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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 13 and 14 July.

Medalists

Gold	Matthew Elias
Silver	Periklis Iakovakis
Bronze	Mikael Jakobsson

Results

Final

14 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		49.57
	align=left		align=left		49.63
	align=left		align=left		50.86
4	align=left		align=left		51.13
5	align=left		align=left		51.14
6	align=left		align=left		51.38
7	align=left		align=left		52.01
8	align=left		align=left		66.00

Heats

13 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		49.90	Q
2	align=left		align=left		50.19	Q
3	align=left		align=left		50.27	q
4	align=left		align=left		51.34
5	align=left		align=left		51.55
6	align=left		align=left		51.66
7	align=left		align=left		52.66

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		50.27	Q
2	align=left		align=left		50.57	Q
3	align=left		align=left		50.70	q
4	align=left		align=left		51.32
5	align=left		align=left		51.43
6	align=left		align=left		51.74
7	align=left		align=left		52.08
8	align=left		align=left		52.90

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		50.92	Q
2	align=left		align=left		51.01	Q
3	align=left		align=left		51.08
4	align=left		align=left		51.16
5	align=left		align=left		51.52
6	align=left		align=left		51.74
7	align=left		align=left		52.55
8	align=left		align=left		53.23

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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