The men's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7 and 8 March 2025. This was the 38th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The men's 400 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023).András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Christopher Morales Williams of Canada is the world record holder with a time of 44.49 s set in 2024."All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025. The European record is 45.05, set by both Thomas Schönlebe of East Germany and Karsten Warholm of Norway, set in 1988 and 2019 respectively. Warholm's time is the current championship record, set at the 2019 championships. +Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record44.49Fayetteville, United States24 February 2024European record45.05Sindelfingen, West Germany5 February 1988Glasgow, Great Britain2 March 2019Championship record45.05Glasgow, Great Britain2 March 2019World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 400 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.44.70Fayetteville, United States14 February 2025European leading45.08Ostrava, Czech Republic4 February 2025
Qualification For the men's 400 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. Athletes qaulified by achieving the entry standards of 46.20 s indoors or 45.00 s outdoor or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There was a target number of 30 athletes.
Results Round 1 Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 12:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 2 in each heat () and the next 2 by time () qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Maksymilian Szwed 45.69, 2 Markel Fernández 46.19, 3 Isaya Klein Ikkink 46.20 4 Ricky Petrucciani 46.79 5 Omar Elkhatib 47.17 6 Franko Burraj 49.70
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jimy Soudril 46.19 2 Jonas Phijffers 46.49 3 Alex Haydock-Wilson 46.83 4 Ericsson Tavares 46.88 5 Šimon Bujna 47.13 6 Óscar Husillos 47.95
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 João Coelho 46.01, 2 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 46.16, 3 Eugene Omalla 46.62 4 Luca Sito 46.67 5 Efekemo Okoro 47.05 6 Rok Ferlan 47.33
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Iñaki Cañal 46.10 2 Patrik Simon Enyingi 46.24 3 Jonathan Sacoor 46.30, 4 Téo Andant 46.32 5 Lionel Spitz 46.67
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Attila Molnár 45.86 2 Daniel Segers 46.11, 3 Oleksandr Pohorilko 46.32 4 Yann Spillmann 46.64 5 Boško Kijanović 46.78
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 7 March, starting at 20:19 (UTC+1) in the evening. First 3 in each heat () qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Attila Molnár 45.48 2 Jimy Soudril 45.99 , 3 João Coelho 46.02 4 Markel Fernández 46.82 5 Jonas Phijffers 46.89 6 Jonathan Sacoor 47.25
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Maksymilian Szwed 45.78 2 Iñaki Cañal 46.24 3 Isaya Klein Ikkink 46.33 4 Patrik Simon Enyingi 46.45 5 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 47.67 Daniel Segers
Final The final was held on 8 March, starting at 21:10 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Attila Molnár45.25 Maksymilian Szwed45.31EU23R, Jimy Soudril45.59 4Iñaki Cañal45.88 5Isaya Klein Ikkink46.20 6João Coelho46.46
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