# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19, 20 and 21 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Iwan Thomas Great Britain |
| Silver | Robert Maćkowiak Poland |
| Bronze | Mark Richardson Great Britain |

## 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 | 2 | David Canal | Spain | 45.20 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Iwan Thomas | Great Britain | 45.44 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Marc Foucan | France | 45.59 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 45.64 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 45.96 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Mark Richardson | Great Britain | 46.05 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Dmitriy Golovastov | Russia | 46.16 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Jan Poděbradský | Czech Republic | 46.16 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 46.17 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Piotr Haczek | Poland | 46.26 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 46.27 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Solomon Wariso | Great Britain | 46.27 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Antonio Andres | Spain | 46.27 | q, PB |
| 14 | 4 | Konstantinos Kenteris | Greece | 46.39 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Marcel Lopuchovský | Slovakia | 46.49 | |
| 15 | 2 | Stelios Dimotsios | Greece | 46.49 | |
| 17 | 4 | Matija Šestak | Slovenia | 46.57 | |
| 18 | 3 | Marco Vaccari | Italy | 46.60 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Innokentiy Zharov | Russia | 46.73 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Stephan Letzelter | Germany | 46.73 | |
| 21 | 3 | Štefan Balošák | Slovakia | 46.87 | |
| 22 | 1 | Fred Mango | France | 46.88 | |
| 23 | 1 | Edoardo Vallet | Italy | 47.03 | |
| 24 | 3 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.15 | |
| 25 | 4 | Péter Nyilasi | Hungary | 47.16 | |
| 26 | 2 | Boštjan Horvat | Slovenia | 47.17 | |
| 27 | 3 | Andriy Tverdostup | Ukraine | 47.28 | |
| 28 | 1 | Eugene Farrell | Ireland | 47.56 | |
| 29 | 2 | Jan Štejfa | Czech Republic | 47.63 | |
| 30 | 3 | Johan Lannefors | Sweden | 47.72 | |
| | 2 | Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Iwan Thomas | Great Britain | 44.82 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 45.08 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 45.22 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | David Canal | Spain | 45.29 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mark Richardson | Great Britain | 45.41 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Solomon Wariso | Great Britain | 45.59 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Piotr Haczek | Poland | 45.68 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Konstantinos Kenteris | Greece | 45.74 | |
| 9 | 1 | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 45.78 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Marco Vaccari | Italy | 45.86 | |
| 11 | 2 | Innokentiy Zharov | Russia | 45.92 | |
| 12 | 1 | Dmitriy Golovastov | Russia | 45.93 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | Jan Poděbradský | Czech Republic | 46.01 | |
| 14 | 1 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 46.26 | |
| 15 | 2 | Marc Foucan | France | 46.52 | |
| 16 | 1 | Antonio Andres | Spain | 46.59 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Iwan Thomas | Great Britain | 44.52 | CR |
| | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 45.04 | NR |
| | Mark Richardson | Great Britain | 45.14 | |
| 4 | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 45.43 | |
| 5 | Piotr Haczek | Poland | 45.46 | PB |
| 6 | Ashraf Saber | Italy | 45.67 | |
| 7 | David Canal | Spain | 45.93 | |
| | Solomon Wariso | Great Britain | DSQ | |