2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Johan Wissman
 Sweden
Claudio Licciardello
 Italy
Ioan Vieru
 Romania

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Johan Wissman  Sweden 46.49 Q
2 1 Clemens Zeller  Austria 46.61 Q
3 5 Jan Ciepiela  Poland 46.72 Q, PB
4 5 Claudio Licciardello  Italy 46.72 Q
5 3 Ioan Vieru  Romania 46.99 Q
6 3 Richard Buck  Great Britain 47.04 Q
7 4 David Gillick  Ireland 47.10 Q
8 2 Matteo Galvan  Italy 47.18 Q
9 2 Nick Leavey  Great Britain 47.19 Q
10 2 Yoan Décimus  France 47.22 q
11 1 Piotr Klimczak  Poland 47.24 q
12 3 Stanislav Melnykov  Ukraine 47.24
13 4 Yannick Fonsat  France 47.28 Q
14 5 Vladimir Krasnov  Russia 47.31
15 2 Santiago Ezquerro  Spain 47.45
16 5 Jussi Heikkilä  Finland 47.53 SB
17 4 Jacob Riis  Denmark 47.54 PB
18 3 Mark Ujakpor  Spain 47.59
19 1 Visa Hongisto  Finland 47.70 NJR
20 3 Peter Žnava  Slovakia 47.85
21 5 Serdar Tamaç  Turkey 47.94
22 1 Andreas Bube  Denmark 48.02
23 4 Petr Szetei  Czech Republic 48.03
24 2 Ali Ekber Kayas  Turkey 48.65
25 1 Catalin Cîmpeanu  Romania 48.66
26 2 Nicklas Hyde  Denmark 49.30
4 Antonio Manuel Reina  Spain DNF

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Claudio Licciardello  Italy 46.31 Q
2 1 Johan Wissman  Sweden 46.38 Q
3 1 Ioan Vieru  Romania 46.61 Q
4 1 Richard Buck  Great Britain 46.76 Q
5 2 Clemens Zeller  Austria 46.84 Q
6 2 Matteo Galvan  Italy 47.45 Q
7 2 Jan Ciepiela  Poland 47.54
8 2 Yoan Décimus  France 47.78
9 1 Nick Leavey  Great Britain 47.93
10 2 Yannick Fonsat  France 47.99
11 1 Piotr Klimczak  Poland 53.81
12 1 David Gillick  Ireland 1:37.01

Final

Johan Wissman of Sweden won the gold medal.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johan Wissman  Sweden 45.89 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claudio Licciardello  Italy 46.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ioan Vieru  Romania 46.54 SB
4 Clemens Zeller  Austria 46.62
5 Richard Buck  Great Britain 46.94
6 Matteo Galvan  Italy 48.23

References