1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m walk		women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The men's 400 metres event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Todd Bennett  Great Britain	Bulgaria	Paul Harmsworth  Great Britain

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mark Henrich	West Germany	47.01
2	1	Paul Harmsworth	Great Britain	47.23
3	1	Mauro Zuliani	Italy	47.39
4	1		Bulgaria	47.64
5	1	Cayetano Cornet	Spain	47.64
1	2	Arjen Visserman	Netherlands	47.04
2	2	Roberto Ribaud	Italy	47.16
3	2	Todd Bennett	Great Britain	47.36
4	2	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	47.68
1	3	Aldo Canti	France	47.84
2	3	Vito Petrella	Italy	47.86
3	3	José Alonso	Spain	47.87
4	3	Steve Heard	Great Britain	48.04
5	3	Željko Knapić	Yugoslavia	48.54
1	4	Vito Petrella	Italy	47.28
2	4	Antonio Sánchez	Spain	47.32
3	4	Klaus Ehrle	Austria	47.39
4	4		Great Britain	47.83
5	4	Manlio Molinari	San Marino	49.14	NR

Semifinals[]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Arjen Visserman	Netherlands	46.80	Q
2	2		Bulgaria	46.87	Q
3	2	Mauro Zuliani	Italy	47.03	Q
4	1	Todd Bennett	Great Britain	47.09	Q
5	2	Aldo Canti	France	47.13
6	1	Mark Henrich	West Germany	47.52	Q
7	1	Paul Harmsworth	Great Britain	47.56	Q
8	2	Roberto Ribaud	Italy	47.63
8	1	Vito Petrella	Italy	47.65
10	2	José Alonso	Spain	47.79
11	1	Cayetano Cornet	Spain	48.09
12	1	Ismail Mačev	Yugoslavia	48.15

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Todd Bennett	Great Britain	46.81
		Bulgaria	46.89
	Paul Harmsworth	Great Britain	46.92
4	Arjen Visserman	Netherlands	46.96
5	Mark Henrich	West Germany	47.42
6	Mauro Zuliani	Italy	47.50

References[]