2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

  • 8 June (round 1)
  • 9 June (semifinals)
  • 10 June (final)
Competitors33 from 18 nationsWinning time44.15 CRMedalists
gold medal Alexander Doom   Belgium
silver medal Charlie Dobson   Great Britain
bronze medal 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]

Records

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

Schedule

Date Time Round
8 June 2024 11:45 Round 1
9 June 2024 20:38 Semifinals
10 June 2024 21:40 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

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]

Heat 2

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]

Heat 3

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]

Semi-finals

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

Heat 1

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]

Heat 2

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]

Heat 3

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]

Final

The final started on 10 June at 21:40.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Alexander Doom  Belgium 44.15 CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Charlie Dobson  Great Britain 44.38 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ^ "ATHLETICS TIMETABLE". european-athletics.org. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ "World Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  3. ^ "European Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Top List". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 Top European List". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  6. ^ "400 m Men Round 1 Start List".
  7. ^ a b c "400m Men – Round 1 – Results" (PDF). European Athletics. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  8. ^ "400m Men Semifinal Startlist". European Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "400m Men – Semi-finals – Results" (PDF). European Athletics. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 4 September 2024.