1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Pietro Mennea
 Italy
Ryszard Podlas
 Poland
Nikolay Chernetskiy
 Soviet Union

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Nikolay Chernetskiy Soviet Union47.20Q
22Ryszard Podlas Poland47.80Q
33Alfonso Di Guida Italy47.96Q
43Karel Kolář Czechoslovakia47.96Q
53Narzis Popov Bulgaria48.19
62Eddy De Leeuw Belgium48.34
74Pietro Mennea Italy48.40Q
84Željko Knapić Yugoslavia48.55Q
91Nándor Hornyacsek Hungary48.64Q
92Yanko Bratanov Bulgaria48.64
111Vasiliy Arkhipenko Soviet Union48.79Q
121Giovanni Bongiorni Italy48.79
134Pavel Pavlov Bulgaria48.83

Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Ryszard Podlas Poland47.08Q
22Pietro Mennea Italy47.16Q
31Nikolay Chernetskiy Soviet Union47.29Q
41Željko Knapić Yugoslavia47.61Q
52Vasiliy Arkhipenko Soviet Union47.71
61Alfonso Di Guida Italy47.86
71Nándor Hornyacsek Hungary48.06
82Karel Kolář Czechoslovakia48.62

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Pietro Mennea Italy46.51
Ryszard Podlas Poland46.55
Nikolay Chernetskiy Soviet Union46.72
4Željko Knapić Yugoslavia47.83

References

  1. Results
  2. Results (p. 470)
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