European Athletics Championships 1986/400 m hurdles for men

14th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 400-meter hurdles
city	Stuttgart
Stadion	Neckar Stadium
Attendees	24 athletes from 13 countries
Competition phase	August 26th (preliminary) August 27th (semi-finals) August 28th (final)
Medalist
gold	Harald Schmid ( FRG )
silver	Alexander Wassiljew ( URS )
bronze	Sven Nylander ( SWE )

The Stuttgart stadium - today the Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2011

The men's 400-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 took place from August 26th to 28th, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .

The Federal German vice world champion from 1983 and Olympic third from 1984 Harald Schmid won his third European Championship title in a row . Second place went to the Soviet runner Alexander Wassiljew . The Swede Sven Nylander won bronze.

Existing records

World record	47.02 s	Edwin Moses	Koblenz , FR Germany	August 31, 1983
European record	47.48 s	Harald Schmid	EM Athens , Greece	September 8, 1982
Championship record

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 26, 1986

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sven Nylander	Sweden	49.60
2	Toma Tomow	Bulgaria	50.02
3	José Alonso	Spain	50.03
4th	Matthias Kaulin	BR Germany	50.09
5	Giorgio Rucli	Italy	50.89
6th	Alain Cuypers	Belgium	51.21

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alexander Vasilyev	Soviet Union	49.61
2	Peter Scholz	BR Germany	49.74
3	Rik Tommelein	Belgium	49.92
4th	Thomas Futterknecht	Austria	50.17
5	Luca Cosi	Italy	50.69
6th	Yeoryiós Vamvakas	Greece	50.91

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harald Schmid	BR Germany	50.15
2	Philippe Gonigam	France	50.45
3	Max Robertson	Great Britain	50.64
4th	Ryszard Szparak	Poland	50.70
5	Oleg Azarov	Soviet Union	50.76
6th	Ulf Sedlacek	Sweden	51.58
7th	Klaus Ehrle	Austria	51.82

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	49.85
2	Athanásios Kaloyiánnis	Greece	49.96
3	Jozef Kucej	Czechoslovakia	50.00
4th	Phil Beattie	Great Britain	50.00
5	Thomas Nyberg	Sweden	52.16

Semifinals

August 27, 1986, 9:05 p.m.

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

As sixth of his prelim, Philippe Gonigam did not reach the final

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harald Schmid	BR Germany	49.17
2	José Alonso	Spain	49.45
3	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	49.47
4th	Athanásios Kaloyiánnis	Greece	49.86
5	Luca Cosi	Italy	50.28
6th	Philippe Gonigam	France	50.44
7th	Phil Beattie	Great Britain	50.67
DSQ	Peter Scholz	BR Germany

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alexander Vasilyev	Soviet Union	48.80
2	Sven Nylander	Sweden	48.83
3	Toma Tomow	Bulgaria	49.21
4th	Rik Tommelein	Belgium	49.77
5	Thomas Futterknecht	Austria	49.82
6th	Matthias Kaulin	BR Germany	50.00
7th	Max Robertson	Great Britain	50.06
8th	Jozef Kucej	Czechoslovakia	50.42

• 

  European champion for the third time in a row: Harald Schmid, vice world champion 1983 and Olympic third party 1984 - 1987 World Cup third

• 

  The 1982 Olympic gold medalist Sven Nylander (here in 2014) won his first major international medal with bronze - in 1990 and 1994 he won EM silver

final

August 28, 1986, 8:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Harald Schmid	BR Germany	49.17
2	Alexander Vasilyev	Soviet Union	49.45
3	Sven Nylander	Sweden	49.47
4th	Toma Tomow	Bulgaria	49.86
5	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	50.28
6th	José Alonso	Spain	50.44
7th	Rik Tommelein	Belgium	50.67
DSQ	Athanásios Kaloyiánnis	Greece

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 30, 2019
• Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1986 Stuttgart on todor66.com, accessed on August 30, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed August 30, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 445 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 30, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 30, 2019
• 14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on August 30, 2019

Video

• 313 - 400 m Hurdles , published November 18, 2012 on youtube.com (English), accessed August 31, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on August 30, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on August 30, 2019