The Hungarian clocked 45.01 at the Czech indoor gala in Ostrava on Tuesday.
Attila Molnar clocked 45.01 in the men’s 400m at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meet in Ostrava on Tuesday, breaking the European record shared by Thomas Schoenlebe and Karsten Warholm.
The Hungarian was chased around the lap by Jonas Pfeiffers but held on to win as he beat the European mark of 45.05 set by Schönlebe in 1988 and Warholm in 2019.
Fijfers finished runner-up with a Dutch record of 45.48 points.
However, it was Holland who won the women’s 400m as Liek Klaver set a world lead of 51.00.
The all-time European rankings for the men’s 800m were rewritten. Elliot Crestan won in a Belgian record of 1:43.83 as Maciej Wyderka was second in a Polish record of 1:44.07 and Mark English third in 1:44.23 to better his own Irish record.
As fast times continued, Holland’s Sam Chapple was fourth in a PB of 1:44.75 and Marino Blok was fifth in a Croatian record of 1:45.27.
It saw Crestan, Wyderka and English finish third, fourth and sixth in the all-time Euro rankings.
Elsewhere, Italy’s Mattia Furlani won the men’s long jump with a best of 8.30m as Miltiadis Tentoglu (8.23m) and Bozhidar Saraboykov (8.21m) finished second and third.
Isaac Nader, the surprise winner of the world 1500m title last September, won the men’s 3000m in 7:38.05, grimly holding off a strong challenge from Tshepo Tshite.
European 60m indoor champion Zeinab Dosso of Italy won in 7.09, with Luxembourg’s Patricia van Der Weken second in 7.14 and Karolina Manasova of the Czech Republic and Amy Hunt of Great Britain tied for third in 7.17.
