1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
50 m	men	women
400 m		women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
50 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 180 m relay		women
4 × 360 m relay	men	women
4 × 720 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

The men's 400 metres event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Grenoble.^[1][2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Georg Nückles  West Germany	Ulrich Reich  West Germany	Wolfgang Müller  East Germany

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

Held on 11 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Wolfgang Müller	East Germany	47.56	Q
2	2	Ulrich Reich	West Germany	47.57	Q
3	1	Alfonso Gabernet	Spain	47.81	Q, NR
4	1	Georg Nückles	West Germany	47.84	Q
5	1	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	47.84	q
6	1	Willy Vandenwyngaerden	Belgium	48.64	q
7	2	Jean-Pierre Sgard	France	49.33
8	3	Benno Stops	East Germany	49.93	Q
9	3	František Štross	Czechoslovakia	51.67	Q

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Held on 11 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ulrich Reich	West Germany	47.58	Q
2	1	Alfonso Gabernet	Spain	47.63	Q, NR
3	1	Benno Stops	East Germany	47.75
4	1	Luciano Sušanj	Yugoslavia	47.85
5	2	Wolfgang Müller	East Germany	47.99	Q
6	2	Georg Nückles	West Germany	48.06	Q
7	2	Willy Vandenwyngaerden	Belgium	48.77
8	2	František Štross	Czechoslovakia	49.55

Held on 12 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Georg Nückles	West Germany	47.24
	Ulrich Reich	West Germany	47.42
	Wolfgang Müller	East Germany	47.42
4	Alfonso Gabernet	Spain	47.66