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2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 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

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Gold Martyn Rooney
 Great Britain
Silver Matthew Hudson-Smith
 Great Britain
Bronze Donald Sanford
 Israel

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record  Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
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  Kirani James (GRN) 43.74 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 July 2014
European Leading  Pavel Maslák (CZE) 44.79 Doha, Qatar 9 May 2014
Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships
European Leading  Martyn Rooney (GBR) 44.71 Zürich, Switzerland 15 August 2014

Schedule

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Date Time Round
12 August 2014 12:46 Round 1
13 August 2014 18:54 Semifinal
15 August 2014 18:50 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

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Round 1

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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  Russia 45.45 Q, SB
2 5 8 Martyn Rooney  Great Britain 45.48 Q
3 1 2 Mame-Ibra Anne  France 45.57 Q
4 2 6 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands 45.65 Q
5 3 3 Jakub Krzewina  Poland 45.68 Q
6 1 7 Kevin Borlée  Belgium 45.72 Q
7 2 5 Marek Niit  Estonia 45.74 Q, NR
8 2 8 Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 45.77 Q
9 5 5 Samuel García  Spain 45.80 Q
10 5 1 Kamghe Gaba  Germany 45.80 Q
11 3 2 Ricardo dos Santos  Portugal 45.81 Q, NR
12 3 7 Conrad Williams  Great Britain 45.90 Q
13 5 6 Nick Ekelund-Arenander  Denmark 45.91 Q
14 1 8 Łukasz Krawczuk  Poland 45.92 Q
15 1 4 Pavel Trenikhin  Russia 46.03 Q
16 4 3 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain 46.07 Q
17 2 2 Rafał Omelko  Poland 46.10 q
18 5 3 Miloš Raović  Serbia 46.12 q
19 4 4 Donald Sanford  Israel 46.18 Q
20 2 7 Richard Morrissey  Ireland 46.20 q, PB
21 3 8 Yannick Fonsat  France 46.23 Q
22 1 6 Vitaliy Butrym  Ukraine 46.30 q
23 3 4 Julien Watrin  Belgium 46.31
24 4 6 Brian Gregan  Ireland 46.33 Q
25 3 5 Davide Re  Italy 46.34
26 2 3 Patrik Šorm  Czech Republic 46.35
27 1 3 Daniel Němeček  Czech Republic 46.47
28 5 7 Lorenzo Valentini  Italy 46.61
29 4 5 Matteo Galvan  Italy 46.64 Q
30 4 8 Jan Tesař  Czech Republic 46.65
31 5 4 Karsten Warholm  Norway 46.73
32 4 7 Yavuz Can  Turkey 46.90
33 4 2 Johan Wissman  Sweden 46.93
34 3 6 Yevhen Hutsol  Ukraine 46.96
35 1 5 Bálint Móricz  Hungary 47.04
36 1 1 Mateo Ružić  Croatia 47.06
37 3 1 Batuhan Altıntaş  Turkey 47.35
38 2 1 Željko Vincek  Croatia 48.32
39 5 2 Fabian Haldner  Liechtenstein 50.55
40 4 1 Karl Baldachino  Gibraltar 55.09

Semifinal

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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  Great Britain 45.30 Q
2 3 8 Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 45.38 Q
3 3 5 Donald Sanford  Israel 45.39 q, NR
4 2 6 Martyn Rooney  Great Britain 45.40 Q
5 3 4 Jakub Krzewina  Poland 45.47 q
6 2 5 Samuel García  Spain 45.58 Q
7 2 4 Ricardo dos Santos  Portugal 45.74 NR
8 3 6 Mame-Ibra Anne  France 45.79
9 2 3 Marek Niit  Estonia 45.80
10 3 7 Brian Gregan  Ireland 45.81 SB
11 1 8 Conrad Williams  Great Britain 45.85 Q
12 1 6 Kamghe Gaba  Germany 46.01 Q
13 1 4 Maksim Dyldin  Russia 46.05
14 3 2 Miloš Raović  Serbia 46.09
15 1 3 Kevin Borlée  Belgium 46.15
16 2 7 Łukasz Krawczuk  Poland 46.24
17 2 2 Matteo Galvan  Italy 46.32
18 1 5 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands 46.38
19 2 8 Pavel Trenikhin  Russia 46.40
20 2 1 Richard Morrissey  Ireland 46.64
21 1 1 Rafał Omelko  Poland 46.69
22 1 2 Yannick Fonsat  France 46.83
23 1 7 Nick Ekelund-Arenander  Denmark 47.16
24 3 1 Vitaliy Butrym  Ukraine 48.16

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Martyn Rooney  Great Britain 44.71 EL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain 44.75 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Donald Sanford  Israel 45.27 NR
4 1 Jakub Krzewina  Poland 45.52
5 5 Conrad Williams  Great Britain 45.53
6 7 Kamghe Gaba  Germany 45.83
7 8 Samuel García  Spain 46.35
4 Jonathan Borlée  Belgium DNS

References

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