1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 170 m relay		women
4 × 340 m relay	men	women
4 × 680 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
v t

The men's 400 metres event at the 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 and 11 March in Rotterdam.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Luciano Sušanj  Yugoslavia	East Germany	Poland

Results[]

Heats[]

Held on 10 March.

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	46.83	Q
2	4		Poland	47.55	Q
3	4		Sweden	47.70
4	1	Falko Geiger	West Germany	47.88	Q
5	1		East Germany	48.06	Q
6	2	Hermann Köhler	West Germany	48.19	Q
7	3		East Germany	48.20	Q
8	3	Ulrich Reich	West Germany	48.28	Q
9	1	Jan Balachowski	Poland	48.31
10	3		France	48.33
11	2	Manuel Soriano	Spain	48.41	Q
12	2		Great Britain	48.47
13	3	Miroslav Tulis	Czechoslovakia	48.48
14	4	Bjarni Stefánsson	Iceland	48.73	NR
15	2		Soviet Union	48.74
16	1	Lucien Sainte-Rose	France	48.80

Semifinals[]

Held on 10 March.

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	46.73	Q
2	1		East Germany	47.28	Q
3	2		Poland	47.55	Q
4	1	Ulrich Reich	West Germany	47.62
5	2		East Germany	47.75	Q
6	2	Falko Geiger	West Germany	47.84
7	2	Manuel Soriano	Spain	48.01
	1	Hermann Köhler	West Germany	DNS

Final[]

Held on 11 March.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	46.38	WB
		East Germany	47.31
		Poland	47.40
4		East Germany	48.28

References[]