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2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueOmnisport Apeldoorn[1]
LocationApeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates7 March 2025 (round 1 and semi-finals)
8 March 2025 (final)
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Winning time45.25
Medalists
gold medal Attila Molnár   Hungary
silver medal Maksymilian Szwed   Poland
bronze medal Jimy Soudril   France
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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

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The men's 400 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023).[2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.[3]

Christopher Morales Williams of Canada is the world record holder with a time of 44.49 s set in 2024.[4] 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 Championships
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record[4]  Christopher Morales-Williams (CAN) 44.49 Fayetteville, United States 24 February 2024
European record[4]  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) 45.05 Sindelfingen, West Germany 5 February 1988
 Karsten Warholm (NOR) Glasgow, Great Britain 2 March 2019
Championship record  Karsten Warholm (NOR) 45.05 Glasgow, Great Britain 2 March 2019
World leading[5]  Christopher Bailey (USA) 44.70 Fayetteville, United States 14 February 2025
European leading[5]  Attila Molnár (HUN) 45.08 Ostrava, Czech Republic 4 February 2025

Qualification

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For the men's 400 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025.[6] 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.[6] There was a target number of 30 athletes.[6]

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 12:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon.[7] First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualified for the semi-finals.[8]

Heat 1

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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
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Heat 2

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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
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Heat 3

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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
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Heat 4

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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
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Heat 5

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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
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Semi-finals

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The semi-finals were held on 7 March, starting at 20:19 (UTC+1) in the evening.[7] First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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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
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Heat 2

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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
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Final

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The final was held on 8 March, starting at 21:10 (UTC+1) in the evening.[7]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Attila Molnár  Hungary 45.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maksymilian Szwed  Poland 45.31 EU23R, NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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References

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  1. ^ "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 400 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  8. ^ "400m Men - Round 1 start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  9. ^ "400m Men - Round 1 - Heat 1 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  10. ^ "400m Men - Round 1 - Heat 2 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  11. ^ "400m Men - Round 1 - Heat 3 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  12. ^ "400m Men - Round 1 - Heat 4 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  13. ^ "400m Men - Round 1 - Heat 5 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  14. ^ "400m Men - Semi-finals - Heat 1 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  15. ^ "400m Men - Semi-finals - Heat 2 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  16. ^ "400m Men - Final result" (PDF). European Athletics. 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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