2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7, and 8 July.^[1]

Men's 400 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	6 July (heats) 7 July (semifinals) 8 July (final)
Competitors	32 from 17 nations
Winning time	45.29
Medalists
Martyn Rooney    Great Britain   Pavel Maslák    Czech Republic   Liemarvin Bonevacia    Netherlands
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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)	44.08	Des Moines, United States	29 April 2016
European Leading	Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)	44.88	Birmingham, United Kingdom	26 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	13:35	Round 1
7 July 2016	16:45	Semifinal
8 July 2016	19:50	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

 

Heat 1

 

Heat 3

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advanced to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	8	Jarryd Dunn	Great Britain	46.05	Q
2	1	7	Julien Watrin	Belgium	46.10	Q
3	1	6	Alexander Gladitz	Germany	46.28	Q
4	3	4	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	46.57	Q
5	3	5	Mame-Ibra Anne	France	46.73	Q
6	1	1	Vitaliy Butrym	Ukraine	46.77	Q
7	3	7	Mateo Ružić	Croatia	46.89	Q
8	3	8	Łukasz Krawczuk	Poland	46.94	Q
9	1	4	Joel Burgunder	Switzerland	46.98	q
10	2	5	Lucas Búa	Spain	47.00	Q
11	3	1	Brian Gregan	Ireland	47.02	q
12	2	6	Jakub Krzewina	Poland	47.09	Q
12	3	3	Aliaksandr Linnik	Belarus	47.09	q
14	2	4	Thomas Jordier	France	47.14	Q
15	1	5	Batuhan Altıntaş	Turkey	47.23
16	2	7	Johannes Trefz	Germany	47.32	Q
17	2	3	Yevhen Hutsol	Ukraine	47.35
18	2	2	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	47.45
19	3	6	Danylo Danylenko	Ukraine	47.49
20	1	3	Craig Lynch	Ireland	47.61
21	1	2	Giuseppe Leonardi	Italy	47.68
22	2	8	David Gillick	Ireland	47.81
23	3	2	Luca Flück	Switzerland	47.97

Semifinal

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	7	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.04	Q, SB
2	2	6	Matteo Galvan*	Italy	45.12	Q, =NR
3	2	5	Rafał Omelko*	Poland	45.14	q, PB
4	1	5	Kevin Borlée*	Belgium	45.26	Q
5	1	4	Pavel Maslák*	Czech Republic	45.31	Q, SB
6	2	8	Mame-Ibra Anne	France	45.39	q, SB
7	2	3	Yavuz Can*	Turkey	45.51	NR
8	3	5	Luka Janežič*	Slovenia	45.63	Q
9	3	3	Liemarvin Bonevacia*	Netherlands	45.68	Q, SB
10	2	4	Julien Watrin	Belgium	45.76
11	1	6	Aliaksandr Linnik	Belarus	45.80
12	1	8	Łukasz Krawczuk	Poland	45.86	SB
13	3	4	Donald Blair-Sanford*	Israel	45.90
14	3	2	Jarryd Dunn	Great Britain	46.00	SB
15	1	2	Johannes Trefz	Germany	46.07
16	1	7	Vitaliy Butrym	Ukraine	46.07
17	3	6	Thomas Jordier	France	46.24
18	3	7	Lucas Búa	Spain	46.26
19	1	1	Brian Gregan	Ireland	46.37
20	1	3	Samuel García*	Spain	46.43
21	3	1	Jakub Krzewina	Poland	46.50
22	3	8	Alexander Gladitz	Germany	46.57
23	2	2	Mateo Ružić	Croatia	47.19
24	2	1	Joel Burgunder	Switzerland	47.23

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[4]

Final

 

The final

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	9	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.29
	4	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	45.36
	2	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Netherlands	45.41	SB
4	7	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.60
5	6	Luka Janežič	Slovenia	45.65
6	5	Rafał Omelko	Poland	45.67
7	8	Mame-Ibra Anne	France	45.75
8	3	Matteo Galvan	Italy	45.80

References

1. "None".
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
3. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
4. "List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals" (PDF).
5. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2016-07-09.