# 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 8 March 2025. This will be the 38th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March during the morning session. The semi-finals are scheduled for 7 March during the evening session. The final is scheduled for 8 March during the evening session.

## Background

The men's 400 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Christopher Morales Williams of Canada is the world record holder with a time of 44.49 s set in 2024. The European record is 45.05, set by both Thomas Schönlebe of East Germany and Karsten Warholm of Norway, set in 1988 and 2019 respectively. Warholm's time is the current championship record, set at the 2019 championships.
Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
| World record | Christopher Morales-Williams (CAN) | 44.49 | Fayetteville, United States | 24 February 2024 |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
| European record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.05 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 2 March 2019 |
| Championship record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.05 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 2 March 2019 |
| World leading | Christopher Bailey (USA) | 44.70 | Fayetteville, United States | 14 February 2025 |
| European leading | Attila Molnár (HUN) | 45.08 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 4 February 2025 |

## Qualification

For the men's 400 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 46.20 s indoors or 45.00 s outdoor or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There is a target number of 30 athletes.

## Rounds
### Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 12:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. Qualification Rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualify for the semi-finals.
Results of round 1 :
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time (s) | Notes | PB |
| 1 | 1 | Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | 45.69 | Q, PB | 45.81 |
| 2 | 5 | Attila Molnár | Hungary | 45.86 | Q | 45.08 |
| 3 | 3 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.01 | Q, SB | 45.86 |
| 4 | 4 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 46.10 | Q | 45.74 |
| 5 | 5 | Daniel Segers | Belgium | 46.11 | Q, PB | 46.21 |
| 6 | 3 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Norway | 46.16 | Q, SB | 45.70 |
| 7 | 1 | Markel Fernández | Spain | 46.19 | Q, PB | 46.24 |
| 8 | 2 | Jimy Soudril | France | 46.19 | Q | 46.03 |
| 9 | 1 | Isaya Klein Ikkink | Netherlands | 46.20 | q | 45.96 |
| 10 | 4 | Patrik Simon Enyingi | Hungary | 46.24 | Q | 46.19 |
| 11 | 4 | Jonathan Sacoor | Belgium | 46.30 | q, PB | 46.71 |
| 12 | 5 | Oleksandr Pohorilko | Ukraine | 46.32 | NR | 46.49 |
| 13 | 4 | Téo Andant | France | 46.32 | | 46.21 |
| 14 | 2 | Jonas Phijffers | Netherlands | 46.49 | Q | 45.90 |
| 15 | 3 | Eugene Omalla | Netherlands | 46.62 | | 45.18 |
| 16 | 5 | Yann Spillmann | France | 46.64 | | 46.18 |
| 17 | 3 | Luca Sito | Italy | 46.67 | | 46.15 |
| 18 | 4 | Lionel Spitz | Switzerland | 46.67 | SB | 46.14 |
| 19 | 5 | Boško Kijanović | Serbia | 46.78 | | 46.22 |
| 20 | 1 | Ricky Petrucciani | Switzerland | 46.79 | | 46.27 |
| 21 | 2 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | Great Britain | 46.83 | | 46.29 |
| 22 | 2 | Ericsson Tavares | Portugal | 46.88 | | 46.72 |
| 23 | 3 | Efekemo Okoro | Great Britain | 47.05 | | 46.72 |
| 24 | 2 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 47.13 | | 47.01 |
| 25 | 1 | Omar Elkhatib | Portugal | 47.17 | | 46.92 |
| 26 | 3 | Rok Ferlan | Slovenia | 47.33 | | 46.61 |
| 27 | 2 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 47.95 | | 45.58 |
| 28 | 1 | Franko Burraj | Albania | 49.70 | | 46.83 |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 7 March, starting at 20:19 (UTC+1) in the evening. Qualification Rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify for the semi-finals.
Results of the semi-finals :
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time (s) | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Attila Molnár | Hungary | 45.48 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | 45.78 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jimy Soudril | France | 45.99 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.02 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 46.24 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Isaya Klein Ikkink | Netherlands | 46.33 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Patrik Simon Enyingi | Hungary | 46.45 | |
| 8 | 1 | Markel Fernández | Spain | 46.82 | |
| 9 | 1 | Jonas Phijffers | Netherlands | 46.89 | |
| 10 | 1 | Jonathan Sacoor | Belgium | 47.25 | |
| 11 | 2 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Norway | 47.67 | |
| 12 | 2 | Daniel Segers | Belgium | DNF | |

### Final

The final was held on 8 March, starting at 21:10 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Result of the final :
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time (s) | Notes |
| | 6 | Attila Molnár | Hungary | 45.25 | |
| | 5 | Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | 45.31 | EU23R, NR |
| | 3 | Jimy Soudril | France | 45.59 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 45.88 | |
| 5 | 2 | Isaya Klein Ikkink | Netherlands | 46.20 | |
| 6 | 1 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.46 | |