2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28, 29 and 31 July.

Medalists

Gold
Great Britain
(GBR)
Silver
Great Britain
(GBR)
Bronze
Ukraine
(UKR)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  
Kevin Young
 (USA)
46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
European record  Stéphane Diagana (FRA) 47.37 Lausanne, Switzerland 5 July 1995
Championship record  Harald Schmid (FRG) 47.48 Athens, Greece 8 September 1982
World Leading  Bershawn Jackson (USA) 47.32
Des Moines, IA, United States
26 June 2010
European Leading  Dai Greene (GBR) 48.49 Lausanne, Switzerland 8 July 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
European Leading  Dai Greene (GBR) 48.12 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
28 July 2010 12:50 Round 1
29 July 2010 19:30 Semifinals
31 July 2010 20:10 Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 4 Aleksandr Derevyagin  
Russia
 (RUS)
0.186 50.14 Q
2 6 Fadil Bellaabouss  
France
 (FRA)
0.193 50.32 Q
3 8 Nathan Woodward  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
0.187 50.45 Q
4 3 Michal Uhlík  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
0.188 50.47 q
5 5 Ignacio Sarmiento  
Spain
 (ESP)
0.171 51.82
6 2 Silvestras Guogis  
Lithuania
 (LTU)
0.178 53.38
7 Sotírios Iakovákis  
Greece
 (GRE)
0.238 DSQ

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 5
Rhys Williams
 
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
0.208 49.35 Q
2 4 Periklis Iakovakis  
Greece
 (GRE)
0.204 49.49 Q, SB
3 3 Josef Prorok  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
0.272 49.97 Q, PB
4 7
Attila Nagy
 
Romania
 (ROM)
0.275 50.31 q, PB
5 6 Stef Vanhaeren  
Belgium
 (BEL)
0.190 50.71 q, PB
6 2 Tuncay Örs  
Turkey
 (TUR)
0.314 51.41
8 Andreas Totsås  
Norway
 (NOR)
0.211 DSQ

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 6 Stanislav Melnykov  
Ukraine
 (UKR)
0.260 50.32 Q
2 3 Héni Kechi  
France
 (FRA)
0.259 50.50 Q
3 2 Nils Duerinck  
Belgium
 (BEL)
0.262 50.89 Q
4 5 Spirídon Papadópoulos  
Greece
 (GRE)
0.235 51.25
5 4 Diego Cabello  
Spain
 (ESP)
0.175 51.48
6 7
João Ferreira
 
Portugal
 (POR)
0.184 52.27
7 8 Aarne Nirk  
Estonia
 (EST)
0.229 52.75
8 1 Björgvin Vikingsson  
Iceland
 (ISL)
0.158 54.46

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 4 Dai Greene  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
0.189 50.11 Q
2 5 Michaël Bultheel  
Belgium
 (BEL)
0.232 50.48 Q
3 2 Sébastien Maillard  
France
 (FRA)
0.219 50.73 Q
4 6 Giacomo Panizza  
Italy
 (ITA)
0.374 51.11 q
5 8 Fausto Santini  
Switzerland
 (SUI)
0.207 51.43
6 3 Jussi Heikkilä  
Finland
 (FIN)
0.211 52.46
7 7 Rafał Omelko  
Poland
 (POL)
0.196 52.54

Summary

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 2 5
Rhys Williams
 
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
49.35 Q
2 2 4 Periklis Iakovakis  
Greece
 (GRE)
49.49 Q, SB
3 2 3 Josef Prorok  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
49.97 Q, PB
4 4 4 Dai Greene  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
50.11 Q
5 1 4 Aleksandr Derevyagin  
Russia
 (RUS)
50.14 Q
6 2 7
Attila Nagy
 
