2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates7 March 2025 (round 1 and semi-finals)
8 March 2025 (final)
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Winning time45.25
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
  2023
2027  

The men's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 8 March 2025. This was the 38th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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Background

The men's 400 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). [2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. [3]

Christopher Morales Williams of Canada is the world record holder with a time of 44.49 s set in 2024. [4] The European record is 45.05, set by both Thomas Schönlebe of East Germany and Karsten Warholm of Norway, set in 1988 and 2019 respectively. Warholm's time is the current championship record, set at the 2019 championships.

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [4] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Christopher Morales-Williams  (CAN)44.49 Fayetteville, United States24 February 2024
European record [4] Flag of East Germany.svg  Thomas Schönlebe  (GDR)45.05 Sindelfingen, West Germany5 February 1988
Flag of Norway.svg  Karsten Warholm  (NOR) Glasgow, Great Britain2 March 2019
Championship record Flag of Norway.svg  Karsten Warholm  (NOR)45.05 Glasgow, Great Britain2 March 2019
World leading [5] Flag of the United States.svg  Christopher Bailey  (USA)44.70 Fayetteville, United States14 February 2025
European leading [5] Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Molnár  (HUN)45.08 Ostrava, Czech Republic4 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's 400 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. [6] Athletes qaulified by achieving the entry standards of 46.20 s indoors or 45.00 s outdoor or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. [6] There was a target number of 30 athletes. [6]

Results

Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 12:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. [7] First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualified for the semi-finals. [8]

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Maksymilian Szwed Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.69 Q, PB
2 Markel Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 46.19 Q, PB
3 Isaya Klein Ikkink Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46.20 q
4 Ricky Petrucciani Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 46.79
5 Omar Elkhatib Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 47.17
6 Franko Burraj Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 49.70
[9]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jimy Soudril Flag of France.svg  France 46.19 Q
2 Jonas Phijffers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46.49 Q
3 Alex Haydock-Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.83
4 Ericsson Tavares Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46.88
5 Šimon Bujna Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 47.13
6 Óscar Husillos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 47.95
[10]

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 João Coelho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46.01 Q, SB
2 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 46.16 Q, SB
3 Eugene Omalla Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46.62
4 Luca Sito Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46.67
5 Efekemo Okoro Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.05
6 Rok Ferlan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 47.33
[11]

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Iñaki Cañal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 46.10 Q
2 Patrik Simon Enyingi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 46.24 Q
3 Jonathan Sacoor Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 46.30 q, PB
4 Téo Andant Flag of France.svg  France 46.32
5 Lionel Spitz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 46.67 SB
[12]

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Attila Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 45.86 Q
2 Daniel Segers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 46.11 Q, PB
3 Oleksandr Pohorilko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 46.32 NR
4 Yann Spillmann Flag of France.svg  France 46.64
5 Boško Kijanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 46.78
[13]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 7 March, starting at 20:19 (UTC+1) in the evening. [7] First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Attila Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 45.48 Q
2 Jimy Soudril Flag of France.svg  France 45.99 Q, PB
3 João Coelho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46.02 Q
4 Markel Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 46.82
5 Jonas Phijffers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46.89
6 Jonathan Sacoor Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 47.25
[14]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Maksymilian Szwed Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.78 Q
2 Iñaki Cañal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 46.24 Q
3 Isaya Klein Ikkink Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46.33 Q
4 Patrik Simon Enyingi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 46.45
5 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47.67
Daniel Segers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNF
[15]

Final

The final was held on 8 March, starting at 21:10 (UTC+1) in the evening. [7]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Attila Molnár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 45.25
Silver medal icon.svg Maksymilian Szwed Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45.31 EU23R, NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Jimy Soudril Flag of France.svg  France 45.59 PB
4 Iñaki Cañal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 45.88
5 Isaya Klein Ikkink Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46.20
6 João Coelho Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46.46
[16]

References

  1. "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres men", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 400 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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  13. "400m Men - Round 1 - Heat 5 result" (PDF). European Athletics . 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  14. "400m Men - Semi-finals - Heat 1 result" (PDF). European Athletics . 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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  16. "400m Men - Final result" (PDF). European Athletics . 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.