2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 and 17 July.

Medalists Gold Yannick Fonsat Silver Nigel Levine Bronze Jan Ciepiela

Results Final 17 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Yannick Fonsat 45.68 Nigel Levine 45.78 Jan Ciepiela 45.81 4 Antoine Gillet 46.13 5 Yoan Décimus 46.37 6 Marco Vistalli 46.67 7 Marcin Sobiech 46.77 8 Petros Kiriakidis 46.84

Semifinals 16 July Qualified: first 4 each to Final

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yannick Fonsat 46.42 Q 2 Petros Kiriakidis 46.52 Q 3 Marco Vistalli 46.55 Q 4 Marcin Sobiech 46.73 Q 5 Aleksey Aksyonov 46.75 6 Matti Välimäki 46.89 7 Andreas Bube 46.97 8 Mark Ujakpor 47.09

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nigel Levine 45.86 Q 2 Jan Ciepiela 46.15 Q 3 Antoine Gillet 46.31 Q 4 Yoan Décimus 46.45 Q 5 Eric Krüger 46.79 6 Ali Ekber Kayaş 46.84 7 Mame-Ibra Anne 46.93 8 Domenico Fontana 47.65

Heats 16 July Qualified: first 3 each heat and 4 best to Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nigel Levine 46.88 Q 2 Antoine Gillet 47.00 Q 3 Mame-Ibra Anne 47.17 Q 4 António Rodrigues 47.62 5 Aitor Martín 47.65 6 Isalbet Juarez 48.31

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yannick Fonsat 46.88 Q 2 Andreas Bube 47.18 Q 3 Matti Välimäki 47.24 Q 4 Sebastjan Jagarinec 47.50 5 Egidijus Švėgžda 48.50 6 James D'Alfonso 49.19 Brian Gregan DNF

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Petros Kiriakidis 46.55 Q 2 Marcin Sobiech 46.63 Q 3 Marco Vistalli 46.82 Q 4 Aleksey Aksyonov 46.98 q 5 Mark Ujakpor 47.36 q 6 László Bartha 47.60

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yoan Décimus 46.66 Q 2 Jan Ciepiela 46.90 Q 3 Domenico Fontana 46.96 Q 4 Eric Krüger 47.05 q 5 Ali Ekber Kayaş 47.15 q 6 Marc Orozco 47.55 7 German Florentz 49.40

Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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