Main > Men, 400 m > European Championships Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
48.3 Adolf Metzner GER Turin Sep 07, 1934
47.9 Adolf Metzner GER Turin Sep 08, 1934
47.4 Godfrey Brown GBR Paris Sep 07, 1938
47.3 Derek Pugh GBR Brussels Aug 25, 1950
47.0 Ardalion Ignatyev URS Bern Aug 26, 1954
46.6 Ardalion Ignatyev URS Bern Aug 27, 1954
46.3 John Wrighton GBR Stockholm Aug 21, 1958
46.1 Hans-Joachim Reske FRG Belgrade Sep 13, 1962
45.9 Robert Brightwell GBR Belgrade Sep 13, 1962
45.7 Jan Werner POL Athens Sep 18, 1969
45.5 David Jenkins GBR Helsinki Aug 13, 1971
45.5* Marcello Fiasconaro ITA Helsinki Aug 13, 1971
45.04 Karl Honz FRG Rome Sep 14, 1974
44.72 Harmut Weber FRG Athens Sep 09, 1982
44.59 Roger Black GBR Stuttgart Aug 29, 1986
44.52 Iwan Thomas GBR Budapest Aug 21, 1998
44.15 Alexander Doom BEL Rome Jun 10, 2024