# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18, 19 and 20 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Paweł Januszewski Poland |
| Silver | Ruslan Mashchenko Russia |
| Bronze | Fabrizio Mori Italy |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 49.00 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 49.15 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Paul Gray | Great Britain | 49.16 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Thomas Goller | Germany | 49.22 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Stéphane Diagana | France | 49.28 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 49.47 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Jimmy Coco | France | 49.57 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Vadim Zadoynov | Moldova | 49.58 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 49.63 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | David Kafka | France | 49.74 | q, PB |
| 11 | 3 | Darko Juričić | Croatia | 49.88 | q, NR |
| 12 | 3 | Tom McGuirk | Ireland | 49.92 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Vladislav Shiryayev | Russia | 49.96 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Boris Gorban | Russia | 50.04 | |
| 15 | 4 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 50.30 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Mário Reis | Portugal | 50.39 | |
| 17 | 1 | Siniša Peša | Yugoslavia | 50.44 | |
| 18 | 2 | Miro Kocuvan | Slovenia | 50.54 | |
| 19 | 4 | Tibor Bédi | Hungary | 50.57 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 50.58 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Petteri Pulkkinen | Finland | 50.59 | |
| 22 | 1 | Anthony Borsumato | Great Britain | 50.91 | |
| 23 | 4 | Iñigo Monreal | Spain | 50.94 | |
| 24 | 4 | Steffen Kolb | Germany | 50.97 | |
| 25 | 4 | Bartosz Gruman | Poland | 51.06 | |
| 26 | 2 | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | 51.11 | |
| 27 | 4 | Radoslav Holúbek | Slovakia | 51.36 | |
| | 1 | Egils Tebelis | Latvia | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 48.64 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 48.90 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 48.98 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 49.06 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Vadim Zadoynov | Moldova | 49.26 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 49.34 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 49.39 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Vladislav Shiryayev | Russia | 49.56 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Thomas Goller | Germany | 49.69 | |
| 10 | 2 | Jimmy Coco | France | 49.72 | |
| 11 | 1 | Paul Gray | Great Britain | 50.34 | |
| 12 | 2 | Darko Juričić | Croatia | 50.39 | |
| 13 | 2 | Tom McGuirk | Ireland | 51.12 | |
| 14 | 1 | Tibor Bédi | Hungary | 57.77 | |
| | 1 | David Kafka | France | DNF | |
| | 2 | Stéphane Diagana | France | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 48.17 | NR |
| | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 48.25 | |
| | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 48.71 | |
| 4 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 49.02 | |
| 5 | Vadim Zadoynov | Moldova | 49.10 | SB |
| 6 | Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 49.15 | |
| 7 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 50.51 | |
| 8 | Vladislav Shiryayev | Russia | 50.94 | |