1968 European Indoor Games
Track events
50 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
3000 m	men
50 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 182 m relay		women
4 × 364 m relay	men
Medley relay	men	women
3 × 1000 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The men's 400 metres event at the 1968 European Indoor Games was held on 10 March in Madrid.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Andrzej Badeński  Poland	Aleksandr Bratchikov  Soviet Union	Jan Balachowski  Poland

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jan Balachowski	Poland	47.50	Q
2	1	Hans Reinermann	West Germany	48.2
3	1	Ramón Magariños	Spain	48.3
4	1	Igor Krupička	Czechoslovakia	49.7
1	2	Colin Campbell	Great Britain	47.74	Q
2	2	Aleksandr Bratchikov	Soviet Union	47.8	q
3	2	Noel Carroll	Ireland	48.7
1	3	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	47.61	Q
2	3	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	48.5
3	3	Stepan Kremer	Yugoslavia	49.3
4	3	José Barceló de Carvalho	Portugal	49.7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	47.04	WB
	Aleksandr Bratchikov	Soviet Union	47.3
	Jan Balachowski	Poland	47.3
4	Colin Campbell	Great Britain	47.6