Romania
 (ROM)
50.31 q, PB
7 1 6 Fadil Bellaabouss  
France
 (FRA)
50.32 Q
7 3 6 Stanislav Melnykov  
Ukraine
 (UKR)
50.32 Q
9 1 8 Nathan Woodward  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
50.45 Q
10 1 3 Michal Uhlík  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
50.47 q
11 4 5 Michaël Bultheel  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.48 Q
12 3 3 Héni Kechi  
France
 (FRA)
50.50 Q
13 2 6 Stef Vanhaeren  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.71 q, PB
14 4 2 Sébastien Maillard  
France
 (FRA)
50.73 Q
15 3 2 Nils Duerinck  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.89 Q
16 4 6 Giacomo Panizza  
Italy
 (ITA)
51.11 q
17 3 5 Spirídon Papadópoulos  
Greece
 (GRE)
51.25
18 2 2 Tuncay Örs  
Turkey
 (TUR)
51.41
19 4 8 Fausto Santini  
Switzerland
 (SUI)
51.43
20 3 4 Diego Cabello  
Spain
 (ESP)
51.48
21 1 5 Ignacio Sarmiento  
Spain
 (ESP)
51.82
22 3 7
João Ferreira
 
Portugal
 (POR)
52.27
23 4 3 Jussi Heikkilä  
Finland
 (FIN)
52.46
24 4 7 Rafał Omelko  
Poland
 (POL)
52.54
25 3 8 Aarne Nirk  
Estonia
 (EST)
52.75
26 1 2 Silvestras Guogis  
Lithuania
 (LTU)
53.38
27 3 1 Björgvin Vikingsson  
Iceland
 (ISL)
54.46
1 7 Sotírios Iakovákis  
Greece
 (GRE)
DSQ
2 8 Andreas Totsås  
Norway
 (NOR)
DSQ

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Dai Greene  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
49.48 Q
2 5 Aleksandr Derevyagin  
Russia
 (RUS)
49.85 Q, SB
3 6 Fadil Bellaabouss  
France
 (FRA)
50.09 Q
4 7 Nathan Woodward  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
50.51
5 4 Michaël Bultheel  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.60
6 2 Stef Vanhaeren  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.86
7 1 Michal Uhlík  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
51.06
8 8 Sébastien Maillard  
France
 (FRA)
51.26

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4
Rhys Williams
 
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
49.61 Q
2 6 Stanislav Melnykov  
Ukraine
 (UKR)
49.76 Q
3 3 Héni Kechi  
France
 (FRA)
50.05 Q
4 7 Josef Prorok  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
50.13 q
5 5 Periklis Iakovakis  
Greece
 (GRE)
50.33 q
6 8 Nils Duerinck  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.46
7 1 Giacomo Panizza  
Italy
 (ITA)
51.46
8 2
Attila Nagy
 
Romania
 (ROM)
51.98

Summary

Rank Semifinal Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 3 Dai Greene  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
49.48 Q
2 2 4
Rhys Williams
 
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
49.61 Q
3 2 6 Stanislav Melnykov  
Ukraine
 (UKR)
49.76 Q
4 1 5 Aleksandr Derevyagin  
Russia
 (RUS)
49.85 Q, SB
5 2 3 Héni Kechi  
France
 (FRA)
50.05 Q
6 1 6 Fadil Bellaabouss  
France
 (FRA)
50.09 Q
7 2 7 Josef Prorok  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
50.13 q
8 2 5 Periklis Iakovakis  
Greece
 (GRE)
50.33 q
9 2 8 Nils Duerinck  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.46
10 1 7 Nathan Woodward  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
50.51
11 1 4 Michaël Bultheel  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.60
12 1 2 Stef Vanhaeren  
Belgium
 (BEL)
50.86
13 1 1 Michal Uhlík  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
51.06
14 1 8 Sébastien Maillard  
France
 (FRA)
51.26
15 2 1 Giacomo Panizza  
Italy
 (ITA)
51.46
16 2 2
Attila Nagy
 
Romania
 (ROM)
51.98

Final

Dai Greene celebrating his first major championship win.
Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Dai Greene  
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
0.175 48.12 EL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
Rhys Williams
 
Great Britain & N.I.
 (GBR)
0.195 48.96 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Stanislav Melnykov  
Ukraine
 (UKR)
0.314 49.09 PB
4 7 Héni Kechi  
France
 (FRA)
0.186 49.34 PB
5 1 Periklis Iakovakis  
Greece
 (GRE)
0.225 49.38 SB
6 2 Josef Prorok  
Czech Republic
 (CZE)
0.217 49.68 PB
7 4 Aleksandr Derevyagin  
Russia
 (RUS)
0.200 49.70 SB
8 8 Fadil Bellaabouss  
France
 (FRA)
0.180 1:02.94

References