European Athletics Championships 2006/400 m hurdles for men

19th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	21 athletes from 11 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 9th (preliminary) ; August 10th (final)
	Medalist
	Periklís Iakovákis ( GRE )
	Marek Plawgo ( POL )
	Rhys Williams ( GBR )

The Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg during the 2006 European Championships

The 400-meter hurdles of the men at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was on 9 and 10 August 2006 at the Ullevi stadium of the city of Gothenburg held.

European champion was the Greek World Cup third in 2003 Periklís Iakovákis . He won ahead of the Pole Marek Plawgo . The Briton Rhys Williams took third place.

Existing records

World record	46.78 s	United States Kevin Young	OS Barcelona , Spain	August 6, 1992
European record	47.37 s	France Stéphane Diagana	Lausanne , Switzerland	5th July 1995
Championship record	47.48 s	Germany BR Harald Schmid	EM Athens , Greece	September 8, 1982

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

Preliminary round

August 16, 2006, 5:35 pm

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

With the small number of participants of 21 long hurdles sprinters, a semi-final was not included, after the preliminary round it went to the final on the following day.

Forward 1

Milan Kotur was eliminated as fifth in his preliminary run

August 9, 2006, 5:40 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marek Plawgo	Poland Poland	49.13
2	Minás Alozídis	Greece Greece	49.31
3	Naman Keïta	France France	49.34
4th	Alexandr Derevyagin	Russia Russia	49.72
5	Milan Kotur	Croatia Croatia	50.69
DSQ	Ryan Dinham	United Kingdom Great Britain
DNS	Ondřej Daněk	Czech Republic Czech Republic

Forward 2

A third place in his preliminary run was not enough for David Greene to enter the finals

August 9, 2006, 5:46 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece Greece	49.43
2	Sébastien Maillard	France France	50.22
3	David Greene	United Kingdom Great Britain	50.66
4th	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic Czech Republic	50.69
5	Christian Grossenbacher	Switzerland Switzerland	50.93
6th	Laurent Ottoz	Italy Italy	51.22
7th	Eduardo Iván Rodríguez	Spain Spain	51.24

Despite a third place in his race, Jiří Mužík was eliminated in the preliminary round

Forward 3

August 9, 2006, 5:52 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Rhys Williams	United Kingdom Great Britain	49.58
2	Gianni Carabelli	Italy Italy	49.97
3	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic Czech Republic	50.29
4th	Vladimir Antmanis	Russia Russia	50.57
5	Pláton Gavélas	Greece Greece	50.77
6th	Heni Kechi	France France	50.78
7th	Tuncay Ors	Turkey Turkey	51.14
8th	José María Romera	Spain Spain	51.73

final

After World Cup bronze, Periklís Iakovákis won EM gold

August 10, 2006, 7:40 pm

The result of this race showed no surprises, Periklis Iakovákis had set the best time in advance, Marek Plawgo and Naman Keïta were among the favorites because of their experience, Rhys Williams had a fast best time from the Commonwealth Games. The course of the race, however, was quite a surprise, as Williams was still well behind after the last hurdle. Nevertheless, he was able to outstrip Keïta, experienced both as a hurdler and as a relay runner, in the run.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece Greece	48.46
2	Marek Plawgo	Poland Poland	48.71
3	Rhys Williams	United Kingdom Great Britain	49.12
4th	Naman Keïta	France France	49.13
5	Sébastien Maillard	France France	49.54
6th	Gianni Carabelli	Italy Italy	49.60
7th	Minás Alozídis	Greece Greece	49.61
8th	Alexandr Derevyagin	Russia Russia	50.31