European Athletics Championships 2010/400 m men

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	33 athletes from 17 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 27th (preliminary) July 28th (semi-finals) July 30th (final)
Medalist Kevin Borlée ( BEL )   Michael Bingham ( GBR )   Martyn Rooney ( GBR )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The men's 400-meter race at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held from July 27 to 30, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

With silver and bronze, the British runners won two medals in this competition. Belgian Kevin Borlée became European Champion . Michael Bingham took second place ahead of Martyn Rooney .

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 carried out in five 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

Maxim Dyldin still ahead, behind them Andrea Barberi, Kevin Borlée and Catalin CÎmpeanu, then a different order at the finish

July 27, 2010, 11:00 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.71
2	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.72
3	Andrea Barberi	Italy	46.05
4th	Catalin CÎmpeanu	Romania	46.17
5	Maxim Dyldin	Russia	46.21
6th	Gordon Kennedy	Ireland	46.63
7th	Ivano Bucci	San Marino	49.03

Forward 2

Mark Ujakpor was eliminated as seventh of his preliminary run

July 27, 2010, 11:08 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.91
2	Yannick Fonsat	France	46.26
3	Marcin Marciniszyn	Poland	46.31
4th	Dimítrios Grávalos	Greece	46.56
5	Sebastjan Jagarinec	Slovenia	46.75
6th	Mark Ujakpor	Spain	46.85
7th	Myhaylo Knysh	Ukraine	46.86

Forward 3

Clemens Zeller could not finish his race in the third heat

July 27, 2010, 11:16 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	David Gillick	Ireland	45.84
2	Dmytro Ostrovskyy	Ukraine	45.98
3	Arnaud Destatte	Belgium	46.42
4th	Marc Orozco	Spain	47.19
5	Nicklas Hyde	Denmark	48.65
DNF	Clemens Zeller	Austria
	Peter Žňava	Slovakia

Forward 4

Brian Gregan's fifth place in the fourth heat was not enough for the semifinals

July 27, 2010, 11:24 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vladimir Krasnov	Russia	46.07
2	Teddy Venel	France	46.18
3	Conrad Williams	Great Britain	46.35
4th	Piotr Klimczak	Poland	46.81
5	Brian Gregan	Ireland	46.90
6th	Máté Lukács	Hungary	47.74

Volodymyr Burakov (here on the far left in an indoor race) finished sixth in his heat and was eliminated

Forward 5

July 27, 2010, 11:32 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michael Bingham	Great Britain	45.49
2	Leslie Djhone	France	45.79
3	Kacper Kozłowski	Poland	45.97
4th	Marco Vistalli	Italy	46.06
5	Pétros Kiriakídis	Greece	46.65
6th	Volodymyr Burakov	Ukraine	47.03

Semifinals

July 29, 2010, 5:35 pm

From each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Andrea Barberi (front center) was five hundredths of a second missing from the final

July 28, 2010, 7:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	44.71 NO
2	Leslie Djhone	France	44.87
3	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.00
4th	Marcin Marciniszyn	Poland	45.58
5	Andrea Barberi	Italy	45.63
6th	Sebastjan Jagarinec	Slovenia	46.13
7th	Dimítrios Grávalos	Greece	46.30
8th	Marc Orozco	Spain	46.96

Run 2

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  Teddy Venel finished fifth in the second semifinal race and was eliminated

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  Maxim Dyldin's sixth place in his semi-final run was not enough for the final

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  As the seventh of his semifinal run, the competition was over for Arnaud Destatte

July 28, 2010, 7:19 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	David Gillick	Ireland	44.79
2	Michael Bingham	Great Britain	44.88
3	Kacper Kozłowski	Poland	45.24
4th	Marco Vistalli	Italy	45.38
5	Teddy Venel	France	45.55
6th	Maxim Dyldin	Russia	45.66
7th	Arnaud Destatte	Belgium	46.38
8th	Pétros Kiriakídis	Greece	46.90

Run 3

As sixth in the third semifinal run, Conrad Williams did not make it into the final

July 28, 2010, 7:28 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.32
2	Vladimir Krasnov	Russia	45.64
3	Dmytro Ostrovskyy	Ukraine	45.81
4th	Yannick Fonsat	France	46.03
5	Catalin CÎmpeanu	Romania	46.43
6th	Conrad Williams	Great Britain	46.60
7th	Piotr Klimczak	Poland	46.68
8th	Gordon Kennedy	Ireland	46.72

final

European champion Kevin Borlée

July 30, 2010, 9:25 pm

Of the Belgian Borlée twin brothers, the best of the year in Europe, Jonathan, started the final as the favorite. He had set a new Belgian record in the semi-finals, but ended up only seventh, while his brother Kevin surprisingly won gold. Silver and bronze went to the two Britons Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.08
2	Michael Bingham	Great Britain	45.23
3	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.23
4th	Vladimir Krasnov	Russia	45.24
5	David Gillick	Ireland	45.28
6th	Leslie Djhone	France	45.30
7th	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.35
8th	Kacper Kozłowski	Poland	46.07

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  Vice European Champion Michael Bingham

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  Bronze medalist Martyn Rooney

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  Vladimir Krasnov came in fourth

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  David Gillick finished fifth

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  Leslie Djhone finished sixth

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  The slightly favored Jonathan Borlée had to be satisfied with seventh place after a national record in the semifinals

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  Kacper Kozłowski finished eighth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Barcelona 2010 at european-athletics.org, accessed December 10, 2019
• Men 400m European Championship 2010 Barcelona on todor66.com, accessed December 10, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2010 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed December 10, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​p. 500 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on December 10, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2010, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on December 10, 2019
• 20th European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​Spain from ifosta.de, accessed on December 10, 2019

Video

• 400m men Final 20th European Athletics Championships Barcelona 2010 on youtube.com, accessed on December 10, 2019

References and comments

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