# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 8, 9, and 11 August 1994.

## Medalists

| Gold | Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo Great Britain |
| Silver | Roger Black Great Britain |
| Bronze | Matthias Rusterholz Switzerland |

## Results
### Final

11 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo | Great Britain | 45.09 |
| | Roger Black | Great Britain | 45.20 |
| | Matthias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 45.96 |
| 4 | Dmitriy Golovastov | Russia | 46.01 |
| 5 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 46.20 |
| 6 | Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 46.23 |
| 7 | Štefan Balošák | Slovakia | 46.64 |
| 8 | Dmitriy Kosov | Russia | 46.69 |

### Semi-finals

9 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo | Great Britain | 45.70 | Q |
| 2 | Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 45.85 | Q |
| 3 | Matthias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 45.88 | Q |
| 4 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 46.10 | Q |
| 5 | Daniel Bittner | Germany | 46.44 | |
| 6 | Marco Vaccari | Italy | 46.57 | |
| 7 | David McKenzie | Great Britain | 46.65 | |
| 8 | Nenad Đurović | Independent European Participants | 47.44 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 45.79 | Q |
| 2 | Dmitriy Golovastov | Russia | 46.05 | Q |
| 3 | Dmitriy Kosov | Russia | 46.23 | Q |
| 4 | Štefan Balošák | Slovakia | 46.32 | Q |
| 5 | Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 46.33 | |
| 6 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 46.39 | |
| 7 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.05 | |
| 8 | Kari Louramo | Finland | 47.37 | |

### Heats

8 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 45.88 | Q |
| 2 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 46.25 | Q |
| 3 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 46.29 | Q |
| 4 | Marco Vaccari | Italy | 46.32 | Q |
| 5 | Dmitriy Golovastov | Russia | 46.48 | q |
| 6 | Daniel Bittner | Germany | 46.62 | q |
| 7 | Kari Louramo | Finland | 46.83 | q |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo | Great Britain | 46.50 | Q |
| 2 | Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 46.52 | Q |
| 3 | Dmitriy Kosov | Russia | 46.79 | Q |
| 4 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 46.95 | Q |
| 5 | Tom McGuirk | Ireland | 47.14 | |
| 6 | Lutz Becker | Germany | 47.52 | |
| | Slobodan Branković | Independent European Participants | DNS | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Matthias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 46.12 | Q |
| 2 | Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 46.61 | Q |
| 3 | Štefan Balošák | Slovakia | 46.62 | Q |
| 4 | David McKenzie | Great Britain | 46.78 | Q |
| 5 | Nenad Đurović | Independent European Participants | 46.84 | q |
| 6 | Andrea Nuti | Italy | 46.87 | |
| 7 | Kai Karsten | Germany | 47.22 | |
| 8 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.40 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (3)
* Great Britain (3)
* Independent European Participants (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (3)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (3)
* Slovakia (1)
* Switzerland (1)