1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Ashraf Saber	Italy	47.16	Q
2	5	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	47.19	Q
3	1	Sean Baldock	Great Britain	47.26	Q
4	3	Jan Poděbradský	Czech Republic	47.38	Q
5	5	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	47.43	Q
6	3	Bruno Wavelet	France	47.49	q
7	1	Rafik Elouardi	Austria	47.51	Q
8	5	Antonio Andrés	Spain	47.52	q
9	3	Paul Slythe	Great Britain	47.62
10	1	Fred Mango	France	47.67
11	4	Emmanuel Front	France	47.68	Q
12	2	Carlos Silva	Portugal	47.75	Q
12	4	Andreas Rechbauer	Austria	47.75	Q
14	2	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	47.85	Q
15	4	Laurent Clerc	Switzerland	47.89
16	3	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	47.99
17	1	Boris Gorban	Russia	48.11
18	5	Alex Argudin	Romania	48.15
19	1	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	48.16
20	4	Panayiotis Sarris	Greece	48.23
21	2	Solomon Wariso	Great Britain	48.41
22	2	Bjorn Verbeke	Belgium	48.78
23	2	Pablo Escribá	Spain	48.81
24	4	Ercan Sunu	Turkey	48.82
25	5	Kjell Provost	Belgium	49.05

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	46.24	Q
2	1	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	46.36	Q
3	2	Ashraf Saber	Italy	46.48	Q
4	1	Sean Baldock	Great Britain	46.59	Q
5	1	Bruno Wavelet	France	46.79
6	2	Carlos Silva	Portugal	47.42	Q
7	2	Tomasz Czubak	Poland	47.43	Q
8	2	Emmanuel Front	France	47.61
9	2	Rafik Elouardi	Austria	47.64
10	2	Antonio Andrés	Spain	47.66
11	1	Andreas Rechbauer	Austria	48.03
	1	Jan Poděbradský	Czech Republic	DQ