European Athletics Championships 2010/400 m hurdles for men

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	29 athletes from 19 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 28th (preliminary) July 29th (semi-finals) July 31st (final)
Medalist David Greene ( GBR )   Rhys Williams ( GBR )   Stanislaw Melnykow ( UKR )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The 400-meter hurdles of the men at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was to 31 July 2010 at the 28th Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys the city of Barcelona held.

The British hurdlers achieved a double victory in this competition . European champion was David Greene . The European Championship third from 2006 Rhys Williams won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Ukrainian Stanislaw Melnykow .

Existing records

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

The EM record, which had existed since 1982 , continued to exist after these European championships.

Preliminary round

July 28, 2010, 5:35 p.m.

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

July 28, 2010, 12:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alexander Derevyagin	Russia	50.14
2	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	50.32
3	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	50.45
4th	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic	50.47
5	Ignacio Sarmiento	Spain	51.82
6th	Silvestras Guogis	Lithuania	53.38
DSQ	Sotírios Iakovákis	Greece

Forward 2

Andreas Totsås (right) - disqualified in the second run

July 28, 2010, 12:58 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	49.35
2	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	49.49
3	Josef Prorok	Poland	49.97
4th	Attila Nagy	Romania	50.31
5	Stef Vanhaeren	Belgium	50.71
6th	Tuncay Ors	Turkey	51.41
DSQ	Andreas Totsås	Norway

Forward 3

July 28, 2010, 1:06 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanislaw Melnykov	Ukraine	50.32
2	Héni Kechi	France	50.50
3	Nils Duerinck	Belgium	50.89
4th	Spirídon Papadópoulos	Greece	51.25
5	Diego Cabello	Spain	51.48
6th	João Ferreira	Portugal	52.27
7th	Aarne Nirk	Estonia	52.75
8th	Björgvin Vikingsson	Iceland	54.46

Forward 4

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  Seventh place in the fourth run and thus the end for Jussi Heikkilä

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  Rafał Omelko did not reach the final as eighth of his prelim

July 28, 2010, 1:14 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	David Greene	Great Britain	50.11
2	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	50.48
3	Sébastien Maillard	France	50.73
4th	Giacomo Panizza	Italy	51.11
5	Fausto Santini	Switzerland	51.43
6th	Jussi Heikkilä	Finland	52.46
7th	Rafał Omelko	Poland	52.54

Semifinals

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

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  Nathan Woodward's fourth place in the first semifinals was not enough to reach the finals

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  Michaël Bultheel retired as fifth in his semi-final race

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  For Stef Vanhaeren, finishing sixth in the semifinals was the final destination

July 29, 2010, 12:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	David Greene	Great Britain	49.48
2	Alexander Derevyagin	Russia	49.85
3	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	50.09
4th	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	50.51
5	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	50.60
6th	Stef Vanhaeren	Belgium	50.86
7th	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic	51.06
8th	Sébastien Maillard	France	51.26

Run 2

Nils Duerinck was thirteen hundredths of a second missing from the final

July 29, 2010, 12:58 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	49.61
2	Stanislaw Melnykov	Ukraine	49.76
3	Héni Kechi	France	50.05
4th	Josef Prorok	Poland	50.13
5	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	50.33
6th	Nils Duerinck	Belgium	50.46
7th	Giacomo Panizza	Italy	51.46
8th	Attila Nagy	Romania	51.98

final

The 400 meter hurdles final

July 31, 2010, 8:10 p.m.

The Briton David Greene clearly won by more than eight tenths of a second over his compatriot Rhys Williams. The Ukrainian Stanislaw Melnykow won the bronze medal, defending champion Periklis Iakovakis from Greece had to be content with fifth place.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	David Greene	Great Britain	48.12
2	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	48.96
3	Stanislaw Melnykov	Ukraine	49.09
4th	Héni Kechi	France	49.34
5	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	49.38
6th	Josef Prorok	Poland	49.68
7th	Alexander Derevyagin	Russia	49.70
8th	Fadil Bellaabouss	France	60.94

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  European champion David Greene

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  Rhys Williams, who was third in the European Championship in 2006, became vice European champion this time

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  Bronze medalist Stanislaw Melnykow

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  Defending champion Periklís Iakovákis - this time in fifth place

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  Josef Prorok reached sixth place

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  Alexander Derevyagin came in seventh

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  The eighth-placed Fadil Bellaabouss

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Barcelona 2010 at european-athletics.org, accessed December 14, 2019
• Men 100m European Championship 2010 Barcelona on todor66.com, accessed December 14, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2010 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on December 14, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 100m European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​p. 502 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on December 14, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2010, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on December 14, 2019
• 20th European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​Spain from ifosta.de, accessed on December 14, 2019

Video

• David Greene Wins Mens 400m Hurdles in European Athletics Championships 2010 on youtube.com (English), accessed December 14, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on December 14, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on December 14, 2019