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Men's 400 metres
at the 2022 European Athletics Championships
Men's 400 metres ; at the 2022 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympiastadion
Location	Munich
Dates	15 August (round 1); 16 August (semifinals); 17 August (final);
Competitors	34 from 18 nations
Winning time	44.53
Medalists
	← 2018 2024 →

The men's 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 15, 16 and 17 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships
World record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03 ^[2]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
European record	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	44.33^[3]	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
Championship record	Iwan Thomas (GBR)	44.52	Budapest, Hungary	21 August 1998
World Leading	Michael Norman (USA)	43.56^[4]	Eugene, United States	25 June 2022
Europe Leading	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	44.35^[5]	Eugene, United States	28 May 2022

All times are local times (UTC+2)

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals. The 9 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semi-finals^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Davide Re	Italy	45.26	Q, SB
2	2	7	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.26	Q, SB
3	4	3	Thomas Jordier	France	45.39	Q, PB
4	1	8	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.46	Q, PB
5	3	7	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	Denmark	45.50	Q, =NR
6	4	7	Patrick Schneider	Germany	45.58	Q
7	1	6	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	45.66	Q, SB
8	2	8	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	45.75	Q
9	2	3	João Coelho	Portugal	45.78	q
10	3	8	Gilles Biron	France	45.82	Q
11	1	7	Iñaki Cañal	Spain	45.83	Q, PB
12	4	8	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.87	Q
13	4	4	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	45.92	q, SB
14	4	3	Gustav Lundholm Nielsen	Denmark	46.05	q, SB
15	2	4	Joe Brier	Great Britain	46.06
16	3	4	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	46.12	Q
17	3	5	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway	46.18	SB
18	4	5	Manuel Guijarro	Spain	46.18
19	2	6	Marvin Schlegel	Germany	46.19
20	1	4	Manuel Sanders	Germany	46.21
21	1	5	Lorenzo Benati	Italy	46.26
22	2	2	Jochem Dobber	Netherlands	46.36	SB
23	1	3	Danylo Danylenko	Ukraine	46.39	SB
24	3	3	Óscar Husillos	Spain	46.42
25	3	6	Šimon Bujna	Slovakia	46.79

First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[7]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	5	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	44.98	Q
2	2	4	Thomas Jordier	France	45.37	Q, PB
3	3	6	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Netherlands	45.40	Q
4	2	5	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	45.45	Q
5	2	3	Karol Zalewski	Poland	45.52	q
6	1	3	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.55	Q
7	2	7	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.56	q
8	1	8	João Coelho	Portugal	45.64
9	1	2	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	45.66
10	3	3	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.67	Q
11	1	4	Christopher O'Donnell	Ireland	45.73
12	3	1	Gilles Biron	France	45.75
13	1	6	Alexander Doom	Belgium	45.77
14	1	7	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	45.88
15	3	7	Patrick Schneider	Germany	45.92
16	2	8	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	45.92
17	3	4	Davide Re	Italy	46.02
18	2	1	Iñaki Cañal	Spain	46.10
19	1	1	Gustav Lundholm Nielsen	Denmark	46.30
20	3	2	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	46.36
21	2	2	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	46.49
22	3	5	Mihai Sorin Dringo	Romania	47.06
	2	6	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	DNF
	3	8	Benjamin Lobo Vedel	Denmark	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	4	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	44.53
	8	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.03	SB
	6	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	45.17
4	5	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Netherlands	45.17	SB
5	7	Dylan Borlée	Belgium	45.39
6	1	Karol Zalewski	Poland	45.62
7	2	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.66
8	3	Thomas Jordier	France	45.67

^ "ATHLETICS TIMETABLE" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "All Time Best". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "All Time European Best". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "2022 Top List". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "2022 Top European List". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "Round 1 SUMMARY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "Semifinals SUMMARY" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "Final results" (PDF). 2022-08-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-10-16.