy | 46.02 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 46.10 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Gustav Lundholm Nielsen | Denmark | 46.30 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 46.36 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Edoardo Scotti | Italy | 46.49 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | Mihai Sorin Dringo | Romania | 47.06 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | DNF | DNF |
| | 3 | 8 | Benjamin Lobo Vedel | Denmark | DNS | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 4 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 44.53 | |
| | 8 | Ricky Petrucciani | Switzerland | 45.03 | SB |
| | 6 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | Great Britain | 45.17 | |
| 4 | 5 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 45.17 | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Dylan Borlée | Belgium | 45.39 | |
| 6 | 1 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 45.62 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lionel Spitz | Switzerland | 45.66 | |
| 8 | 3 | Thomas Jordier | France | 45.67 | |