European Athletics Championships 1994/400 m men

16th European Athletics Championships
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)
Medalist Du'aine Ladejo ( GBR )   Roger Black ( GBR )   Mathias Rusterholz ( SUI )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

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)
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)
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)
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.

As the seventh of his semi-final run, Tomasz Czubak did not reach the final

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
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)
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

The resurgent two-time European champion Roger Black (here in 2011) came in second this time

August 11, 1994

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
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

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed September 23, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Men , p. 10 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on September 23, 2019