2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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 Dai GreeneGreat Britain (GBR)Silver Rhys WilliamsGreat Britain (GBR)Bronze Stanislav MelnykovUkraine (UKR)

Records Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record46.78Barcelona, Spain6 August 1992European record47.37Lausanne, Switzerland5 July 1995Championship record47.48Athens, Greece8 September 1982World Leading47.32Des Moines, IA, United States26 June 2010European Leading48.49Lausanne, Switzerland8 July 2010Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean Leading48.12Barcelona, Spain31 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 0.18650.14 Q 2 6 Fadil Bellaabouss 0.19350.32 Q 3 8 Nathan Woodward 0.18750.45 Q 4 3 Michal Uhlík 0.18850.47 q 5 5 Ignacio Sarmiento 0.17151.82 6 2 Silvestras Guogis 0.17853.38 – 7 Sotírios Iakovákis 0.238 DSQ

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 5 Rhys Williams 0.20849.35 Q 2 4 Periklis Iakovakis 0.20449.49 Q, SB 3 3 Josef Prorok 0.27249.97 Q, PB 4 7 Attila Nagy 0.27550.31 q, PB 5 6 Stef Vanhaeren 0.19050.71 q, PB 6 2 Tuncay Örs 0.31451.41 – 8 Andreas Totsås 0.211 DSQ

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 6 Stanislav Melnykov 0.260 50.32 Q 2 3 Héni Kechi 0.259 50.50 Q 3 2 Nils Duerinck 0.262 50.89 Q 4 5 Spirídon Papadópoulos 0.23551.25 5 4 Diego Cabello 0.175 51.48 6 7 João Ferreira 0.18452.27 7 8 Aarne Nirk 0.229 52.75 8 1 Björgvin Vikingsson 0.15854.46

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 4 Dai Greene 0.189 50.11 Q 2 5 Michaël Bultheel 0.23250.48 Q 3 2 Sébastien Maillard 0.21950.73 Q 4 6 Giacomo Panizza 0.374 51.11 q 5 8 Fausto Santini 0.20751.43 6 3 Jussi Heikkilä 0.211 52.46 7 7 Rafał Omelko 0.19652.54

Summary Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 2 5 Rhys Williams 49.35 Q 2 2 4 Periklis Iakovakis 49.49 Q, SB 3 2 3 Josef Prorok 49.97 Q, PB 4 4 4 Dai Greene 50.11 Q 5 1 4 Aleksandr Derevyagin 50.14 Q 6 2 7 Attila Nagy 50.31 q, PB 7 1 6 Fadil Bellaabouss 50.32 Q 7 3 6 Stanislav Melnykov 50.32 Q 9 1 8 Nathan Woodward 50.45 Q 10 1 3 Michal Uhlík 50.47 q 11 4 5 Michaël Bultheel 50.48 Q 12 3 3 Héni Kechi 50.50 Q 13 2 6 Stef Vanhaeren 50.71 q, PB 14 4 2 Sébastien Maillard 50.73 Q 15 3 2 Nils Duerinck 50.89 Q 16 4 6 Giacomo Panizza 51.11 q 17 3 5 Spirídon Papadópoulos 51.25 18 2 2 Tuncay Örs 51.41 19 4 8 Fausto Santini 51.43 20 3 4 Diego Cabello 51.48 21 1 5 Ignacio Sarmiento 51.82 22 3 7 João Ferreira 52.27 23 4 3 Jussi Heikkilä 52.46 24 4 7 Rafał Omelko 52.54 25 3 8 Aarne Nirk 52.75 26 1 2 Silvestras Guogis 53.38 27 3 1 Björgvin Vikingsson 54.46 1 7 Sotírios Iakovákis DSQ 2 8 Andreas Totsås 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 49.48 Q 2 5 Aleksandr Derevyagin 49.85 Q, SB 3 6 Fadil Bellaabouss 50.09 Q 4 7 Nathan Woodward 50.51 5 4 Michaël Bultheel 50.60 6 2 Stef Vanhaeren 50.86 7 1 Michal Uhlík 51.06 8 8 Sébastien Maillard 51.26

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Rhys Williams 49.61 Q 2 6 Stanislav Melnykov 49.76 Q 3 3 Héni Kechi 50.05 Q 4 7 Josef Prorok 50.13 q 5 5 Periklis Iakovakis 50.33 q 6 8 Nils Duerinck 50.46 7 1 Giacomo Panizza 51.46 8 2 Attila Nagy 51.98

Summary Rank Semifinal Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 3 Dai Greene 49.48 Q 2 2 4 Rhys Williams 49.61 Q 3 2 6 Stanislav Melnykov 49.76 Q 4 1 5 Aleksandr Derevyagin 49.85 Q, SB 5 2 3 Héni Kechi 50.05 Q 6 1 6 Fadil Bellaabouss 50.09 Q 7 2 7 Josef Prorok 50.13 q 8 2 5 Periklis Iakovakis 50.33 q 9 2 8 Nils Duerinck 50.46 10 1 7 Nathan Woodward 50.51 11 1 4 Michaël Bultheel 50.60 12 1 2 Stef Vanhaeren 50.86 13 1 1 Michal Uhlík 51.06 14 1 8 Sébastien Maillard 51.26 15 2 1 Giacomo Panizza 51.46 16 2 2 Attila Nagy 51.98

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 3 Dai Greene 0.175 48.12 EL 5 Rhys Williams 0.195 48.96 PB 6 Stanislav Melnykov 0.314 49.09 PB 4 7 Héni Kechi 0.186 49.34 PB 5 1 Periklis Iakovakis 0.225 49.38 SB 6 2 Josef Prorok 0.217 49.68 PB 7 4 Aleksandr Derevyagin 0.200 49.70 SB 8 8 Fadil Bellaabouss 0.180 1:02.94

References Round 1 Results Semifinal Results Final Results Full results