The men's

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

event at the

1986 European Athletics Championships The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion, now known as Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. ...

was held in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, then West Germany, at

Neckarstadion Mercedes-Benz Arena () is a stadium located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and home to German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. Before 1993 it was called Neckarstadion (), named after the nearby river Neckar and between 1993 and July ...

on 27, 28, and 29 August 1986.

Medalists

Results

Final

29 August

Semi-finals

28 August

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Heats

27 August

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. * (2) * (2) * (1) * (2) * (2) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (3) * (2)

References

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400 metres at the European Athletics Championships