# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7, and 8 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.18 | Seville, Spain | 26 August 1999 |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 44.33 | Rome, Italy | 3 September 1987 |
| Championship record | Iwan Thomas (GBR) | 44.52 | Budapest, Hungary | 21 August 1998 |
| World Leading | Kirani James (GRN) | 44.08 | Des Moines, United States | 29 April 2016 |
| European Leading | Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) | 44.88 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 26 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 July 2016 | 13:35 | Round 1 |
| 7 July 2016 | 16:45 | Semifinal |
| 8 July 2016 | 19:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advanced to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Jarryd Dunn | Great Britain | 46.05 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Julien Watrin | Belgium | 46.10 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Alexander Gladitz | Germany | 46.28 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 46.57 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 46.73 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 46.77 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 46.89 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 46.94 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Joel Burgunder | Switzerland | 46.98 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Lucas Búa | Spain | 47.00 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 47.02 | q |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 47.09 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Aliaksandr Linnik | Belarus | 47.09 | q |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | Thomas Jordier | France | 47.14 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 5 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 47.23 | |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Johannes Trefz | Germany | 47.32 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Yevhen Hutsol | Ukraine | 47.35 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 47.45 | |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 47.49 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Craig Lynch | Ireland | 47.61 | |
| 21 | 1 | 2 | Giuseppe Leonardi | Italy | 47.68 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | David Gillick | Ireland | 47.81 | |
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Luca Flück | Switzerland | 47.97 | |

### Semifinal

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.04 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Matteo Galvan* | Italy | 45.12 | Q, =NR |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Rafał Omelko* | Poland | 45.14 | q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Kevin Borlée* | Belgium | 45.26 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Pavel Maslák* | Czech Republic | 45.31 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 45.39 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Yavuz Can* | Turkey | 45.51 | NR |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Luka Janežič* | Slovenia | 45.63 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Liemarvin Bonevacia* | Netherlands | 45.68 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Julien Watrin | Belgium | 45.76 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Aliaksandr Linnik | Belarus | 45.80 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 45.86 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | 4 | Donald Blair-Sanford* | Israel | 45.90 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Jarryd Dunn | Great Britain | 46.00 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Johannes Trefz | Germany | 46.07 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 46.07 | |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Thomas Jordier | France | 46.24 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Lucas Búa | Spain | 46.26 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 46.37 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Samuel García* | Spain | 46.43 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Jakub Krzewina | Poland | 46.50 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Alexander Gladitz | Germany | 46.57 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 47.19 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Joel Burgunder | Switzerland | 47.23 | |
*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 9 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.29 | |
| | 4 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 45.36 | |
| | 2 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Netherlands | 45.41 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 45.60 | |
| 5 | 6 | Luka Janežič | Slovenia | 45.65 | |
| 6 | 5 | Rafał Omelko | Poland | 45.67 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mame-Ibra Anne | France | 45.75 | |
| 8 | 3 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 45.80 | |