2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 9.Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marc Raquil	Vladislav Frolov	Leslie Djhone

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2006	12:15	Round 1
August 8, 2006	18:55	Semifinals
August 9, 2006	20:45	Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			45.58	Q
	4			45.65	Q
	1			45.67	Q
	3			45.73	Q
	3			45.81	Q, SB
	4			45.81	Q, PB
	3			45.95	Q
	4			46.02	Q
	3			46.05	q
10	2			46.10	Q
11	3			46.10	q
11	4			46.10	q
13	2			46.16	Q
14	1			46.24	Q
15	4			46.36	q
16	1			46.48
17	1			46.48
18	4			46.53	SB
19	2			46.55	Q
19	4			46.55
21	3			46.60
22	1			46.68
23	2			46.71
24	2			46.72	PB
25	1			46.77
26	3			46.98
27	3			47.12
28	2			47.16
29	2			47.22
30	4			47.29
31	2			47.38
32	1			48.86	PB
33	1			50.75

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	3			0.228	44.95	Q, SB
2	5			0.186	45.21	Q, PB
3	4			0.221	45.30	Q, PB
4	6			0.166	45.60	Q, PB
5	8			0.185	45.83
6	2			0.183	45.90
7	1			0.156	45.96
8	7			0.169	46.21

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6			0.190	45.23	Q
2	3			0.294	45.38	Q, PB
3	7			0.211	45.56	Q, PB
4	4			0.225	45.67	Q
5	8			0.168	45.77
6	1			0.227	46.03
7	5			0.148	46.84
	2			0.236		DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	5			0.217	45.02
	6			0.193	45.09	PB
	3			0.156	45.40
4	4			0.177	45.56
5	7			0.235	45.70
6	1			0.210	45.89
7	2			0.259	45.97
8	8			0.176	46.23

External links

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