# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ingo Schultz Germany | David Canal Spain | Daniel Caines Great Britain |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Marc Raquil | France | 45.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | David Canal | Spain | 45.75 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ingo Schultz | Germany | 45.79 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 45.97 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 46.03 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Karel Bláha | Czech Republic | 46.03 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Daniel Caines | Great Britain | 46.06 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Tim Benjamin | Great Britain | 46.15 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Bastian Swillims | Germany | 46.20 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 3 | Cédric Van Branteghem | Belgium | 46.23 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Zsolt Szeglet | Hungary | 46.23 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Radek Zachoval | Czech Republic | 46.25 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 46.28 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | Poland | 46.44 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Stilianos Dimotsios | Greece | 46.46 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 46.54 | |
| 16 | 3 | Andrey Semyonov | Russia | 46.54 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Ioan Vieru | Romania | 46.54 | |
| 19 | 3 | Sean Baldock | Great Britain | 46.62 | |
| 20 | 2 | Christian Birk | Denmark | 46.64 | |
| 21 | 3 | Robert Daly | Ireland | 46.67 | |
| 22 | 4 | Marco Salvucci | Italy | 46.70 | |
| 23 | 3 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 46.87 | |
| 24 | 4 | Anastasios Goussis | Greece | 46.94 | |
| 25 | 2 | Matija Šestak | Slovenia | 46.97 | |
| 26 | 2 | Yevgeniy Lebedev | Russia | 47.08 | |
| 27 | 3 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 47.14 | |
| 28 | 1 | David McCarthy | Ireland | 47.30 | |
| 29 | 1 | Viktors Lācis | Latvia | 47.40 | SB |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Caines | Great Britain | 45.35 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ingo Schultz | Germany | 45.49 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 45.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Zsolt Szeglet | Hungary | 45.84 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | David Canal | Spain | 45.86 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Paul Mckee | Ireland | 45.92 | |
| 7 | 2 | Cédric Van Branteghem | Belgium | 45.94 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | Stilianos Dimotsios | Greece | 45.98 | |
| 9 | 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 46.04 | |
| 10 | 2 | Tim Benjamin | Great Britain | 46.07 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Karel Bláha | Czech Republic | 46.15 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | Poland | 46.15 | |
| 13 | 2 | Bastian Swillims | Germany | 46.19 | |
| 14 | 1 | Radek Zachoval | Czech Republic | 46.24 | |
| 15 | 2 | Andrey Semyonov | Russia | 46.51 | |
| | 2 | Marc Raquil | France | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Ingo Schultz | Germany | 45.14 | |
| | David Canal | Spain | 45.24 | SB |
| | Daniel Caines | Great Britain | 45.28 | |
| 4 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 45.40 | |
| 5 | Zsolt Szeglet | Hungary | 45.74 | |
| 6 | Cédric Van Branteghem | Belgium | 45.95 | |
| 7 | Karel Bláha | Czech Republic | 46.21 | |
| | Timothy Benjamin | Great Britain | DNS | |