2019 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gävle, Sweden, at Gavlehov Stadium Park on 12, 13 and 14 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Wilfried Happio	Nick Smidt	Emil Agyekum

Result

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			50.85	Q
2	2			51.09	Q
3	2			51.10	Q
4	2			51.16	q
5	4			51.24	Q
6	4			51.25	Q
7	1			51.26	Q
8	4			51.32	Q
9	1			51.36	Q
10	4			51.50	q, PB
11	3			51.58	Q
12	4			51.69	q
13	3			51.77	Q
14	3			51.82	Q
15	2			51.89	q
16	2			52.14	SB
17	1			52.19	Q
18	1			52.23
19	3			52.44
20	1			52.53
21	3			52.72
22	1			53.08
23	1			53.11
24	2			54.15
25	4			55.26
26	4			55.74
	3				R168.7(a)^[2]

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			50.03	Q
2	2			50.05	Q
3	1			50.17	Q, PB
4	1			50.26	Q
5	1			50.44	Q, SB
6	2			50.50	Q
7	1			50.56	q
8	1			50.72	q
9	2			50.89
10	2			50.92	PB
11	2			51.20
12	1			51.34
13	1			51.50
14	2			53.31
15	1			53.55
	2				R168.7^[3]

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	align=left			49.03	EU23L, PB
	4	align=left			49.49	PB
	5	align=left			49.69	PB
4	3	align=left			49.92
5	7	align=left			50.04	NU23R
6	8	align=left			50.45
7	1	align=left			50.51
8	2	align=left			50.82

Notes and References

1. https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf Results
2. Trailing leg error
3. Not jumping each hurdle