2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Men's 400 metres ; at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Berlin
Dates	August 7 (round 1); August 8 (semifinals); August 10 (final);
Competitors	39 from 23 nations
Winning time	44.78
Medalists
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Last updated October 03, 2025

The men's 400 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7, 8, and 10 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
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	Michael Norman (USA)	43.61	Eugene, United States	8 June 2018
European Leading	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	44.63	London, United Kingdom	21 July 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 August 2018	10:35	Round 1
8 August 2018	19:30	Semifinals
10 August 2018	21:05	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advanced to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	8	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.19	Q, SB
2	1	8	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.29	Q, SB
3	2	7	Matteo Galvan	Italy	45.48	Q, SB
4	1	6	Ricardo dos Santos	Portugal	45.55	Q, NR
5	2	6	Jānis Leitis	Latvia	45.56	Q, NR
6	2	4	Samuel García	Spain	45.63	q
7	4	6	Dwayne Cowan	Great Britain	45.75	Q
8	1	7	Vitaliy Butrym	Ukraine	45.82	Q, SB
9	1	2	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	45.83	q
10	3	1	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.84	Q
11	3	7	Robert Parge	Romania	45.99	Q
12	4	5	Donald Sanford	Israel	46.00	Q
13	4	3	Patrick Schneider	Germany	46.15	Q
14	4	4	Łukasz Krawczuk	Poland	46.17	q
15	2	3	Dariusz Kowaluk	Poland	46.18
16	3	8	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	46.27	Q
17	3	6	Oleksiy Pozdnyakov	Ukraine	46.47
18	3	4	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.52
19	3	2	Johannes Trefz	Germany	46.53
20	1	3	Yavuz Can	Turkey	46.58
21	4	7	Michal Desenský	Czech Republic	46.68
22	1	1	Christopher O'Donnell	Ireland	46.81	SB
23	4	2	Erik Martinsson	Sweden	46.87
24	4	8	Batuhan Altıntaş	Turkey	46.91
25	2	5	Stanislav Senyk	Ukraine	47.10
26	3	5	Tony Nõu	Estonia	47.19
27	1	5	Mateo Ružić	Croatia	47.32
28	2	2	Franko Burraj	Albania	47.56
29	1	4	Jessy Franco	Gibraltar	48.12	PB
30	3	3	Joel Burgunder	Switzerland	48.78

Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	4	Matthew Hudson-Smith ^*	Great Britain	44.76	Q
2	1	5	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	44.87	Q, SB
3	3	5	Karsten Warholm ^*	Norway	44.91	Q, SB
4	3	6	Luka Janežič ^*	Slovenia	44.93	Q, SB
5	3	3	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.07	q, SB
6	2	5	Karol Zalewski ^*	Poland	45.11	Q, PB
7	1	7	Ricardo dos Santos	Portugal	45.14	q, NR
8	2	4	Óscar Husillos ^*	Spain	45.17	Q
8	1	6	Matteo Galvan	Italy	45.17	SB
10	2	6	Rabah Yousif ^*	Great Britain	45.30	SB
11	3	4	Liemarvin Bonevacia ^*	Netherlands	45.39
12	1	2	Dwayne Cowan	Great Britain	45.45	SB
13	1	3	Lucas Búa ^*	Spain	45.48
14	2	3	Davide Re ^*	Italy	45.53
14	2	8	Jānis Leitis	Latvia	45.53	NR
16	1	8	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	45.59	SB
17	2	7	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.63
18	3	7	Donald Blair-Sanford	Israel	45.68
19	3	1	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.73	SB
20	1	1	Łukasz Krawczuk	Poland	45.78	SB
21	3	8	Samuel García	Spain	45.87
22	3	2	Vitaliy Butrym	Ukraine	46.01
23	2	1	Robert Parge	Romania	46.07
24	2	2	Patrick Schneider	Germany	46.58

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[4]

Final

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	44.78
	1	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.13
	4	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.19
4	5	Karol Zalewski	Poland	45.34
5	7	Luka Janežič	Slovenia	45.43
6	8	Óscar Husillos	Spain	45.61
7	2	Ricardo dos Santos	Portugal	45.78
8	6	Karsten Warholm	Norway	46.68

References

↑ Timetable
↑ "Round 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
↑ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
↑ List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
↑ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2018-08-11.

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[1] Timetable

[2] "Round 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2018-08-09.

[3] "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2018-08-08.

[4] List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals

[5] "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2018-08-11.

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2018 European Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
Marathon team	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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