2012 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 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 June.

Medalists

Standing records prior to the 2012 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	47.92	Oslo, Norway	7 June 2012
European Leading	48.96	Rabat, Morocco	27 May 2012

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 6 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	2	7	49.65	Q
2	2	8	49.84	Q, SB
3	1	5	49.98	Q
4	3	5	50.02	Q
5	4	7	50.22	Q
6	1	3	50.25	Q
7	2	4	50.32	Q
8	5	8	50.33	Q
9	6	7	50.40	Q
10	1	7	50.47	Q, PB
11	3	6	50.57	Q
12	6	3	50.58	Q
13	4	5	50.59	Q, SB
14	3	2	50.61	Q
15	4	8	50.73	Q
16	5	4	50.74	Q, SB
17	5	6	50.89	Q
18	2	3	50.91	q, PB
19	1	4	50.92	q
20	6	8	50.94	Q
21	5	5	50.96	q
22	3	7	51.01	q
23	6	2	51.25	q
24	4	6	51.37	q
25	1	6	51.50
26	3	8	51.59
26	5	7	51.59	SB
28	3	3	51.73
29	6	5	51.83
30	6	4	51.92
31	1	8	52.04
32	4	3	52.12
33	1	2	52.43
34	2	5	52.63
35	4	4	52.95
36	3	4	53.00
37	5	2	53.22
	2	2
	4	2
	2	6
	5	3
	6	6

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	1	8	49.37	Q, NR
2	1	4	49.52	Q, SB
3	1	7	49.54	q, NR
4	3	4	49.63	Q
5	1	6	49.68	q
6	2	6	49.72	Q
7	3	3	49.80	Q, SB
8	2	5	49.83	Q
9	2	3	49.95
10	3	6	49.98
11	2	7	50.02	PB
11	3	7	50.02	SB
13	1	5	50.22	SB
14	2	2	50.25
15	2	4	50.33
16	2	8	50.52
17	3	5	50.58	SB
18	1	2	50.77
19	3	8	50.81	PB
20	2	1	51.15	SB
21	3	1	51.35
22	3	2	51.66
23	1	1	51.89
	1	3