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2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
| Men's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omnisport Apeldoorn | |||||||||
| Apeldoorn, Netherlands | |||||||||
| 7 March 2025 (round 1 and semi-finals)8 March 2025 (final) | |||||||||
| 28 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| 45.25 | |||||||||
| Attila Molnár | |||||||||
| Hungary Maksymilian Szwed | |||||||||
| Poland Jimy Soudril | |||||||||
| France | Attila Molnár | Hungary | Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | Jimy Soudril | France | |||
| Attila Molnár | Hungary | ||||||||
| Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | ||||||||
| Jimy Soudril | France |
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.
The men's 400 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). 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. 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.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Morales-Williams (CAN) | 44.49 | Fayetteville, United States | 24 February 2024 | |
| Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 | |
| Karsten Warholm (NOR) | Glasgow, Great Britain | 2 March 2019 | ||
| Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 45.05 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 2 March 2019 | |
| Christopher Bailey (USA) | 44.70 | Fayetteville, United States | 14 February 2025 | |
| Attila Molnár (HUN) | 45.08 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 4 February 2025 |
For the men's 400 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. 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.
Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 12:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualified for the semi-finals.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | 45.69 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Markel Fernández | Spain | 46.19 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Isaya Klein Ikkink | Netherlands | 46.20 | q |
| 4 | Ricky Petrucciani | Switzerland | 46.79 | |
| 5 | Omar Elkhatib | Portugal | 47.17 | |
| 6 | Franko Burraj | Albania | 49.70 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimy Soudril | France | 46.19 | Q |
| 2 | Jonas Phijffers | Netherlands | 46.49 | Q |
| 3 | Alex Haydock-Wilson | Great Britain | 46.83 | |
| 4 | Ericsson Tavares | Portugal | 46.88 | |
| 5 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 47.13 | |
| 6 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 47.95 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.01 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Norway | 46.16 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Eugene Omalla | Netherlands | 46.62 | |
| 4 | Luca Sito | Italy | 46.67 | |
| 5 | Efekemo Okoro | Great Britain | 47.05 | |
| 6 | Rok Ferlan | Slovenia | 47.33 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 46.10 | Q |
| 2 | Patrik Simon Enyingi | Hungary | 46.24 | Q |
| 3 | Jonathan Sacoor | Belgium | 46.30 | q, PB |
| 4 | Téo Andant | France | 46.32 | |
| 5 | Lionel Spitz | Switzerland | 46.67 | SB |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attila Molnár | Hungary | 45.86 | Q |
| 2 | Daniel Segers | Belgium | 46.11 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Oleksandr Pohorilko | Ukraine | 46.32 | NR |
| 4 | Yann Spillmann | France | 46.64 | |
| 5 | Boško Kijanović | Serbia | 46.78 | |
The semi-finals were held on 7 March, starting at 20:19 (UTC+1) in the evening. First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the semi-finals.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attila Molnár | Hungary | 45.48 | Q |
| 2 | Jimy Soudril | France | 45.99 | Q, PB |
| 3 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.02 | Q |
| 4 | Markel Fernández | Spain | 46.82 | |
| 5 | Jonas Phijffers | Netherlands | 46.89 | |
| 6 | Jonathan Sacoor | Belgium | 47.25 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | 45.78 | Q |
| 2 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 46.24 | Q |
| 3 | Isaya Klein Ikkink | Netherlands | 46.33 | Q |
| 4 | Patrik Simon Enyingi | Hungary | 46.45 | |
| 5 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Norway | 47.67 | |
| — | Daniel Segers | Belgium | DNF | |
The final was held on 8 March, starting at 21:10 (UTC+1) in the evening.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attila Molnár | Hungary | 45.25 | ||
| Maksymilian Szwed | Poland | 45.31 | EU23R, NR | |
| Jimy Soudril | France | 45.59 | PB | |
| 4 | Iñaki Cañal | Spain | 45.88 | |
| 5 | Isaya Klein Ikkink | Netherlands | 46.20 | |
| 6 | João Coelho | Portugal | 46.46 | |
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