2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 June.
Medalists
Records
Schedule
Results
Round 1
First 3 in each heat and 6 best performers advance to the Semifinals.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Michaël Bultheel | 49.65 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Adrien Clémenceau | 49.84 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Tobias Giehl | 49.98 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Nathan Woodward | 50.02 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Georg Fleischhauer | 50.22 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Periklis Iakovakis | 50.25 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | 50.32 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | Stanislav Melnykov | 50.33 | Q | |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | Rhys Williams | 50.40 | Q | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Mikita Yakauleu | 50.47 | Q, PB | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Josef Prorok | 50.57 | Q | |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Václav Barák | 50.58 | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Thomas Barr | 50.59 | Q, SB | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Rasmus Mägi | 50.61 | Q | |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Emir Bekrić | 50.73 | Q | |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | Jorge Paula | 50.74 | Q, SB | |
| 17 | 5 | 6 | Diego Cabello | 50.89 | Q | |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Michal Brož | 50.91 | q, PB | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Vladimir Antmanis | 50.92 | q | |
| 20 | 6 | 8 | Kariem Hussein | 50.94 | Q | |
| 21 | 5 | 5 | Marek Plawgo | 50.96 | q | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Spirídon Papadópoulos | 51.01 | q | |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Silvestras Guogis | 51.25 | q | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Javier Sagredo | 51.37 | q | |
| 25 | 1 | 6 | Martin Kučera | 51.50 | ||
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Jacques Frisch | 51.59 | ||
| 26 | 5 | 7 | Oskari Mörö | 51.59 | SB | |
| 28 | 3 | 3 | Petteri Monni | 51.73 | ||
| 29 | 6 | 5 | Jason Harvey | 51.83 | ||
| 30 | 6 | 4 | Denys Teslenko | 51.92 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 8 | Attila Nagy | 52.04 | ||
| 32 | 4 | 3 | Richard Yates | 52.12 | ||
| 33 | 1 | 2 | Juan Enrique Valles | 52.43 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 5 | Tuncay Örs | 52.63 | ||
| 35 | 4 | 4 | Jussi Heikkilä | 52.95 | ||
| 36 | 3 | 4 | Ricardo Lima | 53.00 | ||
| 37 | 5 | 2 | Tibor Koroknai | 53.22 | ||
| 2 | 2 | João Ferreira | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Øyvind Kjerpeset | ||||
| 2 | 6 | Brent LaRue | ||||
| 5 | 3 | José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | ||||
| 6 | 6 | David Gollnow |
Semifinals
First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Semifinals.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Emir Bekrić | 49.37 | Q, NR | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Georg Fleischhauer | 49.52 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Rasmus Mägi | 49.54 | q, NR | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Rhys Williams | 49.63 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Nathan Woodward | 49.68 | q | |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Stanislav Melnykov | 49.72 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Adrien Clémenceau | 49.80 | Q, SB | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Periklis Iakovakis | 49.83 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Tobias Giehl | 49.95 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Michaël Bultheel | 49.98 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Mikita Yakauleu | 50.02 | PB | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | 50.02 | SB | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Thomas Barr | 50.22 | SB | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Vladimir Antmanis | 50.25 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Václav Barák | 50.33 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Diego Cabello | 50.52 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Jorge Paula | 50.58 | SB | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Marek Plawgo | 50.77 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Kariem Hussein | 50.81 | PB | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Silvestras Guogis | 51.15 | SB | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Michal Brož | 51.35 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Javier Sagredo | 51.66 | ||
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Spirídon Papadópoulos | 51.89 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Josef Prorok |