2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17, 18, and 19 July.

Medalists Gold Marek Plawgo Silver Christian Duma Bronze Thomas Kortbeek

Results Final 19 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Marek Plawgo 48.45 CR Christian Duma 49.53 Thomas Kortbeek 49.68 4 Roman Matveyev 49.90 5 Aleksandr Borshchenko 50.09 6 Sébastien Maillard 50.28 7 Yauheni Mikheika 50.52 8 Andrey Kozlovskiy 50.91

Semifinals 18 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marek Plawgo 49.80 Q 2 Sébastien Maillard 50.24 Q 3 Aleksandr Borshchenko 50.56 Q 4 Andrey Kozlovskiy 51.00 Q 5 Henning Hackelbusch 51.29 6 Andrei Oll 51.59 7 Silvain Gertsch 51.61 8 Jaroslav Růža 116.97

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Duma 49.73 Q 2 Roman Matveyev 50.15 Q 3 Yauheni Mikheika 50.20 Q 4 Thomas Kortbeek 50.36 Q 5 Loïc Clément 51.22 6 Ondřej Daněk 51.31 7 Ákos Dezsö 51.52 8 Steven Green 52.76

Heats 17 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Duma 50.76 Q 2 Loïc Clément 51.00 Q 3 Roman Matveyev 51.21 Q 4 Steven Green 51.64 q 5 Alejandro Navarro 52.42 6 Oleksandr Hladkov 53.89

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sébastien Maillard 50.46 Q 2 Andrey Kozlovskiy 50.61 Q 3 Henning Hackelbusch 51.09 Q 4 Andrei Oll 51.17 q 5 Silvain Gertsch 51.74 q 6 Pablo Martínez 51.74 7 Luca Bortolaso 53.78

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marek Plawgo 51.00 Q 2 Yauheni Mikheika 51.24 Q 3 Jaroslav Růža 52.05 Q 4 César Boileau 52.40 5 Jussi Heikkilä 52.45 6 Henning Kuschewitz 56.41

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Thomas Kortbeek 50.69 Q 2 Aleksandr Borshchenko 51.39 Q 3 Ondřej Daněk 51.46 Q 4 Ákos Dezsö 51.69 q 5 Andriy Fatyeyev 51.84 6 Ragnar Bergheim 52.65

Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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