2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the
2009 European
Athletics U23 Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
20 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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.[1][2][3][4][5]

Medalists

Gold Yannick Fonsat
 France
Silver Nigel Levine
 United Kingdom
Bronze Jan Ciepiela
 Poland

Results

Final

17 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Yannick Fonsat  France 45.68
2nd Nigel Levine  United Kingdom 45.78
3rd Jan Ciepiela  Poland 45.81
4 Antoine Gillet  Belgium 46.13
5 Yoan Décimus  France 46.37
6 Marco Vistalli  Italy 46.67
7 Marcin Sobiech  Poland 46.77
8 Petros Kiriakidis  Greece 46.84

Semifinals

16 July
Qualified: first 4 each to Final

Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nigel Levine  United Kingdom 45.86 Q
2 Jan Ciepiela  Poland 46.15 Q
3 Antoine Gillet  Belgium 46.31 Q
4 Yoan Décimus  France 46.45 Q
5 Eric Krüger  Germany 46.79
6 Ali Ekber Kayaş  Turkey 46.84
7 Mame-Ibra Anne  France 46.93
8 Domenico Fontana  Italy 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  United Kingdom 46.88 Q
2 Antoine Gillet  Belgium 47.00 Q
3 Mame-Ibra Anne  France 47.17 Q
4 António Rodrigues  Portugal 47.62
5 Aitor Martín  Spain 47.65
6 Isalbet Juarez  Italy 48.31

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yannick Fonsat  France 46.88 Q
2 Andreas Bube  Denmark 47.18 Q
3 Matti Välimäki  Finland 47.24 Q
4 Sebastjan Jagarinec  Slovenia 47.50
5 Egidijus Švėgžda  Lithuania 48.50
6 James D'Alfonso  Malta 49.19
7 Brian Gregan  Ireland DNF

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Participation

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

References

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