1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

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

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ruslan Mashchenko	Ashraf Saber	Robert Maćkowiak

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			47.16	Q
2	5			47.19	Q
3	1			47.26	Q
4	3			47.38	Q
5	5			47.43	Q
6	3			47.49	q
7	1			47.51	Q
8	5			47.52	q
9	3			47.62
10	1			47.67
11	4			47.68	Q
12	2			47.75	Q
12	4			47.75	Q
14	2			47.85	Q
15	4			47.89
16	3			47.99
17	1			48.11
18	5			48.15
19	1			48.16
20	4			48.23
21	2			48.41
22	2			48.78
23	2			48.81
24	4			48.82
25	5			49.05

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			46.24	Q
2	1			46.36	Q
3	2			46.48	Q
4	1			46.59	Q
5	1			46.79
6	2			47.42	Q
7	2			47.43	Q
8	2			47.61
9	2			47.64
10	2			47.66
11	1			48.03
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			45.90	NR
			45.99	NR
			46.00
4			47.18
5			47.32
6			50.05

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results