The Men's 400 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4 & 5 with the final being held on March 5 at 17:45 local time.[1]
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Kerron Clement (USA)
|
44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
| European record |  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)
|
45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
| Championship record |  Marek Plawgo (POL)
|
45.39 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 |
| World Leading |  Kirani James (GRN)
|
44.80 | Fayetteville, United States | 27 February 2011 |
| European Leading |  Marek Niit (EST)
|
45.99 | Fayetteville, United States | 27 February 2011 |
Results edit
Heats edit
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 10:45.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Richard Buck |  Great Britain |
0.176 | 46.57 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Leslie Djhone |  France |
0.193 | 46.63 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Dmitriy Buryak |  Russia |
0.199 | 46.84 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Yoan Décimus | France |
0.200 | 46.90 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Thomas Schneider |  Germany |
0.259 | 47.10 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Mark Ujakpor |  Spain |
0.166 | 47.31 | q |
| 7 | 5 | Dmytro Ostrovskyy |  Ukraine |
0.162 | 47.33 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Clemens Zeller |  Austria |
0.202 | 47.37 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Serdar Tamaç |  Turkey |
0.186 | 47.46 | |
| 10 | 2 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain |
0.186 | 47.54 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Brian Gregan |  Ireland |
0.222 | 47.63 | |
| 12 | 4 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain |
0.211 | 47.73 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | David Gollnow | Germany |
0.212 | 47.74 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Yevgen Hutsol | Ukraine |
0.175 | 47.81 | |
| 15 | 2 | Ansoumane Fofana | France |
0.306 | 47.89 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Marc Orozco | Spain |
0.160 | 47.92 | |
| 17 | 4 | Johan Wissman |  Sweden |
0.192 | 47.95 | |
| 18 | 2 | Endrik Zilbershtein |  Georgia |
0.239 | 48.07 | NR |
| 19 | 2 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia |
0.283 | 48.10 | |
| 20 | 4 | Pavel Maslák |  Czech Republic |
0.208 | 48.14 | |
| 21 | 5 | Emir Bekrić |  Serbia |
0.180 | 48.34 | |
| 22 | 4 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia |
0.277 | 48.49 | |
| 23 | 5 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander |  Denmark |
0.206 | 48.55 | |
| 24 | 2 | Nil de Oliveira | Sweden |
0.197 | 48.64 | |
| 25 | 1 | Aram Davtyan |  Armenia |
0.288 | 48.96 | NR |
| 26 | 3 | Kristijan Efremov |  Macedonia |
0.269 | 50.35 | PB |
Semifinals edit
First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 18:10.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Leslie Djhone | France |
0.199 | 46.26 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Thomas Schneider | Germany |
0.255 | 46.72 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Richard Buck | Great Britain |
0.202 | 46.79 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain |
0.181 | 46.94 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yoan Décimus | France |
0.215 | 46.98 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Dmitriy Buryak | Russia |
0.221 | 47.09 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain |
0.175 | 47.17 | |
| 8 | 2 | Clemens Zeller | Austria |
0.230 | 47.35 | |
| 9 | 2 | Dmytro Ostrovskyy | Ukraine |
0.192 | 47.58 | |
| 10 | 1 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain |
0.190 | 47.82 | |
| 11 | 2 | David Gollnow | Germany |
0.260 | 48.07 | |
| 12 | 1 | Ansoumane Fofana | France |
0.276 | 48.19 |
Final edit
The final was held at 17:45.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | Leslie Djhone | France |
0.181 | 45.54 | EL |
 |
3 | Thomas Schneider | Germany |
0.286 | 46.42 | |
 |
5 | Richard Buck | Great Britain |
0.207 | 46.62 | |
| 4 | 2 | Dmitriy Buryak | Russia |
0.173 | 46.70 | |
| 5 | 4 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain |
0.164 | 46.74 | |
| 6 | 1 | Yoan Décimus | France |
0.276 | 46.91 |