# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7 and 9 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 August 1992 |
| European record | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.37 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 July 1995 |
| Championship record | Harald Schmid (FRG) | 47.48 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World Leading | Abderrahman Samba (QAT) | 46.98 | Paris, France | 30 June 2018 |
| European Leading | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 47.65 | London, Great Britain | 21 July 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 47.64 | Berlin, Germany | 9 August 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 August 2016 | 17:05 | Round 1 |
| 7 August 2016 | 19:45 | Semifinals |
| 9 August 2016 | 20:15 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 5 (q) advance to the Semifinals. 11 fastest entrants awarded bye to Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 6 | Victor Coroller | France | 50.10 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 8 | Denys Nechyporenko | Ukraine | 50.26 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 50.34 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Alain-Hervé Mfomkpa | Switzerland | 50.34 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | Maksims Sinčukovs | Latvia | 50.39 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.46 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor | Estonia | 50.47 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | France | 50.60 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 50.70 | q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Aleksandr Skorobogatko | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 50.74 | q |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.74 | q |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Martin Kučera | Slovakia | 50.75 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Italy | 50.80 | q |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Dany Brand | Switzerland | 50.82 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Nick Smidt | Netherlands | 50.96 | |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Vít Müller | Czech Republic | 51.00 | |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 51.02 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Jakub Mordyl | Poland | 51.15 | |
| 19 | 4 | 5 | Isak Andersson | Sweden | 51.18 | |
| 20 | 2 | 3 | Sebastian Rodger | Great Britain | 51.30 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Martin Tuček | Czech Republic | 51.63 | |
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Aleix Porras | Spain | 51.69 | |
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Diogo Mestre | Portugal | 52.65 | |
| 24 | 4 | 3 | Hrvoje Čukman | Croatia | 52.93 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Andrea Ercolani Volta | San Marino | 53.86 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Dai Greene | Great Britain | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Karsten Warholm* | Norway | 48.67 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Patryk Dobek* | Poland | 48.75 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Rasmus Mägi* | Estonia | 48.80 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Yasmani Copello* | Turkey | 48.88 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Ludvy Vaillant* | France | 48.88 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Timofey Chalyy* | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 48.89 | q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Thomas Barr* | Ireland | 49.10 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Sergio Fernández* | Spain | 49.19 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Luke Campbell* | Germany | 49.20 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 49.24 | PB |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Victor Coroller | France | 49.34 | SB |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Lorenzo Vergani* | Italy | 49.41 | |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | France | 49.58 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 49.77 | PB |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | Jack Green* | Great Britain | 49.84 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Italy | 49.86 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Denys Nechyporenko | Ukraine | 50.27 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Martin Kučera | Slovakia | 50.30 | SB |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.31 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Maksims Sinčukovs | Latvia | 50.33 | NU23R |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor | Estonia | 50.41 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Alain-Hervé Mfomkpa | Switzerland | 50.71 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.96 | |
| | 3 | 7 | Aleksandr Skorobogatko | Authorised Neutral Athletes | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 47.64 | EU23R, EL, NR |
| | 4 | Yasmani Copello | Turkey | 47.81 | NR |
| | 8 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 48.31 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Ludvy Vaillant | France | 48.42 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Patryk Dobek | Poland | 48.59 | SB |
| 6 | 5 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 48.75 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Sergio Fernández | Spain | 48.98 | SB |
| 8 | 1 | Timofey Chalyy | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 49.41 | |