2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August. The winning margin was 0.04 seconds, which was also the winning margin in the men's 400 metres at the 1971, 1978 and 1986 editions of these championships. As of 2024, 0.04 seconds remains the narrowest winning margin for this event at these championships. Medalists Gold Martyn Rooney Silver Matthew Hudson-Smith BronzeDonald Sanford Records Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld recordMichael Johnson USA43.18Seville, Spain26 August 1999European recordThomas Schönlebe GDR44.33Rome, Italy3 September 1987Championship recordIwan Thomas GBR44.52Budapest, Hungary21 August 1998World LeadingKirani James GRN43.74Lausanne, Switzerland3 July 2014European LeadingPavel Maslák CZE44.79Doha, Qatar9 May 2014Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean LeadingMartyn Rooney GBR44.71Zürich, Switzerland15 August 2014 Schedule Date Time Round12 August 2014 12:46 Round 113 August 2014 18:54 Semifinal15 August 2014 18:50 Final All times are local times (UTC+2) Results Round 1 First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 2 4 Maksim Dyldin 45.45 Q, SB 2 5 8 Martyn Rooney 45.48 Q 3 1 2 Mame-Ibra Anne 45.57 Q 4 2 6 Liemarvin Bonevacia 45.65 Q 5 3 3 Jakub Krzewina 45.68 Q 6 1 7 Kevin Borlée 45.72 Q 7 2 5 Marek Niit 45.74 Q, NR 8 2 8 Jonathan Borlée 45.77 Q 9 5 5 Samuel García 45.80 Q 10 5 1 Kamghe Gaba 45.80Q 11 3 2 Ricardo dos Santos 45.81 Q, NR 12 3 7 Conrad Williams 45.90 Q 13 5 6 Nick Ekelund-Arenander 45.91 Q 14 1 8 Łukasz Krawczuk 45.92Q 15 1 4 Pavel Trenikhin 46.03 Q 16 4 3 Matthew Hudson-Smith 46.07Q 17 2 2 Rafał Omelko 46.10 q 18 5 3 Miloš Raović 46.12q 19 4 4 Donald Sanford 46.18Q 20 2 7 Richard Morrissey 46.20q, PB 21 3 8 Yannick Fonsat 46.23 Q 22 1 6 Vitaliy Butrym 46.30q 23 3 4 Julien Watrin 46.31 24 4 6 Brian Gregan 46.33 Q 25 3 5 Davide Re 46.34 26 2 3 Patrik Šorm 46.35 27 1 3 Daniel Němeček 46.47 28 5 7 Lorenzo Valentini 46.61 29 4 5 Matteo Galvan 46.64 Q 30 4 8 Jan Tesař 46.65 31 5 4 Karsten Warholm 46.73 32 4 7 Yavuz Can 46.90 33 4 2 Johan Wissman 46.93 34 3 6 Yevhen Hutsol 46.96 35 1 5 Bálint Móricz 47.04 36 1 1 Mateo Ružić 47.06 37 3 1 Batuhan Altıntaş 47.35 38 2 1 Željko Vincek 48.32 39 5 2 Fabian Haldner 50.55 40 4 1 Karl Baldachino 55.09 Semifinal First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 3 3 Matthew Hudson-Smith 45.30 Q 2 3 8 Jonathan Borlée 45.38 Q 3 3 5 Donald Sanford 45.39 q, NR 4 2 6 Martyn Rooney 45.40 Q 5 3 4 Jakub Krzewina 45.47 q 6 2 5 Samuel García 45.58 Q 7 2 4 Ricardo dos Santos 45.74 NR 8 3 6 Mame-Ibra Anne 45.79 9 2 3 Marek Niit 45.80 10 3 7 Brian Gregan 45.81 SB 11 1 8 Conrad Williams 45.85 Q 12 1 6 Kamghe Gaba 46.01 Q 13 1 4 Maksim Dyldin 46.05 14 3 2 Miloš Raović 46.09 15 1 3 Kevin Borlée 46.15 16 2 7 Łukasz Krawczuk 46.24 17 2 2 Matteo Galvan 46.32 18 1 5 Liemarvin Bonevacia 46.38 19 2 8 Pavel Trenikhin 46.40 20 2 1 Richard Morrissey 46.64 21 1 1 Rafał Omelko 46.69 22 1 2 Yannick Fonsat 46.83 23 1 7 Nick Ekelund-Arenander 47.16 24 3 1 Vitaliy Butrym 48.16 Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 3 Martyn Rooney 44.71 EL 6 Matthew Hudson-Smith 44.75 PB 2 Donald Sanford 45.27 NR 4 1 Jakub Krzewina 45.52 5 5 Conrad Williams 45.53 6 7 Kamghe Gaba 45.83 7 8 Samuel García 46.35 8 4 Jonathan Borlée 99.99 DNS References Round 1 Results Semifinal Results Final Results Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 2014 European Athletics Championships