The men's 400 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March.Results (p. 528)

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNorbert DobeleitJens CarlowitzCayetano Cornet

Results Heats First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Cayetano Cornet 46.69 Q 2 3 Norbert Dobeleit 46.88 Q 3 4 Olivier Noirot 46.90 Q 4 1 Thomas Schönlebe 47.01 Q 5 1 Ervin Katona 47.14 Q 6 1 Klaus Just 47.14 q 7 3 Jens Carlowitz 47.15 Q 8 2 Todd Bennett 47.19 Q 9 4 Carsten Köhrbrück 47.20 Q 10 3 Gary Cadogan 47.58 q 11 2 Luboš Balošák 47.85 12 2 Pedro Curvelo 47.97 13 3 Tamás Molnár 48.03 14 4 Athanassios Kalogiannis 48.28 15 4 Andrea Nuti 48.54 16 3 Niklas Wallenlind 49.04 17 4 Slobodan Branković 49.34 18 2 Gunnar Guðmundsson 49.40

Semifinals First 2 from each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Cayetano Cornet 46.00 Q 2 1 Jens Carlowitz 46.21 Q 3 2 Thomas Schönlebe 46.48 Q 4 1 Olivier Noirot 46.73 q 5 2 Norbert Dobeleit 46.79 Q 6 1 Carsten Köhrbrück 46.81 7 2 Klaus Just 46.88 8 2 Todd Bennett 47.23 9 1 Gary Cadogan 47.28 10 2 Ervin Katona 48.01

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Norbert Dobeleit 46.08 3 Jens Carlowitz 46.09 2 Cayetano Cornet 46.91 4 4 Olivier Noirot 47.76 1 Thomas Schönlebe

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