# 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Rieti on 18 and 19 July.

## Medalists

* Gold
* Silver
* Bronze

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Steve Lewis (USA) | 43.87 | Seoul, South Korea | 28 September 1988 |
| European Junior Record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.01 | East Berlin, East Germany | 15 July 1984 |
| Championship Record | Roger Black (GBR) | 45.36 | Cottbus, East Germany | 24 August 1985 |
| World Junior Leading | Arman Hall (USA) | 44.82 | Des Moines, IA, United States | 21 June 2013 |
| European Junior Leading | Patryk Dobek (POL) | 46.34 | Kraków, Poland | 4 July 2013 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 18 July 2013 | 12:20 | Heats |
| 18 July 2013 | 17:55 | Semifinals |
| 19 July 2013 | 18:20 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Pavel Ivashko | Russia | | 46.24 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Thomas Jordier | France | 0.158 | 46.71 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Patryk Dobek | Poland | 0.181 | 46.89 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Luka Janezic | Slovenia | 0.169 | 47.06 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 4 | Dennis Forsman | Sweden | 0.169 | 47.15 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Bastien Mandrou | France | 0.215 | 47.20 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Oleksiy Pozdnyakov | Ukraine | | 47.21 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 4 | Milos Raovic | Serbia | 0.239 | 47.22 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Ben Snaith | Great Britain | | 47.26 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Rafal Smolen | Poland | 0.160 | 47.29 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Bálint Móricz | Hungary | | 47.41 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Aliaksandr Krasouski | Belarus | | 47.57 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Mateo Ruzic | Croatia | 0.173 | 47.42 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Sondre Nyvold Lid | Norway | 0.202 | 47.71 | q, SB |
| 15 | 2 | Batuhan Altintas | Turkey | 0.158 | 47.82 |
| 16 | 1 | Danil Peremetov | Russia | 0.209 | 47.85 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Marc Koch | Germany | 0.235 | 47.86 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Kolbeinn Hödur Gunnarsson | Iceland | | 48.06 | PB |
| 19 | 2 | Josip Sakic | Croatia | 0.184 | 48.11 | PB |
| 20 | 2 | Francesco Conti | Italy | 0.172 | 48.14 | |
| 21 | 4 | Mirko Romano | Italy | 0.178 | 48.16 | PB |
| 22 | 1 | Doruk Ugurer | Turkey | 0.168 | 48.22 | |
| 23 | 1 | Dávid Bartha | Hungary | 0.180 | 48.24 | |
| 24 | 4 | Lukas Privalinec | Slovakia | 0.289 | 48.30 | |
| 25 | 3 | Adrian Yannis Nicula | Romania | | 48.41 | |
| 26 | 1 | Luca Cropelli | Italy | 0.169 | 48.57 | |
| 27 | 1 | Lucas Bua | Spain | 0.160 | 49.24 | |
| | 4 | Dmitriy Khasanov | Russia | | DQ | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Heat | Name | Nationality |
| 1 | Aliaksandr Krasouski | Belarus |
| 1 | Bálint Móricz | Hungary |
| 1 | Luka Janezic | Slovenia |
| 1 | Thomas Jordier | France |
| 1 | Mateo Ruzic | Croatia |
| 1 | Danil Peremetov | Russia |
| 1 | Rafal Smolen | Poland |
| 1 | Ben Snaith | Great Britain |
| 2 | Milos Raovic | Serbia |
| 2 | Sondre Nyvold Lid | Norway |
| 2 | Bastien Mandrou | France |
| 2 | Pavel Ivashko | Russia |
| 2 | Oleksiy Pozdnyakov | Ukraine |
| 2 | Patryk Dobek | Poland |
| 2 | Dennis Forsman | Sweden |
| 2 | Marc Koch | Germany |

### Final

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