European Athletics Championships 1994/400 m men
16th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 21 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
venue | Helsinki | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 8th (preliminary) August 9th (semi-finals) August 11th (final) |
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The men's 400-meter race at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held from August 8 to 11, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
In this competition there was a double victory for the British runners. European champion was Du'aine Ladejo . He won ahead of the winner of the last two European championships, Roger Black . Bronze went to Mathias Rusterholz from Switzerland .
Existing records
World record | 43.29 s | Harry Reynolds | Zurich , Switzerland | 17th August 1988 |
European record | 44.33 s | Thomas Schönlebe | World Cup Rome , Italy | 3rd September 1987 |
EM record | 44.72 s | Roger Black | EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany | August 29, 1986 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 8, 1994
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.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 45.88 |
2 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 46.25 |
3 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 46.29 |
4th | Marco Vaccari | Italy | 46.32 |
5 | Dmitri Golovastov | Russia | 46.48 |
6th | Daniel Bittner | Germany | 46.62 |
7th | Kari Louramo | Finland | 46.83 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Du'aine Ladejo | Great Britain | 46.50 |
2 | Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 46.52 |
3 | Dmitri Kosov | Russia | 46.79 |
4th | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 46.95 |
5 | Tom McGuirk | Ireland | 47.14 |
6th | Lutz Becker | Germany | 47.52 |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Mathias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 46.12 |
2 | Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 46.61 |
3 | Štefan Balošák | Slovakia | 46.62 |
4th | David McKenzie | Great Britain | 46.78 |
5 | Nenad Đurović | Yugoslavia | 46.84 |
6th | Andrea Nuti | Italy | 46.87 |
7th | Kai Karsten | Germany | 47.22 |
8th | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.40 |
Semifinals
August 9, 1994
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Du'aine Ladejo | Great Britain | 45.70 |
2 | Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 45.85 |
3 | Mathias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 45.88 |
4th | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 46.10 |
5 | Daniel Bittner | Germany | 46.44 |
6th | Marco Vaccari | Italy | 46.57 |
7th | David McKenzie | Great Britain | 46.65 |
8th | Nenad Đurović | Yugoslavia | 47.44 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 45.79 |
2 | Dmitri Golovastov | Russia | 46.05 |
3 | Dmitri Kosov | Russia | 46.23 |
4th | Štefan Balošák | Slovakia | 46.32 |
5 | Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 46.32 |
6th | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 46.39 |
7th | Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.05 |
8th | Kari Louramo | Finland | 47.37 |
final
August 11, 1994
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Du'aine Ladejo | Great Britain | 45.09 |
2 | Roger Black | Great Britain | 45.20 |
3 | Mathias Rusterholz | Switzerland | 45.96 |
4th | Dmitri Golovastov | Russia | 46.01 |
5 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 46.20 |
6th | Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 46.23 |
7th | Štefan Balošák | Slovakia | 46.64 |
8th | Dmitri Kosov | Russia | 46.69 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1994 at european-athletics.org, accessed on 23 September 2019
- Men 400m European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed September 23, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 23, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 461 (PDF, 13.363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 23, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 23, 2019
- 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 23, 2019
Video
- Men's 400m Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 23, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed September 23, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Men , p. 10 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on September 23, 2019