1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29, 30, and 31 July 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Piotr Haczek
Silver	Zsolt Szeglet
Bronze	Marc Raquil

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		45.78
	align=left		align=left		46.09
	align=left		align=left		46.18
4	align=left		align=left		46.49
5	align=left		align=left		46.57
6	align=left		align=left		46.62
7	align=left		align=left		47.08
8	align=left		align=left		47.15

Semifinals

30 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		45.93	Q
2	align=left		align=left		45.95	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.04	Q
4	align=left		align=left		46.20	Q
5	align=left		align=left		46.27
6	align=left		align=left		46.61
7	align=left		align=left		46.69
8	align=left		align=left		47.73

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.09	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.13	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.34	Q
4	align=left		align=left		46.46	Q
5	align=left		align=left		46.78
6	align=left		align=left		46.94
7	align=left		align=left		47.41
8	align=left		align=left		48.05

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.54	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.57	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.83	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.21	q
5	align=left		align=left		47.75
6	align=left		align=left		48.15
7	align=left		align=left		49.50

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.45	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.66	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.86	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.33
5	align=left		align=left		47.36
6	align=left		align=left		47.50
7	align=left		align=left		52.40
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.52	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.56	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.57	Q
4	align=left		align=left		46.78	q
5	align=left		align=left		47.70
6	align=left		align=left		48.52
7	align=left		align=left		48.69
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.73	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.83	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.84	Q
4	align=left		align=left		47.19	q
5	align=left		align=left		47.25	q
6	align=left		align=left		47.29
7	align=left		align=left		47.78
8	align=left		align=left		48.37

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

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