These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6, 7, and 8 September 1982.

Medalists Gold Harald Schmid Silver Aleksandr Yatsevich Bronze Uwe Ackermann

Results Final 8 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Harald Schmid 47.48 AR Aleksandr Yatsevich 48.60 Uwe Ackermann 48.64 4 Vasiliy Arkhipenko 48.68 5 Ryszard Szparak 49.41 6 Aleksandr Kharlov 49.56 7 Sven Nylander 49.64 8 Toma Tomov 50.10

Semi-finals 7 September

Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Harald Schmid 49.84 Q 2 Vasiliy Arkhipenko 49.98 Q 3 Sven Nylander 50.03 Q 4 Toma Tomov 50.10 Q 5 Franz Meier 50.33 6 Michael Zimmerman 50.83 7 Georgios Vamvakas 50.85 8 José Alonso 51.00

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Uwe Ackermann 49.32 Q 2 Aleksandr Yatsevich 49.55 Q 3 Ryszard Szparak 49.79 Q 4 Aleksandr Kharlov 50.00 Q 5 Serge Guillen 50.40 6 Saverio Gellini 50.59 7 Christer Gullstrand 50.61 8 Krasimir Demirev 51.45

Heats 6 September

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Harald Schmid 49.27 Q 2 Serge Guillen 50.07 Q 3 Vasiliy Arkhipenko 50.10 Q 4 Toma Tomov 50.36 Q 5 Georgios Vamvakas 50.84 q 6 Marceliano Ruiz 51.10 7 José Carvalho 51.35 8 István Simon-Balla 51.61

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Uwe Ackermann 49.48 Q 2 Aleksandr Kharlov 50.52 Q 3 Franz Meier 50.68 Q 4 Michael Zimmerman 50.71 Q 5 Christer Gullstrand 50.75 q 6 Krasimir Demirev 50.89 q 7 José Alonso 50.95 q

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ryszard Szparak 50.51 Q 2 Aleksandr Yatsevich 50.83 Q 3 Saverio Gellini 51.27 Q 4 Sven Nylander 51.40 Q 5 Horia Toboc 51.65 6 Olivier Gui 52.39

Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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See also 1978 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Prague) 1980 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Moscow) 1983 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Moscow) 1986 Men's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Stuttgart) 1987 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Rome) 1988 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul)

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