# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 9. Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Marc Raquil France | Vladislav Frolov Russia | Leslie Djhone France |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 7, 2006 | 12:15 | Round 1 |
| August 8, 2006 | 18:55 | Semifinals |
| August 9, 2006 | 20:45 | Final |

## 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 | 1 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 45.58 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Marc Raquil | France | 45.65 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Leslie Djhone | France | 45.67 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 45.73 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 45.81 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 4 | Dimitrios Regas | Greece | 45.81 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Cédric Van Branteghem | Belgium | 45.95 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Graham Hedman | United Kingdom | 46.02 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Rafał Wieruszewski | Poland | 46.05 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Timothy Benjamin | United Kingdom | 46.10 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Robert Tobin | United Kingdom | 46.10 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Ioan Vieru | Romania | 46.10 | q |
| 13 | 2 | David Gillick | Ireland | 46.16 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Claudio Licciardello | Italy | 46.24 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Marcin Marciniszyn | Poland | 46.36 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Željko Vincek | Croatia | 46.48 | |
| 17 | 1 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 46.48 | |
| 18 | 4 | David McCarthy | Ireland | 46.53 | SB |
| 19 | 2 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 46.55 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Sebastian Gatzka | Germany | 46.55 | |
| 21 | 3 | Karel Bláha | Czech Republic | 46.60 | |
| 22 | 1 | Dimitrios Gravalos | Greece | 46.68 | |
| 23 | 2 | Pierre Lavanchy | Switzerland | 46.71 | |
| 24 | 2 | Thomas Nikitin | Sweden | 46.72 | PB |
| 25 | 1 | Vasile Bobos | Romania | 46.77 | |
| 26 | 3 | Brice Panel | France | 46.98 | |
| 27 | 3 | Youssef El Rhalfioui | Netherlands | 47.12 | |
| 28 | 2 | Catalin Cîmpeanu | Romania | 47.16 | |
| 29 | 2 | Padeleimon Melahrinoudis | Greece | 47.22 | |
| 30 | 4 | David Testa | Spain | 47.29 | |
| 31 | 2 | Peter Žňava | Slovakia | 47.38 | |
| 32 | 1 | Ivano Bucci | San Marino | 48.86 | PB |
| 33 | 1 | Florent Battistel | Monaco | 50.75 | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Marc Raquil | France | 0.228 | 44.95 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 0.186 | 45.21 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 0.221 | 45.30 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Dimitrios Regas | Greece | 0.166 | 45.60 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 8 | Ioan Vieru | Romania | 0.185 | 45.83 | |
| 6 | 2 | Graham Hedman | United Kingdom | 0.183 | 45.90 | |
| 7 | 1 | Marcin Marciniszyn | Poland | 0.156 | 45.96 | |
| 8 | 7 | Claudio Licciardello | Italy | 0.169 | 46.21 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Leslie Djhone | France | 0.190 | 45.23 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 0.294 | 45.38 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 7 | Rafał Wieruszewski | Poland | 0.211 | 45.56 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 4 | Timothy Benjamin | United Kingdom | 0.225 | 45.67 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 0.168 | 45.77 | |
| 6 | 1 | Robert Tobin | United Kingdom | 0.227 | 46.03 | |
| 7 | 5 | David Gillick | Ireland | 0.148 | 46.84 | |
| | 2 | Cédric Van Branteghem | Belgium | 0.236 | | DNF |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Marc Raquil | France | 0.217 | 45.02 | |
| | 6 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 0.193 | 45.09 | PB |
| | 3 | Leslie Djhone | France | 0.156 | 45.40 | |
| 4 | 4 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 0.177 | 45.56 | |
| 5 | 7 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 0.235 | 45.70 | |
| 6 | 1 | Timothy Benjamin | United Kingdom | 0.210 | 45.89 | |
| 7 | 2 | Rafał Wieruszewski | Poland | 0.259 | 45.97 | |
| 8 | 8 | Dimitrios Regas | Greece | 0.176 | 46.23 | |