1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres


The men's 400 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.

Medalists

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat and the next 2 fastest qualified for the semifinals.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Ashraf Saber47.16Q
25Ruslan Mashchenko47.19Q
31Sean Baldock47.26Q
43Jan Poděbradský47.38Q
55Robert Maćkowiak47.43Q
63Bruno Wavelet47.49q
71Rafik Elouardi47.51Q
85Antonio Andrés47.52q
93Paul Slythe47.62
101Fred Mango47.67
114Emmanuel Front47.68Q
122Carlos Silva47.75Q
124Andreas Rechbauer47.75Q
142Tomasz Czubak47.85Q
154Laurent Clerc47.89
163Periklis Iakovakis47.99
171Boris Gorban48.11
185Alex Argudin48.15
191Evripides Demosthenous48.16
204Panayiotis Sarris48.23
212Solomon Wariso48.41
222Bjorn Verbeke48.78
232Pablo Escribá48.81
244Ercan Sunu48.82
255Kjell Provost49.05

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly for the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Ruslan Mashchenko46.24Q
21Robert Maćkowiak46.36Q
32Ashraf Saber46.48Q
41Sean Baldock46.59Q
51Bruno Wavelet46.79
62Carlos Silva47.42Q
72Tomasz Czubak47.43Q
82Emmanuel Front47.61
92Rafik Elouardi47.64
102Antonio Andrés47.66
111Andreas Rechbauer48.03
1Jan Poděbradský

Final