European Athletics Championships 1998/400 m hurdles for men
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| discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 28 athletes from 18 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Budapest
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| Competition location | Népstadion | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 18th (preliminary) August 19th (semi-finals) August 20th (final) |
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The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships took place from August 18 to 20, 1998 in the Népstadion in the Hungarian capital, Budapest .
European champion was Paweł Januszewski from Poland . The Russian Ruslan Mashchenko won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Italian Fabrizio Mori .
Existing records
| World record | 46.78 s |
 Kevin Young
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OS Barcelona , Spain | August 6, 1992 |
| European record | 47.37 s |
 Stéphane Diagana
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Lausanne , Switzerland | 5th July 1995 |
| Championship record | 47.48 s |
 Harald Schmid
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EM Athens , Greece | September 8, 1982 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 19, 1998
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - reached the semi-finals. All athletes who qualified for the second round over their time came from the third heat, which was significantly faster than the other three races in the preliminary round
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stéphane Diagana |
France
|
49.28 |
| 2 | Vadim Zadoinov |
 Moldova
|
49.58 |
| 3 | Vladislav Schirjajew |
 Russia
|
49.96 |
| 4th | Mario Reis |
 Portugal
|
50.39 |
| 5 | Sinisa Pesa |
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50.44 |
| 6th | Anthony Borsumato |
 Great Britain
|
50.91 |
| DNF | Egīls Tēbelis |
 Latvia
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Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paweł Januszewski |
 Poland
|
49.47 |
| 2 | Jimmy Coco |
France
|
49.57 |
| 3 | Fabrizio Mori |
 Italy
|
49.63 |
| 4th | Boris Gorban |
Russia
|
50.04 |
| 5 | Miro Kocuvan |
 Slovenia
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50.54 |
| 6th | Petteri Pulkkinen |
 Finland
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50.59 |
| 7th | Christopher Rawlinson |
Great Britain
|
51.11 |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Silva |
Portugal
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49.00 |
| 2 | Jiří Mužík |
 Czech Republic
|
49.15 |
| 3 | Paul Gray |
Great Britain
|
49.16 |
| 4th | Thomas Goller |
 Germany
|
49.22 |
| 5 | David Kafka |
France
|
49.74 |
| 6th | Darko Juricic |
Slovenia
|
49.88 |
| 7th | Tom McGuirk |
 Ireland
|
49.92 |
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruslan Mashchenko |
Russia
|
50.30 |
| 2 | Tibor Bédi |
Hungary
|
50.57 |
| 3 | Laurent Ottoz |
Italy
|
50.58 |
| 4th | Íñigo Monreal |
 Spain
|
50.94 |
| 5 | Steffen Kolb |
Germany
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50.97 |
| 6th | Bartosz Gruman |
Poland
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51.06 |
| 7th | Radoslav Holúbek |
 Slovakia
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51.36 |
Semifinals
August 19, 1998
From each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruslan Mashchenko |
Russia
|
48.64 |
| 2 | Carlos Silva |
Portugal
|
48.98 |
| 3 | Laurent Ottoz |
Italy
|
49.06 |
| 4th | Jiří Mužík |
Czech Republic
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49.39 |
| 5 | Thomas Goller |
Germany
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49.69 |
| 6th | Paul Gray |
Great Britain
|
50.34 |
| 7th | Tibor Bédi |
Hungary
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57.77 |
| DNF | David Kafka |
France
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Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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| 1 | Paweł Januszewski |
Poland
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48.90 |
| 2 | Vadim Zadoinov |
Moldova
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49.26 |
| 3 | Fabrizio Mori |
Italy
|
49.34 |
| 4th | Vladislav Schirjajew |
Russia
|
49.56 |
| 5 | Jimmy Coco |
France
|
49.72 |
| 6th | Darko Juricic |
Slovenia
|
50.39 |
| 7th | Tom McGuirk |
Ireland
|
51.12 |
| DNF | Stéphane Diagana |
France
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final
European champion Pawel Januszewski
Jiří Mužík came in seventh place
August 20, 1998
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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| 1 | Paweł Januszewski |
Poland
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48.17 |
| 2 | Ruslan Mashchenko |
Russia
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48.25 |
| 3 | Fabrizio Mori |
Italy
|
48.71 |
| 4th | Carlos Silva |
Portugal
|
49.02 |
| 5 | Vadim Zadoinov |
Moldova
|
49.10 |
| 6th | Laurent Ottoz |
Italy
|
49.15 |
| 7th | Jiří Mužík |
Czech Republic
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50.51 |
| 8th | Vladislav Schirjajew |
Russia
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50.94 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Budapest 1998 at european-athletics.org, accessed October 2, 2019
- Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1998 Budapest on todor66.com, accessed October 8, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1998 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed October 8, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1998 Budapest, p. 472 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 8, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1998, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 8, 2019
- 17th European Athletics Championships 1998 in Budapest, Hungary from ifosta.de, accessed on October 8, 2019
Video
- Men's 400m Hurdles Final European Champs Budapest 1998 on youtube.com (English), accessed October 8, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on October 8, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on October 8, 2019