title: 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
text: # 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
  
  The Men's 400 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4 & 5 with the final being held on March 5 at 17:45 local time.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
  
  | World record | Kerron Clement (USA) | 44.57 | Fayetteville, United States | 12 March 2005 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | European record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 45.05 | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 5 February 1988 |
  | Championship record | Marek Plawgo (POL) | 45.39 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 |
  | World Leading | Kirani James (GRN) | 44.80 | Fayetteville, United States | 27 February 2011 |
  | European Leading | Marek Niit (EST) | 45.99 | Fayetteville, United States | 27 February 2011 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 10:45.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | 0.176 | 46.57 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Leslie Djhone | France | 0.193 | 46.63 | Q |
  | 3 | 5 | Dmitriy Buryak | Russia | 0.199 | 46.84 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Yoan Décimus | France | 0.200 | 46.90 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Thomas Schneider | Germany | 0.259 | 47.10 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain | 0.166 | 47.31 | q |
  | 7 | 5 | Dmytro Ostrovskyy | Ukraine | 0.162 | 47.33 | q |
  | 8 | 3 | Clemens Zeller | Austria | 0.202 | 47.37 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | Serdar Tamaç | Turkey | 0.186 | 47.46 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain | 0.186 | 47.54 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | Brian Gregan | Ireland | 0.222 | 47.63 | |
  | 12 | 4 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 0.211 | 47.73 | Q |
  | 13 | 4 | David Gollnow | Germany | 0.212 | 47.74 | Q |
  | 14 | 1 | Yevgen Hutsol | Ukraine | 0.175 | 47.81 | |
  | 15 | 2 | Ansoumane Fofana | France | 0.306 | 47.89 | Q |
  | 16 | 2 | Marc Orozco | Spain | 0.160 | 47.92 | |
  | 17 | 4 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 0.192 | 47.95 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Endrik Zilbershtein | Georgia | 0.239 | 48.07 | NR |
  | 19 | 2 | Vladimir Krasnov | Russia | 0.283 | 48.10 | |
  | 20 | 4 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 0.208 | 48.14 | |
  | 21 | 5 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 0.180 | 48.34 | |
  | 22 | 4 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 0.277 | 48.49 | |
  | 23 | 5 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Denmark | 0.206 | 48.55 | |
  | 24 | 2 | Nil de Oliveira | Sweden | 0.197 | 48.64 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Aram Davtyan | Armenia | 0.288 | 48.96 | NR |
  | 26 | 3 | Kristijan Efremov | Macedonia | 0.269 | 50.35 | PB |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 18:10.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Leslie Djhone | France | 0.199 | 46.26 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Thomas Schneider | Germany | 0.255 | 46.72 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | 0.202 | 46.79 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain | 0.181 | 46.94 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Yoan Décimus | France | 0.215 | 46.98 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Dmitriy Buryak | Russia | 0.221 | 47.09 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Nigel Levine | Great Britain | 0.175 | 47.17 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Clemens Zeller | Austria | 0.230 | 47.35 | |
  | 9 | 2 | Dmytro Ostrovskyy | Ukraine | 0.192 | 47.58 | |
  | 10 | 1 | Mark Ujakpor | Spain | 0.190 | 47.82 | |
  | 11 | 2 | David Gollnow | Germany | 0.260 | 48.07 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Ansoumane Fofana | France | 0.276 | 48.19 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 17:45.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 6 | Leslie Djhone | France | 0.181 | 45.54 | EL |
  | | 3 | Thomas Schneider | Germany | 0.286 | 46.42 | |
  | | 5 | Richard Buck | Great Britain | 0.207 | 46.62 | |
  | 4 | 2 | Dmitriy Buryak | Russia | 0.173 | 46.70 | |
  | 5 | 4 | Richard Strachan | Great Britain | 0.164 | 46.74 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Yoan Décimus | France | 0.276 | 46.91 | |
  