2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

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

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		46.78	Barcelona, Spain	6 August 1992
European record		47.37	Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July 1995
Championship record		47.48	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading		47.32	Des Moines, IA, United States	26 June 2010
European Leading		48.49	Lausanne, Switzerland	8 July 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
European Leading		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			0.186	50.14	Q
2	6			0.193	50.32	Q
3	8			0.187	50.45	Q
4	3			0.188	50.47	q
5	5			0.171	51.82
6	2			0.178	53.38
–	7			0.238		DSQ

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5			0.208	49.35	Q
2	4			0.204	49.49	Q, SB
3	3			0.272	49.97	Q, PB
4	7			0.275	50.31	q, PB
5	6			0.190	50.71	q, PB
6	2			0.314	51.41
–	8			0.211		DSQ

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6			0.260	50.32	Q
2	3			0.259	50.50	Q
3	2			0.262	50.89	Q
4	5			0.235	51.25
5	4			0.175	51.48
6	7			0.184	52.27
7	8			0.229	52.75
8	1			0.158	54.46

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	4			0.189	50.11	Q
2	5			0.232	50.48	Q
3	2			0.219	50.73	Q
4	6			0.374	51.11	q
5	8			0.207	51.43
6	3			0.211	52.46
7	7			0.196	52.54

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	2	5				49.35	Q
2	2	4				49.49	Q, SB
3	2	3				49.97	Q, PB
4	4	4				50.11	Q
5	1	4				50.14	Q
6	2	7				50.31	q, PB
7	1	6				50.32	Q
7	3	6				50.32	Q
9	1	8				50.45	Q
10	1	3				50.47	q
11	4	5				50.48	Q
12	3	3				50.50	Q
13	2	6				50.71	q, PB
14	4	2				50.73	Q
15	3	2				50.89	Q
16	4	6				51.11	q
17	3	5				51.25
18	2	2				51.41
19	4	8				51.43
20	3	4				51.48
21	1	5				51.82
22	3	7				52.27
23	4	3				52.46
24	4	7				52.54
25	3	8				52.75
26	1	2				53.38
27	3	1				54.46
	1	7					DSQ
	2	8					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			49.48	Q
2	5			49.85	Q, SB
3	6			50.09	Q
4	7			50.51
5	4			50.60
6	2			50.86
7	1			51.06
8	8			51.26

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			49.61	Q
2	6			49.76	Q
3	3			50.05	Q
4	7			50.13	q
5	5			50.33	q
6	8			50.46
7	1			51.46
8	2			51.98

Summary

Rank	Semifinal	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	3			49.48	Q
2	2	4			49.61	Q
3	2	6			49.76	Q
4	1	5			49.85	Q, SB
5	2	3			50.05	Q
6	1	6			50.09	Q
7	2	7			50.13	q
8	2	5			50.33	q
9	2	8			50.46
10	1	7			50.51
11	1	4			50.60
12	1	2			50.86
13	1	1			51.06
14	1	8			51.26
15	2	1			51.46
16	2	2			51.98

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	3			0.175	48.12	EL
	5			0.195	48.96	PB
	6			0.314	49.09	PB
4	7			0.186	49.34	PB
5	1			0.225	49.38	SB
6	2			0.217	49.68	PB
7	4			0.200	49.70	SB
8	8			0.180	1:02.94

References

• Round 1 Results
• Semifinal Results
• Final Results
• Full results