1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28, 29 February and 1 March.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Slobodan Branković Yugoslavia	Andrea Nuti Italy	David Grindley Great Britain

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	46.85	Q
2	2	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.86	Q
3	2	David Grindley	Great Britain	47.42	Q
4	1	Aleksejs Iljušinš	Latvia	47.58	Q
5	2	Manuel Moreno	Spain	47.62	q
6	1	Jiří Janoušek	Czechoslovakia	47.69	Q
7	1	Fabio Grossi	Italy	47.72	Q
8	1	José Mendes	Portugal	47.80	q
9	3	Marco Vaccari	Italy	48.13	Q
10	3	Tsvetoslav Stankulov	Bulgaria	48.18	Q
11	3	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	48.28	Q
12	1	Gary Cadogan	Great Britain	49.06	q
	3	Aivar Ojastu	Estonia	DNS	^[2]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	46.23	Q, NR
2	1	Marco Vaccari	Italy	46.34	Q
3	1	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	46.62	Q
4	2	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.65	Q
5	2	Aleksejs Iljušinš	Latvia	46.97	Q, NR
6	1	Jiří Janoušek	Czechoslovakia	46.98
7	2	David Grindley	Great Britain	47.03	Q
8	2	Manuel Moreno	Spain	47.33
9	2	Tsvetoslav Stankulov	Bulgaria	47.37
10	1	Fabio Grossi	Italy	47.60
11	1	Gary Cadogan	Great Britain	47.85
12	2	José Mendes	Portugal	48.18

Video of the final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Slobodan Branković	Yugoslavia	46.33
	Andrea Nuti	Italy	46.37
	David Grindley	Great Britain	46.60
4	Aleksejs Iljušinš	Latvia	47.02
5	Marco Vaccari	Italy	47.18
6	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	47.33