2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13 and 15 August.

Medalists edit

The podium

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record	Kevin Young (USA)	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
European record	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	47.37	Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July 1995
Championship record	Harald Schmid (FRG)	47.48	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading	Javier Culson (PUR)	48.03	New York City, United States	14 June 2014
European Leading	Rasmus Mägi (EST)	48.61	Tallinn, Estonia	3 August 2014
Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Rasmus Mägi (EST)	48.54	Zürich, Switzerland	13 August 2014

All times are local times (UTC+2)

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	7	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia	49.05	Q
2	1	6	Varg Königsmark	Germany	49.46	Q
3	1	3	Yoann Décimus	France	49.60	Q, SB
4	5	6	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	49.70	Q
5	3	2	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	49.72	Q
6	3	4	Patryk Dobek	Poland	49.73	Q
7	4	5	Niall Flannery	Great Britain	49.77	Q
8	2	2	Thomas Barr	Ireland	49.79	Q
9	4	3	Emir Bekrić	Serbia	49.82	Q
10	3	6	Sebastian Rodger	Great Britain	49.88	Q
11	1	2	Michal Brož	Czech Republic	49.90	Q, SB
12	4	8	Timofey Chalyy	Russia	49.92	Q
13	4	6	Oskari Mörö	Finland	49.97	Q, PB
14	1	8	Stef Vanhaeren	Belgium	49.98	q
15	5	5	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	50.18	Q
16	2	4	Felix Franz	Germany	50.23	Q
17	2	7	Máté Koroknai	Hungary	50.33	Q, PB
18	1	4	Jussi Kanervo	Finland	50.35	q, PB
19	3	5	Leonardo Capotosti	Italy	50.45	Q
20	5	8	Tom Burton	Great Britain	50.47	Q
21	4	2	Denys Nechyporenko	Ukraine	50.63	q
22	3	7	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.72	q, SB
23	2	6	Oleg Mironov	Russia	50.78	Q
24	2	5	Tim Rummens	Belgium	50.80
25	3	8	Tibor Koroknai	Hungary	50.84
26	5	7	Janis Baltušs	Latvia	50.89	Q, PB
27	5	3	Sergio Fernández	Spain	50.89
28	4	4	Thomas Kain	Austria	50.90	PB
29	2	8	Nicolai Hartling	Denmark	51.15
30	5	2	Øyvind Kjerpeset	Norway	51.23
31	1	5	Jonathan Puemi	Switzerland	51.40	=SB
32	5	1	Jason Harvey	Ireland	51.91
33	3	3	Yann Eloi Senjarić	Croatia	52.14
34	2	3	Jaak-Heinrich Jagor	Estonia	52.67
35	5	4	Jacques Frisch	Luxembourg	54.06
36	4	7	Alexei Cravcenco	Moldova	55.66

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	3	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	48.54	Q, EL, NR
2	3	8	Timofey Chalyy	Russia	48.69	Q
3	3	5	Felix Franz	Germany	48.96	q, PB
4	3	7	Oskari Mörö	Finland	49.08	q, NR
5	1	5	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia	49.09	Q
6	1	4	Varg Königsmark	Germany	49.12	Q, PB
7	1	6	Patryk Dobek	Poland	49.13	PB
8	2	3	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	49.16	Q
9	2	6	Emir Bekrić	Serbia	49.21	Q, SB
10	2	5	Thomas Barr	Ireland	49.30
11	1	3	Sebastian Rodger	Great Britain	49.47	SB
12	3	4	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	49.62
13	2	4	Yoann Décimus	France	49.71
14	3	6	Niall Flannery	Great Britain	50.15
15	1	8	Leonardo Capotosti	Italy	50.21
16	3	2	Denys Nechyporenko	Ukraine	50.35
17	1	7	Michal Brož	Czech Republic	50.39
18	2	8	Tom Burton	Great Britain	50.47
19	1	2	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.60	SB
20	2	2	Stef Vanhaeren	Belgium	50.63
21	2	1	Oleg Mironov	Russia	50.69
22	2	7	Máté Koroknai	Hungary	50.95
23	1	1	Janis Baltušs	Latvia	50.96
	3	1	Jussi Kanervo	Finland	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	48.96	PB
	3	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	49.06
	6	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia	49.16
4	4	Timofey Chalyy	Russia	49.56
5	2	Felix Franz	Germany	49.83
6	7	Emir Bekrić	Serbia	49.90
7	8	Varg Königsmark	Germany	49.91
8	1	Oskari Mörö	Finland	50.14