European Athletics Championships 2010/400 m men

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20th European Athletics Championships
Logo of the 20th European Athletics Championships
discipline 400 meter run
gender Men
Attendees 33 athletes from 17 countries
venue SpainSpain Barcelona
Competition location Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase July 27th (preliminary)
July 28th (semi-finals)
July 30th (final)
Medalist
gold medal Kevin Borlée ( BEL ) BelgiumBelgium 
Silver medal Michael Bingham ( GBR ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Bronze medal Martyn Rooney ( GBR ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

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 United StatesUnited States Michael Johnson World Cup Seville , Spain August 26, 1999
European record 44.33 s Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Thomas Schönlebe World Cup Rome , Italy 3rd September 1987
EM record 44.52 s United KingdomUnited Kingdom 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 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 45.71
2 Martyn Rooney United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.72
3 Andrea Barberi ItalyItaly Italy 46.05
4th Catalin CÎmpeanu RomaniaRomania Romania 46.17
5 Maxim Dyldin RussiaRussia Russia 46.21
6th Gordon Kennedy IrelandIreland Ireland 46.63
7th Ivano Bucci San MarinoSan Marino 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 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 45.91
2 Yannick Fonsat FranceFrance France 46.26
3 Marcin Marciniszyn PolandPoland Poland 46.31
4th Dimítrios Grávalos GreeceGreece Greece 46.56
5 Sebastjan Jagarinec SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 46.75
6th Mark Ujakpor SpainSpain Spain 46.85
7th Myhaylo Knysh UkraineUkraine 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 IrelandIreland Ireland 45.84
2 Dmytro Ostrovskyy UkraineUkraine Ukraine 45.98
3 Arnaud Destatte BelgiumBelgium Belgium 46.42
4th Marc Orozco SpainSpain Spain 47.19
5 Nicklas Hyde DenmarkDenmark Denmark 48.65
DNF Clemens Zeller AustriaAustria Austria
Peter Žňava SlovakiaSlovakia 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 RussiaRussia Russia 46.07
2 Teddy Venel FranceFrance France 46.18
3 Conrad Williams United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 46.35
4th Piotr Klimczak PolandPoland Poland 46.81
5 Brian Gregan IrelandIreland Ireland 46.90
6th Máté Lukács HungaryHungary 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 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.49
2 Leslie Djhone FranceFrance France 45.79
3 Kacper Kozłowski PolandPoland Poland 45.97
4th Marco Vistalli ItalyItaly Italy 46.06
5 Pétros Kiriakídis GreeceGreece Greece 46.65
6th Volodymyr Burakov UkraineUkraine 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 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 44.71 NO
2 Leslie Djhone FranceFrance France 44.87
3 Martyn Rooney United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.00
4th Marcin Marciniszyn PolandPoland Poland 45.58
5 Andrea Barberi ItalyItaly Italy 45.63
6th Sebastjan Jagarinec SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 46.13
7th Dimítrios Grávalos GreeceGreece Greece 46.30
8th Marc Orozco SpainSpain Spain 46.96

Run 2

July 28, 2010, 7:19 pm

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 David Gillick IrelandIreland Ireland 44.79
2 Michael Bingham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 44.88
3 Kacper Kozłowski PolandPoland Poland 45.24
4th Marco Vistalli ItalyItaly Italy 45.38
5 Teddy Venel FranceFrance France 45.55
6th Maxim Dyldin RussiaRussia Russia 45.66
7th Arnaud Destatte BelgiumBelgium Belgium 46.38
8th Pétros Kiriakídis GreeceGreece 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 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 45.32
2 Vladimir Krasnov RussiaRussia Russia 45.64
3 Dmytro Ostrovskyy UkraineUkraine Ukraine 45.81
4th Yannick Fonsat FranceFrance France 46.03
5 Catalin CÎmpeanu RomaniaRomania Romania 46.43
6th Conrad Williams United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 46.60
7th Piotr Klimczak PolandPoland Poland 46.68
8th Gordon Kennedy IrelandIreland 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 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 45.08
2 Michael Bingham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.23
3 Martyn Rooney United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 45.23
4th Vladimir Krasnov RussiaRussia Russia 45.24
5 David Gillick IrelandIreland Ireland 45.28
6th Leslie Djhone FranceFrance France 45.30
7th Jonathan Borlée BelgiumBelgium Belgium 45.35
8th Kacper Kozłowski PolandPoland Poland 46.07

Web links

Video

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