European Athletics Championships 1982/400 m hurdles for men
| 13th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 400-meter hurdles |
| city |
 Athens
|
| Stadion | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Attendees | 21 athletes from 15 countries |
| Competition phase | September 6th (preliminary) September 7th (semi-finals) September 8th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Harald Schmid ( FRG )
 |
 silver |
Alexander Yazewitsch ( URS )
 |
 bronze |
Uwe Ackermann ( GDR )
 |
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The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1982 European Athletics Championships was held from September 6 to 8, 1982 in the Olympic Stadium in Athens .
The German defending champion Harald Schmid became European champion, who improved his own European record by 37 hundredths of a second in the final. He won ahead of the Soviet runner Alexander Yazewitsch . Bronze went to Uwe Ackermann from the GDR.
Records
Existing records
| World record | 47.13 s |
 Edwin Moses
|
Milan , Italy | 3rd July 1980 |
| European record | 47.85 s |
Harald Schmid
|
Turin , Italy | 4th August 1979 |
| Championship record | 48.51 s | EM Prague , Czechoslovakia | September 1, 1978 |
Record improvement
European champion Harald Schmid improved his own EM record in the final on September 8th by 1.03 seconds to 47.48 seconds.
In doing so, he also increased his own European record by 37 hundredths of a second
Preliminary round
September 6, 1982
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
The second run was so fast that all participants qualified for the next round.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Schmid |
BR Germany
|
49.27 |
| 2 | Serge Guillen |
 France
|
50.07 PB |
| 3 | Wassyl Archypenko |
Soviet Union
|
50.10 |
| 4th | Toma Tomow |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
|
50.36 |
| 5 | Georgios Vamvakas |
Greece
|
50.84 SB |
| 6th | Marceliano Ruiz |
 Spain
|
51.10 SB |
| 7th | José Carvalho |
 Portugal
|
51.35 SB |
| 8th | István Simon-Balla |
 Hungary
|
51.61 SB |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uwe Ackermann |
GDR
|
49.48 |
| 2 | Alexander Charlow |
Soviet Union
|
50.52 |
| 3 | Franz Meier |
 Switzerland
|
50.68 |
| 4th | Michael Zimmerman |
 Belgium
|
50.71 SB |
| 5 | Christer Gullstrand |
 Sweden
|
50.75 |
| 6th | Krasimir Demirev |
Bulgaria
|
50.89 SB |
| 7th | José Alonso |
Spain
|
50.95 SB |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryszard Szparak |
 Poland
|
50.51 |
| 2 | Alexander Yatsevich |
Soviet Union
|
50.83 |
| 3 | Saverio Gellini |
 Italy
|
51.27 |
| 4th | Sven Nylander |
Sweden
|
51.40 |
| 5 | Horia Toboc |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
|
51.65 SB |
| 6th | Olivier Gui |
France
|
52.39 SB |
Semifinals
September 7, 1982
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Schmid |
BR Germany
|
49.84 |
| 2 | Wassyl Archypenko |
Soviet Union
|
49.98 |
| 3 | Sven Nylander |
Sweden
|
50.03 |
| 4th | Toma Tomow |
Bulgaria
|
50.10 SB |
| 5 | Franz Meier |
Switzerland
|
50.33 SB |
| 6th | Michael Zimmerman |
Belgium
|
50.83 |
| 7th | Georgios Vamvakas |
Greece
|
50.85 |
| 8th | José Alonso |
Spain
|
51.00 |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uwe Ackermann |
GDR
|
49.32 |
| 2 | Alexander Yatsevich |
Soviet Union
|
49.55 |
| 3 | Ryszard Szparak |
Poland
|
49.79 |
| 4th | Alexander Charlow |
Soviet Union
|
50.00 |
| 5 | Serge Guillen |
France
|
50.40 |
| 6th | Saverio Gellini |
Italy
|
50.59 SB |
| 7th | Christer Gullstrand |
Sweden
|
50.61 SB |
| 8th | Krasimir Demirev |
Bulgaria
|
51.45 |
final
September 8, 1982
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Schmid |
BR Germany
|
47.48 ER |
| 2 | Alexander Yatsevich |
Soviet Union
|
48.60 PB |
| 3 | Uwe Ackermann |
GDR
|
48.64 |
| 4th | Wassyl Archypenko |
Soviet Union
|
48.68 SB |
| 5 | Ryszard Szparak |
Poland
|
49.41 SB |
| 6th | Alexander Charlow |
Soviet Union
|
49.56 SB |
| 7th | Sven Nylander |
Sweden
|
49.64 |
| 8th | Toma Tomow |
Bulgaria
|
50.10 SBe |
In his first international championship, Sven Nylander finished seventh (here in 2014) - he later achieved many top placings at world championships and the Olympic Games and won two silver and one bronze medal at European championships from 1986 to 1994
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Athens 1982 from european-athletics.org, accessed August 19, 2019
- Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1982 Athens on todor66.com, accessed on August 19, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1982 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 19, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1982 Athens, p. 438 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 19, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1982, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 19, 2019
- 13th European Athletics Championships 1982 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on August 19, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on August 18, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on August 18, 2019