2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	2022 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympiastadion
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	36
Nations:	19
Win Value:	47.12 CR
Gold:	Karsten Warholm
Silver:	Wilfried Happio
Bronze:	Yasmani Copello
Gold Nation:	NOR
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze Nation:	TUR
Previous:	2018
Next:	2024

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 17, 18 and 19 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 European Athletics Championships
World record		45.94 ^[2]	Tokyo, Japan	3 August 2021
European record
Championship record		47.48	Athina, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading		46.29 ^[3]	Eugene, Oregon, United States	19 July 2022
Europe Leading		47.41^[4]	Eugene, Oregon, United States	19 July 2022

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
17 August 2022	11:05	Round 1
18 August 2022	11:25	Semifinals
19 August 2022	22:00	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the Semifinals.The 10 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semifinals^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	7			49.35	Q
2	1	6			49.40	Q,
3	1	5			49.41	Q
4	2	2			49.49	Q
5	2	3			49.51	Q
6	4	7			49.63	Q,
7	1	2			49.86	q
8	4	6			50.06	Q
9	4	2			50.08	Q
10	4	3			50.09	q
11	4	8			50.12	=
12	3	8			50.27	Q
13	4	4			50.30
14	2	4			50.49	Q
15	3	7			50.61	Q
16	2	6			50.69
17	2	5			50.77
18	1	4			50.82
19	3	5			50.85	Q
20	3	2			51.21
21	3	6			51.21
22	2	7			51.55
23	3	3			51.77
24	1	3			51.86
25	4	5			52.59
26	3	4			52.75

Semifinals

First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	6			48.38	Q
2	2	4			48.52	Q,
3	2	5			48.81	q,
4	1	6			48.89	Q
5	1	4			49.05	Q
6	2	3			49.10	q,
7	1	6			49.30
8	3	3			49.34	Q
9	3	5			49.46	Q
10	2	3			49.48
11	2	7			49.50
11	3	5			49.50
13	3	1			49.52
14	3	8			49.55
15	1	8			49.75
16	1	7			49.78
17	3	1			49.78
18	3	1			49.93
19	3	2			49.99
20	1	2			50.29
21	2	4			50.32
22	2	7			50.32
23	1	2			50.93
24	1	8			51.15

Final

^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6			47.12
	3			48.56
	6			48.78
4	5			48.79
5	7			48.79
6	2			48.98
7	1			50.24
8	8			50.46

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATHLETICS TIMETABLE . european-athletics.org . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 18 August 2022 . World Athletics.
3. Web site: All Time Best . 18 August 2022 . World Athletics.
4. Web site: 2022 Top European List . 18 August 2022 . World Athletics.
5. Web site: Round 1 SUMMARY . 18 August 2022 . 18 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818151248/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C74A_ATHM400MHURD----------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
6. Web site: Semifinals SUMMARY . 19 August 2022 . 18 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818110714/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C74A_ATHW400MHURD----------SFNL--------.pdf . dead .
7. Web site: Final results . 2022-08-20 . 2022-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820084231/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/ATH/ECM2022_ATH_C73A_ATHM400MHURD----------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .