The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 26, 27, and 28 August 1986.
Medalists Gold Harald Schmid Silver Aleksandr Vasilyev Bronze Sven Nylander
Results Final 28 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Harald Schmid 48.65 Aleksandr Vasilyev 48.76 Sven Nylander 49.38 4 Toma Tomov 49.62 5 Tagir Zemskov 50.02 6 José Alonso 50.30 7 Rik Tommelein 50.45 8 Athanassios Kalogiannis 51.83
Semi-finals 27 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Harald Schmid 49.17 Q 2 José Alonso 49.45 Q 3 Tagir Zemskov 49.47 Q 4 Athanassios Kalogiannis 49.86 Q 5 Luca Cosi 50.28 6 Philippe Gonigam 50.44 7 Phil Beattie 50.67 Peter Scholz DQ
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aleksandr Vasilyev 48.80 Q 2 Sven Nylander 48.83 NR Q 3 Toma Tomov 49.21 Q 4 Rik Tommelein 49.77 Q 5 Thomas Futterknecht 49.82 6 Matthias Kaulin 50.00 7 Max Robertson 50.06 8 Jozef Kucej 50.42
Heats 26 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sven Nylander 49.80 Q 2 Toma Tomov 50.02 Q 3 José Alonso 50.03 Q 4 Matthias Kaulin 50.09 q 5 Giorgio Rucli 50.89 6 Alain Cuypers 51.27
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aleksandr Vasilyev 49.61 Q 2 Peter Scholz 49.74 Q 3 Rik Tommelein 49.92 Q 4 Thomas Futterknecht 50.17 q 5 Luca Cosi 50.69 q 6 Georgios Vamvakas 50.91
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Harald Schmid 50.15 Q 2 Philippe Gonigam 50.45 Q 3 Max Robertson 50.64 Q 4 Ryszard Szparak 50.70 5 Oleg Azarov 50.76 6 Ulf Sedlacek 51.58 7 Klaus Ehrle 51.82
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tagir Zemskov 49.85 Q 2 Athanassios Kalogiannis 49.96 Q 3 Jozef Kucej 50.00 Q 4 Phil Beattie 50.00 q 5 Thomas Nyberg 52.16
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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