2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 12 and 13 July.

Medalists

Gold	Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Silver	Marc Alexander Scheer
Bronze	Rafał Wieruszewski

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		46.06
	align=left		align=left		46.43
	align=left		align=left		46.57
4	align=left		align=left		46.58
5	align=left		align=left		46.60
6	align=left		align=left		46.84
7	align=left		align=left		47.24
8	align=left		align=left		47.46

Heats

12 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.72	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.82	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.94
4	align=left		align=left		47.00
5	align=left		align=left		47.40
6	align=left		align=left		47.58
7	align=left		align=left		48.25

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.82	Q
2	align=left		align=left		47.02	Q
3	align=left		align=left		47.28
4	align=left		align=left		47.65
5	align=left		align=left		47.71
6	align=left		align=left		48.03
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		46.20	Q
2	align=left		align=left		46.42	Q
3	align=left		align=left		46.63	q
4	align=left		align=left		46.81	q
5	align=left		align=left		47.24
6	align=left		align=left		47.58
7	align=left		align=left		47.61

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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