2016 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 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7 and 8 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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		48.10	Kingston, Jamaica	11 June 2016
European Leading		48.79	Oslo, Norway	9 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	17:05	Round 1
7 July 2016	16:15	Semifinals
8 July 2016	19:40	Final

Results

Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	4	7			49.56	Q, PB
2	1	8			50.17	Q, SB
3	2	2			50.30	Q
4	4	6			50.37	Q
5	1	4			50.54	Q
6	4	8			50.57	q, SB
7	1	7			50.74	q
8	1	5			50.80	q
9	4	5			50.83	q
10	3	6			51.00	Q
11	1	6			51.05
12	3	7			51.06	Q
13	3	5			51.21
14	2	6			51.26	Q
14	4	3			51.26
16	3	8			51.32
17	2	3			51.49
18	1	2			51.53
19	1	3			51.60
20	3	4			51.88
21	3	2			52.15
22	3	3			52.35
23	4	2			52.52
24	2	5			53.12
25	4	4			53.27
26	2	7			53.65
	2	4

Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Yasmani Copello		48.42	Q, NR
2	1	3	Karsten Warholm		48.84	Q, NR
3	1	5	Kariem Hussein		48.87	Q, SB
4	1	6	Jack Green		48.98	q, SB
5	1	4			49.08	q, PB
6	3	5	Sergio Fernández		49.20	Q
7	2	3	Rhys Williams		49.22	Q, =SB
8	2	4	Mamadou Kasse Hann		49.28
9	3	3			49.37	Q, SB
10	1	8			49.50	PB
10	3	6	Rasmus Mägi		49.50
12	2	2			49.60	PB
13	2	7			49.65	SB
14	3	4	Tom Burton		49.71
15	2	8	Michaël Bultheel		49.72
16	1	7	José Reynaldo Bencosme		49.77
17	3	2			50.09	SB
18	1	1			50.12	PB
19	3	7			50.42
20	1	2			50.70
21	3	8			50.78
22	3	1			50.85
23	2	1			51.06
	2	6	Mark Ujakpor

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[4]

Final

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6			48.98
	5			49.06
	3			49.10
4	7			49.24	SB
5	8			49.63
6	4			49.82
7	1			49.82
	2

External links

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Programme - European Athletics Championships. amsterdam2016.org. 2016-06-30.
2. Web site: Heats results . 2016-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160709071927/http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/2016/athletics/event/mens-400m-hurdles/phase=atm044900/index.html . 2016-07-09 . dead .
3. Web site: Semifinals results . 2016-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006110147/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM044200_C74A.pdf . 2018-10-06 . dead .
4. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/93/97/ECH2016-SprintEvents-ListofqualifiedathletesinSF_Neutral.pdf List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
5. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM044101_C73A.pdf Final results