2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Location	Rome
Dates	8 June (round 1) 9 June (semifinals) 10 June (final)
Competitors	33 from 18 nations
Winning time	44.15 CR
Medalists
Alexander Doom    Belgium   Charlie Dobson    Great Britain   Liemarvin Bonevacia    Netherlands
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The men's 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico from 8 to 10 June.^[1]

Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships
World record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03[2]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
European record	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	44.07[3]	Oslo, Norway	30 May 2024
Championship record	Iwan Thomas (GBR)	44.52	Budapest, Hungary	21 August 1998
World Leading	Christopher Morales-Williams (CAN)	44.05[4]	Gainesville, Florida, United States	11 May 2024
Europe Leading	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	44.07[5]	Oslo, Norway	30 May 2024

All times are local times (UTC+2)

The next 14 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. The 10 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semifinals.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	45.50	q
2	7	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.59	q
3	4	Téo Andant	France	45.65	q
4	5	Christopher O'Donnell	Ireland	45.69	q, SB
5	3	Karol Zalewski	Poland	45.80	q, SB
6	2	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.90	q, SB
7	6	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.69
–	9	Zoltán Wahl	Hungary	DNF

^[7]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.37	q
2	4	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	45.80	q
3	6	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	46.04	R
4	7	Riccardo Meli	Italy	46.17	SB
5	9	Marc Koch	Germany	46.18
6	5	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	46.39
7	8	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.40
8	2	Šimon Bujna	Slovakia	46.52

^[7]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Luca Sito	Italy	45.12	q, EU23L
2	4	David Sombe	France	45.45	q, SB
3	6	Rok Ferlan	Slovenia	45.52	q, PB
4	5	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.62	q, SB
5	7	Gustav Lundholm Nielsen	Denmark	45.84	q, SB
6	9	Andreas Grimerud	Norway	45.90	q, =PB
7	8	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	47.99

^[7]

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[8] *Athletes that received a bye into the semifinal

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Luca Sito	Italy	44.75	Q, EU23L, NR
2	4	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	44.99	Q, PB
3	8	Attila Molnár*	Hungary	45.04	q, SB
4	6	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen*	Norway	45.37	SB
5	7	Oleksandr Pohorilko*	Ukraine	45.41
6	3	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.47	SB
7	2	Rok Ferlan	Slovenia	45.63
8	9	Téo Andant	France	45.72

^[9]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Charlie Dobson*	Great Britain	44.65	Q
2	5	Jean Paul Bredau*	Germany	45.03	Q, SB
3	9	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.28	q, SB
4	6	João Coelho*	Portugal	45.36	SB
5	4	David Sombe	France	45.36	SB
6	7	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.46	SB
7	2	Gustav Lundholm Nielsen	Denmark	46.01
8	3	Andreas Grimerud	Norway	46.25

^[9]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Alexander Doom*	Belgium	44.87	Q
2	6	Liemarvin Bonevacia*	Netherlands	45.17	Q, SB
3	9	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	45.65
4	8	Gilles Biron*	France	45.91
5	4	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.92
6	7	Manuel Sanders*	Germany	46.03
7	2	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	46.05
–	3	Christopher O'Donnell	Ireland	TR17.2.3
–		Karol Zalewski	Poland	DNS

^[9]

The final started on 10 June at 21:40.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	8	Alexander Doom	Belgium	44.15	CR, NR
	6	Charlie Dobson	Great Britain	44.38	PB
	9	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Netherlands	44.88	SB, EM35R
4	5	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	44.98	PB
5	7	Luca Sito	Italy	45.04
6	3	Attila Molnár	Hungary	45.07
7	4	Jean Paul Bredau	Germany	45.11
8	2	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.69