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