# 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 14 and 16 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Nigel Levine United Kingdom |
| Silver | Brian Gregan Ireland |
| Bronze | Luke Lennon-Ford United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

16 July 2011 / 16:40
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| | Nigel Levine | United Kingdom | 6 | 0.174 | 46.10 | |
| | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 5 | 0.172 | 46.12 | PB |
| | Luke Lennon-Ford | United Kingdom | 4 | 0.190 | 46.22 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia | 3 | 0.226 | 46.29 | SB |
| 5 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 1 | 0.224 | 46.32 | PB |
| 6 | Mateusz Fórmański | Poland | 8 | 0.160 | 46.33 | |
| 7 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 2 | 0.161 | 46.56 | PB |
| 8 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 7 | 0.194 | 46.96 | |

### Heats

Qualified: First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nigel Levine | United Kingdom | 46.22 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia | 46.25 | Q SB |
| 3 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 46.32 | Q SB |
| 4 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 46.37 | q |
| 5 | Mateusz Fórmański | Poland | 46.58 | Q |
| 6 | Luke Lennon-Ford | United Kingdom | 46.60 | Q |
| 7 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 46.83 | q PB |
| 8 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 46.86 | PB |
| 9 | Bjorn Blauwhof | Netherlands | 46.86 | |
| 10 | Angel Chelala | France | 46.88 | |
| 11 | Mehmet Güzel | Turkey | 47.19 | |
| 12 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 47.25 | Q |
| 13 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 47.26 | |
| 14 | Francesco Cappellin | Italy | 47.29 | |
| 15 | Marc Orozco | Spain | 47.54 | |
| 16 | Jonathan Vilaine | France | 47.61 | |
| 17 | Máté Lukács | Hungary | 47.64 | |
| 18 | Hakim Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan | 47.83 | |
| 19 | Javier Sanz | Spain | 47.91 | |
| 19 | Endrik Zilbershtein | Georgia | 47.91 | |
| 21 | Domenico Fontana | Italy | 48.04 | |

#### Details
##### Heat 1

14 July 2011 / 19:10
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luke Lennon-Ford | United Kingdom | 6 | 0.198 | 46.60 | Q |
| 2 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 2 | 0.221 | 47.25 | Q |
| 3 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 4 | 0.191 | 47.26 | |
| 4 | Jonathan Vilaine | France | 3 | 0.188 | 47.61 | |
| 5 | Hakim Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan | 8 | 0.196 | 47.83 | |
| 6 | Javier Sanz | Spain | 7 | 0.186 | 47.91 | |
| 7 | Domenico Fontana | Italy | 5 | 0.210 | 48.04 | |

##### Heat 2

14 July 2011 / 19:17
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nigel Levine | United Kingdom | 6 | 0.242 | 46.22 | Q |
| 2 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 4 | 0.181 | 46.32 | Q SB |
| 3 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 3 | 0.239 | 46.37 | q |
| 4 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 7 | 0.189 | 46.86 | PB |
| 5 | Bjorn Blauwhof | Netherlands | 5 | 0.228 | 46.86 | |
| 6 | Marc Orozco | Spain | 8 | 0.140 | 47.54 | |
| 7 | Endrik Zilbershtein | Georgia | 2 | 0.199 | 47.91 | |

##### Heat 3

14 July 2011 / 19:24
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia | 3 | 0.226 | 46.25 | Q SB |
| 2 | Mateusz Fórmański | Poland | 4 | 0.172 | 46.58 | Q |
| 3 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 8 | 0.174 | 46.83 | q PB |
| 4 | Angel Chelala | France | 6 | 0.198 | 46.88 | |
| 5 | Mehmet Güzel | Turkey | 2 | 0.212 | 47.19 | |
| 6 | Francesco Cappellin | Italy | 5 | 0.181 | 47.29 | |
| 7 | Máté Lukács | Hungary | 7 | 0.204 | 47.64 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Spain (2)
* France (3)
* United Kingdom (2)
* Georgia (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (2)