The Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 14, 15 and 16 July.

Medalists Gold Jack Green Silver Nathan Woodward Bronze Emir Bekrić

Results Final 16 July 2011 / 16:15

Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes Jack Green 7 0.194 49.13 Nathan Woodward 6 0.178 49.28 Emir Bekrić 3 0.198 49.61 NR 4 Nikita Andriyanov 5 0.180 49.62 PB 5 Hugo Grillas 1 0.202 49.76 PB 6 David Gollnow 2 0.201 49.97 PB 7 Tibor Koroknai 8 0.225 50.28 PB 8 Niall Flannery 4 0.188 50.32

Semifinals Qualified: First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final

Summary Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nathan Woodward 49.59 Q 2 Nikita Andriyanov 50.12 Q PB 3 Niall Flannery 50.16 Q 4 David Gollnow 50.21 q PB 5 Tibor Koroknai 50.31 Q PB 6 Emir Bekrić 50.41 Q 7 Hugo Grillas 50.45 q 8 Tobias Giehl 50.56 PB 9 Jack Green 50.86 Q 10 Petteri Monni 51.09 PB 10 Denys Teslenko 51.09 12 Simon Thieury 51.10 PB 13 Giacomo Panizza 51.31 14 Jonathan Puemi 51.70 15 Michał Pietrzak 51.76 16 Robert Bryliński 51.77 17 Paul Byrne 51.93 18 Karim Manaoui 51.97 19 Tim Crowe 52.44 20 Kariem Hussein 52.55 21 Mikita Yakauleu 52.59 22 Xavier Carrión 52.65 23 Christian Heimann 52.69 24 Andrea Gallina 53.41

Details Semifinal 1 15 July 2011 / 15:50 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Nathan Woodward 6 0.169 49.59 Q 2 Nikita Andriyanov 5 0.182 50.12 Q PB 3 David Gollnow 4 0.193 50.21 q PB 4 Petteri Monni 7 0.232 51.09 PB 5 Simon Thieury 8 0.224 51.10 PB 6 Jonathan Puemi 2 0.182 51.70 7 Tim Crowe 3 0.179 52.44 8 Xavier Carrión 1 0.160 52.65

Semifinal 2 15 July 2011 / 15:56 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Niall Flannery 4 0.234 50.16 Q 2 Tibor Koroknai 7 0.292 50.31 Q PB 3 Hugo Grillas 6 0.269 50.45 q 4 Tobias Giehl 3 0.188 50.56 PB 5 Giacomo Panizza 5 0.241 51.31 6 Robert Bryliński 8 0.198 51.77 7 Paul Byrne 1 0.239 51.93 8 Karim Manaoui 2 0.188 51.97

Semifinal 3 15 July 2011 / 16:02 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Emir Bekrić 5 0.239 50.41 Q 2 Jack Green 4 0.216 50.86 Q 3 Denys Teslenko 6 0.253 51.09 4 Michał Pietrzak 7 0.286 51.76 5 Kariem Hussein 2 0.204 52.55 6 Mikita Yakauleu 3 0.226 52.59 7 Christian Heimann 8 0.220 52.69 8 Andrea Gallina 1 0.180 53.41

Heats Qualified: First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals

Summary Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nathan Woodward 50.85 Q 2 Emir Bekrić 50.96 Q 2 Hugo Grillas 50.96 Q 4 Nikita Andriyanov 50.99 Q 5 Niall Flannery 51.14 Q 6 Jack Green 51.23 Q 7 Tim Crowe 51.24 Q PB 8 Mikita Yakauleu 51.27 Q SB 9 Denys Teslenko 51.29 Q 10 David Gollnow 51.30 Q 11 Tibor Koroknai 51.33 Q 12 Tobias Giehl 51.42 Q 13 Giacomo Panizza 51.46 Q 14 Petteri Monni 51.56 Q 15 Michał Pietrzak 51.59 Q 16 Karim Manaoui 51.66 q 17 Robert Bryliński 51.72 Q 18 Kariem Hussein 51.75 q SB 19 Simon Thieury 51.77 Q 20 Jonathan Puemi 51.78 Q 21 Andrea Gallina 51.86 q 22 Christian Heimann 51.87 Q 23 Paul Byrne 51.90 Q 24 Xavier Carrión 51.97 q SB 25 Artem Ahkozov 52.04 26 Anders Erlend Idås 52.07 26 Lazar Katuchev 52.07 28 Radek Fischer 52.09 29 Florian Mayrhofer 52.21 PB 30 Francisco Colomar 52.72 31 Javier Cartagena 52.82 31 Valdas Valintėlis 52.82 33 Ilia Eligulashvili 53.77 Tomáš Krikal DNS

Details Heat 1 14 July 2011 / 12:00 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Emir Bekrić 5 0.200 50.96 Q 2 Nikita Andriyanov 3 0.189 50.99 Q 3 Mikita Yakauleu 6 0.244 51.27 Q SB 4 Simon Thieury 8 0.217 51.77 Q 5 Andrea Gallina 4 0.188 51.86 q 6 Xavier Carrión 7 0.167 51.97 q SB Tomáš Krikal 2 DNS

Heat 2 14 July 2011 / 12:07 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Niall Flannery 4 0.197 51.14 Q 2 Tobias Giehl 5 0.174 51.42 Q 3 Robert Bryliński 6 0.181 51.72 Q 4 Jonathan Puemi 3 0.192 51.78 Q 5 Lazar Katuchev 7 0.192 52.07 6 Javier Cartagena 8 0.214 52.82 7 Ilia Eligulashvili 2 0.202 53.77

Heat 3 14 July 2011 / 12:14 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Hugo Grillas 3 0.236 50.96 Q 2 Giacomo Panizza 4 0.283 51.46 Q 3 Christian Heimann 6 0.175 51.87 Q 4 Paul Byrne 2 0.198 51.90 Q 5 Artem Ahkozov 5 0.198 52.04 6 Radek Fischer 7 0.182 52.09

Heat 4 14 July 2011 / 12:21 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Jack Green 3 0.182 51.23 Q 2 Denys Teslenko 6 0.210 51.29 Q 3 Petteri Monni 4 0.212 51.56 Q 4 Michał Pietrzak 5 0.211 51.59 Q 5 Kariem Hussein 7 0.198 51.75 q SB 6 Anders Erlend Idås 2 0.161 52.07 7 Francisco Colomar 8 0.153 52.72

Heat 5 14 July 2011 / 12:28 Rank Name Nationality Lane Reaction Time Time Notes 1 Nathan Woodward 5 0.187 50.85 Q 2 Tim Crowe 4 0.176 51.24 Q PB 3 David Gollnow 6 0.192 51.30 Q 4 Tibor Koroknai 3 0.228 51.33 Q 5 Karim Manaoui 2 0.189 51.66 q 6 Florian Mayrhofer 7 0.228 52.21 PB 7 Valdas Valintėlis 8 0.207 52.82

Participation According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

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