1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19, 20 and 21 August.

Medalists

Gold	Iwan Thomas  Great Britain
Silver	Robert Maćkowiak  Poland
Bronze	Mark Richardson  Great Britain

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	David Canal	Spain	45.20	Q, PB
2	2	Iwan Thomas	Great Britain	45.44	Q
3	2	Marc Foucan	France	45.59	Q
4	2	Ashraf Saber	Italy	45.64	q, PB
5	1	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	45.96	Q
6	4	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	46.05	Q
7	1	Dmitriy Golovastov	Russia	46.16	Q, SB
7	1	Jan Poděbradský	Czech Republic	46.16	Q
9	3	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	46.17	Q
10	4	Piotr Haczek	Poland	46.26	Q
11	4	Pierre-Marie Hilaire	France	46.27	Q
11	1	Solomon Wariso	Great Britain	46.27	q
11	4	Antonio Andres	Spain	46.27	q, PB
14	4	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	46.39	q
15	1	Marcel Lopuchovský	Slovakia	46.49
15	2	Stelios Dimotsios	Greece	46.49
17	4	Matija Šestak	Slovenia	46.57
18	3	Marco Vaccari	Italy	46.60	Q
19	3	Innokentiy Zharov	Russia	46.73	Q
19	3	Stephan Letzelter	Germany	46.73
21	3	Štefan Balošák	Slovakia	46.87
22	1	Fred Mango	France	46.88
23	1	Edoardo Vallet	Italy	47.03
24	3	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	47.15
25	4	Péter Nyilasi	Hungary	47.16
26	2	Boštjan Horvat	Slovenia	47.17
27	3	Andriy Tverdostup	Ukraine	47.28
28	1	Eugene Farrell	Ireland	47.56
29	2	Jan Štejfa	Czech Republic	47.63
30	3	Johan Lannefors	Sweden	47.72
31	2	Mikhail Vdovin	Russia	DNF

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Iwan Thomas	Great Britain	44.82	Q
2	2	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	45.08	Q, NR
3	1	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	45.22	Q, PB
4	2	David Canal	Spain	45.29	Q
5	1	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.41	Q
6	2	Solomon Wariso	Great Britain	45.59	Q
7	1	Piotr Haczek	Poland	45.68	Q, PB
8	2	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	45.74
9	1	Ashraf Saber	Italy	45.78	Q
10	2	Marco Vaccari	Italy	45.86
11	2	Innokentiy Zharov	Russia	45.92
12	1	Dmitriy Golovastov	Russia	45.93	SB
13	1	Jan Poděbradský	Czech Republic	46.01
14	1	Pierre-Marie Hilaire	France	46.26
15	2	Marc Foucan	France	46.52
16	1	Antonio Andres	Spain	46.59

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Iwan Thomas	Great Britain	44.52	CR
	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	45.04	NR
	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	45.14
4	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	45.43
5	Piotr Haczek	Poland	45.46	PB
6	Ashraf Saber	Italy	45.67
7	David Canal	Spain	45.93
	Solomon Wariso	Great Britain	DSQ

References

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