# 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 1, 2013 at 12:02 (round 1), March 2, 17:45 (semi-final) and March 3, 12:00 (final) local time.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| World record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, AR, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
| Championship record | Marek Plawgo (POL) | 45.39 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 |
| World Leading | Deon Lendore (TRI) | 45.15 | Fayetteville, AR, United States | 23 February 2013 |
| European Leading | Brian Gregan (IRL) | 46.07 | Athlone, Ireland | 27 January 2013 |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification: First 2 (Q) or and the 4 fastest athletes (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 46.54 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 46.65 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 46.68 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Bingham | Great Britain | 46.92 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain | 46.96 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 46.97 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 46.97 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Mamoudou Hanne | France | 47.04 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Volodymyr Burakov | Ukraine | 47.16 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 47.31 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 47.55 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 47.59 | q |
| 13 | 4 | Grzegorz Sobiński | Poland | 47.61 | |
| 14 | 1 | Samuel García | Spain | 47.76 | |
| 15 | 4 | Lorenzo Valentini | Italy | 47.82 | |
| 16 | 4 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain | 47.89 | |
| 17 | 2 | Eusebio Haliti | Italy | 47.93 | |
| 18 | 3 | Felix Francois | Sweden | 48.13 | |
| 19 | 2 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic | 48.45 | |
| 20 | 2 | Kolbeinn Hödur Gunnarsson | Iceland | 48.88 | |
| 21 | 4 | Donald Sanford | Israel | 49.11 | |
| | 3 | Isalbet Juarez | Italy | DNF | |
| | 3 | Thomas Jordier | France | DQ | |

### Semi-final

Qualification: First 3 (Q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 46.00 | Q, EL |
| 2 | 1 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 46.18 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 46.50 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain | 46.88 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Michael Bingham | Great Britain | 46.91 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 47.01 | |
| 7 | 1 | Volodymyr Burakov | Ukraine | 47.03 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Mamoudou Hanne | France | 47.08 | |
| 9 | 1 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 47.26 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 47.33 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 47.42 | |
| | 1 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | DNF | |

### Final

The final was held at 12:00.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 45.66 | EL, NR |
| | 3 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 46.21 | SB |
| | 6 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 46.70 | |
| 4 | 2 | Volodymyr Burakov | Ukraine | 46.79 | |
| 5 | 1 | Michael Bingham | Great Britain | 46.81 | |
| 6 | 4 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain | 47.02 | |