The men's 400 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29, 30, and 31 July 1999.

Medalists Gold Piotr Haczek Silver Zsolt Szeglet Bronze Marc Raquil

Results

Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Piotr Haczek 45.78 Zsolt Szeglet 46.09 Marc Raquil 46.18 4 Geoff Dearman 46.49 5 David Canal 46.57 6 Marcel Lopuchovský 46.62 7 Maik Liebe 47.08 8 Jimisola Laursen 47.15

Semifinals 30 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marc Raquil 45.93 Q 2 Marcel Lopuchovský 45.95 Q 3 Jimisola Laursen 46.04 Q 4 Maik Liebe 46.20 Q 5 David Naismith 46.27 6 Anastasios Gousis 46.61 7 Michał Węglarski 46.69 8 Adrián Fernández 47.73

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Piotr Haczek 46.09 Q 2 Zsolt Szeglet 46.13 Q 3 Geoff Dearman 46.34 Q 4 David Canal 46.46 Q 5 Piotr Długosielski 46.78 6 Kjell Provost 46.94 7 Sebastian Debnar-Daumler 47.41 8 Damien Grosso 48.05

Heats 29 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marc Raquil 46.54 Q 2 Jimisola Laursen 46.57 Q 3 David Naismith 46.83 Q 4 Sebastian Debnar-Daumler 47.21 q 5 Jan Hanzl 47.75 6 Roald Bergheim 48.15 7 Antonis Ayiomamitis 49.50

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Canal 46.45 Q 2 Maik Liebe 46.66 Q 3 Piotr Długosielski 46.86 Q 4 Paul McKee 47.33 5 Rikkert van Rhee 47.36 6 Goran Gajović 47.50 7 Lee Calderon 52.40 Jacob Stafstedt DQ

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marcel Lopuchovský 46.52 Q 2 Piotr Haczek 46.56 Q 3 Kjell Provost 46.57 Q 4 Anastasios Gousis 46.78 q 5 Loïc Lerouge 47.70 6 Luis Flores 48.52 7 Edoardo Vallet 48.69 Ercan Sunu DNF

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Geoff Dearman 46.73 Q 2 Zsolt Szeglet 46.83 Q 3 Michał Węglarski 46.84 Q 4 Adrián Fernández 47.19 q 5 Damien Grosso 47.25 q 6 Marcel Knospe 47.29 7 Pedro Tubal 47.78 8 Pavel Jelínek 48.37

Participation According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

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