The men's 400 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 27, 28, and 29 August 1986.
Medalists Gold Roger Black Silver Thomas Schönlebe Bronze Mathias Schersing
Results Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Roger Black 44.59 CR NR Thomas Schönlebe 44.63 Mathias Schersing 44.85 4 Derek Redmond 45.25 5 Ralf Lübke 45.35 6 António Sánchez 45.41 NR 7 Aldo Canti 45.93 8 Erwin Skamrahl 46.38
Semi-finals 28 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roger Black 45.33 Q 2 Mathias Schersing 45.38 Q 3 Aldo Canti 45.62 Q 4 Erwin Skamrahl 45.81 Q 5 Yann Quentrec 45.89 6 Aleksandr Kurochkin 46.01 7 Roberto Ribaud 46.22 8 Phil Brown 46.61
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Redmond 45.35 Q 2 Thomas Schönlebe 45.42 Q 3 António Sánchez 45.71 Q 4 Ralf Lübke 45.72 Q 5 Derek O'Connor 45.94 6 Jörg Vaihinger 46.36 7 Arkadiy Kornilov 46.46 8 Arjen Visserman 46.66
Heats 27 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roger Black 45.40 Q 2 António Sánchez 45.78 Q 3 Erwin Skamrahl 46.11 Q 4 Arjen Visserman 46.12 q 5 Mauro Zuliani 46.53 6 Ismail Mačev 47.52 7 Fikret Tulumtaş 48.97
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Phil Brown 46.00 Q 2 Mathias Schersing 46.04 Q 3 Derek O'Connor 46.09 Q 4 Jörg Vaihinger 46.23 q 5 Vladimir Prosin 46.32 6 Gusztáv Menczer 46.40
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Redmond 45.75 Q 2 Ralf Lübke 45.88 Q 3 Aleksandr Kurochkin 46.18 Q 4 Aldo Canti 46.23 q 5 Ángel Heras 46.41 6 Gerry Delaney 46.88
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Thomas Schönlebe 45.54 Q 2 Roberto Ribaud 45.69 Q 3 Yann Quentrec 45.77 Q 4 Arkadiy Kornilov 46.09 q 5 Željko Knapić 47.81 Marcel Arnold DQ
Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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