European Athletics Championships 2006/400 m men

19th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	33 athletes from 19 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary) August 8th (semi-finals) August 9th (final)
Medalist Marc Raquil ( FRA )   Vladislav Frolov ( RUS )   Leslie Djhone ( FRA )

The Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg during the 2006 European Championships

The 400-meter race of the men at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was from 7 to 9 August 2006 at the Ullevi stadium of the city of Gothenburg held.

The French 400-meter runners won two gold and bronze medals in this competition. European champion was the 2003 vice world champion, Marc Raquil . He won ahead of the Russian Vladislav Frolov . Bronze went to Leslie Djhone .

Existing records

World record	43.18 s	Michael Johnson	World Cup Seville , Spain	August 26, 1999
European record	44.33 s	Thomas Schönlebe	World Cup Rome , Italy	3rd September 1987
EM record	44.52 s	Ivan Thomas	EM Budapest , Hungary	August 21, 1998

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

Preliminary round

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

August 7, 2006, 12:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Daniel Dąbrowski	Poland	45.58
2	Leslie Djhone	France	45.67
3	Claudio Licciardello	Italy	46.24
4th	Željko Vincek	Croatia	46.48
5	Paul McKee	Ireland	46.48
6th	Dimítrios Grávalos	Greece	46.68
7th	Vasile Boboş	Romania	46.77
8th	Ivano Bucci	San Marino	48.86
9	Florent Battistel	Monaco	50.75

Forward 2

August 7, 2006, 12:23 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Timothy Benjamin	Great Britain	46.10
2	David Gillick	Ireland	46.16
3	Kamghe Gaba	Germany	46.55
4th	Pierre Lavanchy	Switzerland	46.71
5	Thomas Nikitin	Sweden	46.72
6th	Catalin Campeanu	Romania	47.16
7th	Padelís Melahrinoúdis	Greece	47.22
8th	Peter Žňava	Slovakia	47.38

Forward 3

Youssef el Rhalfiouis 47.12 s were clearly too few to reach the semi-finals

August 7, 2006, 12:31 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vladislav Frolov	Russia	45.73
2	Andrea Barberi	Italy	45.81
3	Cédric Van Branteghem	Belgium	45.95
4th	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	46.05
5	Robert Tobin	Great Britain	46.10
6th	Karel Bláha	Czech Republic	46.60
7th	Brice panel	France	46.98
8th	Youssef el Rhalfioui	Netherlands	47.12

Forward 4

August 7, 2006, 12:39 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marc Raquil	France	45.65
2	Dimítrios Régas	Greece	45.81
3	Graham Hedman	Great Britain	46.02
4th	Ioan Vieru	Romania	46.10
5	Marcin Marciniszyn	Poland	46.36
6th	David McCarthy	Ireland	46.53
7th	Sebastian Gatzka	Germany	46.55
8th	David Testa	Spain	47.29

Semifinals

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

Run 1

August 8, 2006, 6:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marc Raquil	France	44.95
2	Vladislav Frolov	Russia	45.21
3	Andrea Barberi	Italy	45.30
4th	Dimítrios Régas	Greece	45.60
5	Ioan Vieru	Romania	45.83
6th	Graham Hedman	Great Britain	45.90
7th	Marcin Marciniszyn	Poland	45.96
8th	Claudio Licciardello	Italy	46.21

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  With his fifth place in the second semi-final, Kamghe Gaba was not quite enough in the final

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  As seventh of his semifinal run, David Gillick was eliminated

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  Cédric Van Branteghem could not finish his race in the second semi-final

Run 2

August 8, 2006, 7:03 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Leslie Djhone	France	45.23
2	Daniel Dąbrowski	Poland	45.38
3	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	45.56
4th	Timothy Benjamin	Great Britain	45.67
5	Kamghe Gaba	Germany	45.77
6th	Robert Tobin	Great Britain	46.03
7th	David Gillick	Ireland	46.84
DNF	Cédric Van Branteghem	Belgium

final

The 2003 vice world champion Marc Raquil has now become European champion

August 9, 2006, 8:45 p.m.

Fifty meters from the finish, the Russian Vladislav Frolov looked like the sure winner. But Marc Raquil had significantly better stamina on the home straight, so that he was able to pass the Russians shortly before the finish and won by seven hundredths of a second. In the semifinals the day before, Raquil had just undercut the 45 mark, which he didn't quite succeed in in the final.

The 400-meter run was the first decision at the 2006 European Championships in which not a single finalist from 2002 had reached the 2006 finals.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marc Raquil	France	45.02
2	Vladislav Frolov	Russia	45.09
3	Leslie Djhone	France	45.40
4th	Daniel Dąbrowski	Poland	45.56
5	Andrea Barberi	Italy	45.70
6th	Timothy Benjamin	Great Britain	45.89
7th	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	45.97
8th	Dimítrios Régas	Greece	46.23

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  Bronze medalist Leslie Djhone

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  Andrea Barberi (second from right) came in fifth

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  Seventh place for Rafał Wieruszewski

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Göteborg 2006 at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 16, 2019
• Men 400m European Championship 2006 Göteborg on todor66.com, accessed November 16, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2006 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 16, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m European Championship 2006 Göteborg, p. 489 (PDF, 13.363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 16, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2006, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on November 16, 2019
• 19th European Athletics Championships 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on November 16, 2019

Video

• 2006 European Championships Men's 400m on youtube.com (English), accessed on November 16, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed November 15, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Men , p. 10 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on November 15, 2019