2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 2010 European Athletics 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
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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 Greene Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Rhys Williams Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine (UKR)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Kevin Young (USA)	46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
European record	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	47.37	Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July 1995
Championship record	Harald Schmid (FRG)	47.48	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading	Bershawn Jackson (USA)	47.32	Des Moines, IA, United States	26 June 2010
European Leading	Dai Greene (GBR)	48.49	Lausanne, Switzerland	8 July 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Dai Greene (GBR)	48.12	Barcelona, Spain	31 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	Russia	0.186	50.14	Q
2	6	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	0.193	50.32	Q
3	8	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	0.187	50.45	Q
4	3	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic	0.188	50.47	q
5	5	Ignacio Sarmiento	Spain	0.171	51.82
6	2	Silvestras Guogis	Lithuania	0.178	53.38
-	7	Sotírios Iakovákis	Greece	0.238		DSQ

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	0.208	49.35	Q
2	4	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	0.204	49.49	Q, SB
3	3	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	0.272	49.97	Q, PB
4	7	Attila Nagy	Romania	0.275	50.31	q, PB
5	6	Stef Vanhaeren	Belgium	0.190	50.71	q, PB
6	2	Tuncay Örs	Turkey	0.314	51.41
-	8	Andreas Totsås	Norway	0.211		DSQ

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	0.260	50.32	Q
2	3	Héni Kechi	France	0.259	50.50	Q
3	2	Nils Duerinck	Belgium	0.262	50.89	Q
4	5	Spirídon Papadópoulos	Greece	0.235	51.25
5	4	Diego Cabello	Spain	0.175	51.48
6	7	João Ferreira	Portugal	0.184	52.27
7	8	Aarne Nirk	Estonia	0.229	52.75
8	1	Björgvin Vikingsson	Iceland	0.158	54.46

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	4	Dai Greene	Great Britain	0.189	50.11	Q
2	5	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	0.232	50.48	Q
3	2	Sébastien Maillard	France	0.219	50.73	Q
4	6	Giacomo Panizza	Italy	0.374	51.11	q
5	8	Fausto Santini	Switzerland	0.207	51.43
6	3	Jussi Heikkilä	Finland	0.211	52.46
7	7	Rafał Omelko	Poland	0.196	52.54

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !1	2	5	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	49.35	Q
02 !2	2	4	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	49.49	Q, SB
03 !3	2	3	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	49.97	Q, PB
04 !4	4	4	Dai Greene	Great Britain	50.11	Q
05 !5	1	4	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia	50.14	Q
06 !6	2	7	Attila Nagy	Romania	50.31	q, PB
07 !7	1	6	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	50.32	Q
07 !7	3	6	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.32	Q
09 !9	1	8	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	50.45	Q
10	1	3	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic	50.47	q
11	4	5	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	50.48	Q
12	3	3	Héni Kechi	France	50.50	Q
13	2	6	Stef Vanhaeren	Belgium	50.71	q, PB
14	4	2	Sébastien Maillard	France	50.73	Q
15	3	2	Nils Duerinck	Belgium	50.89	Q
16	4	6	Giacomo Panizza	Italy	51.11	q
17	3	5	Spirídon Papadópoulos	Greece	51.25
18	2	2	Tuncay Örs	Turkey	51.41
19	4	8	Fausto Santini	Switzerland	51.43
20	3	4	Diego Cabello	Spain	51.48
21	1	5	Ignacio Sarmiento	Spain	51.82
22	3	7	João Ferreira	Portugal	52.27
23	4	3	Jussi Heikkilä	Finland	52.46
24	4	7	Rafał Omelko	Poland	52.54
25	3	8	Aarne Nirk	Estonia	52.75
26	1	2	Silvestras Guogis	Lithuania	53.38
27	3	1	Björgvin Vikingsson	Iceland	54.46
99 !	1	7	Sotírios Iakovákis	Greece	99.99 !	DSQ
99 !	2	8	Andreas Totsås	Norway	99.99 !	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	Great Britain	49.48	Q
2	5	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia	49.85	Q, SB
3	6	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	50.09	Q
4	7	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	50.51
5	4	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	50.60
6	2	Stef Vanhaeren	Belgium	50.86
7	1	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic	51.06
8	8	Sébastien Maillard	France	51.26

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	49.61	Q
2	6	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	49.76	Q
3	3	Héni Kechi	France	50.05	Q
4	7	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	50.13	q
5	5	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	50.33	q
6	8	Nils Duerinck	Belgium	50.46
7	1	Giacomo Panizza	Italy	51.46
8	2	Attila Nagy	Romania	51.98

Summary

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

Final

Dai Greene celebrating his first major championship win.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
01 !	3	Dai Greene	Great Britain	0.175	48.12	EL
02 !	5	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	0.195	48.96	PB
03 !	6	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	0.314	49.09	PB
4	7	Héni Kechi	France	0.186	49.34	PB
5	1	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	0.225	49.38	SB
6	2	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	0.217	49.68	PB
7	4	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia	0.200	49.70	SB
8	8	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	0.180	1:02.94

References

400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships

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