European Athletics Championships 2012/400 m hurdles for men

21st European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	42 athletes from 26 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	June 27th (preliminary) June 28th (semi-finals) June 29th (final)
Medalist Rhys Williams ( GBR )   Emir Bekrić ( SRB )   Stanislaw Melnykow ( UKR )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held from June 27 to 29, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

European champion was the British European Championship runner-up in 2010 Rhys Williams . He won before the Serbian Emir Bekrić . Bronze went to Stanislaw Melnykow from the Ukraine, who was third in the European Championship in 2010 .

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 has existed since 1982 , was also unmatched at these European championships. The 49 second mark was not undercut here.

Preliminary round

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

Forward 1

As fifth in the first heat, Martin Kučera missed the semi-finals by one place

June 27, 2012, 10:50 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tobias Giehl	Germany	49.98
2	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	50.25
3	Mikita Yakauleu	Belarus	50.47
4th	Vladimir Antmanis	Russia	50.92
5	Martin Kučera	Slovakia	51.50
6th	Attila Nagy	Romania	52.04
7th	Juan Enrique Vallés	Spain	52.43

Forward 2

Brent LaRue has been disqualified for violating the lane limit

June 27, 2012, 10:57 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	49.65
2	Adrien Clemenceau	France	49.84
3	Alexander Derevyagin	Russia	50.32
4th	Michal Brož	Czech Republic	50.91
5	Tuncay Ors	Turkey	52.63
DNF	João Ferreira	Portugal
DSQ	Brent LaRue	Slovenia	IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track

Forward 3

June 27, 2012, 11:04 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	50.02
2	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	50.57
3	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	50.61
4th	Spirídon Papadópoulos	Greece	51.01
5	Jacques Frisch	Luxembourg	51.59
6th	Petteri Monni	Finland	51.73
7th	Ricardo Lima	Portugal	53.00

Forward 4

In sixth place with a time of just under 53 seconds, Jussi Heikkilä had no chance in his lead

June 27, 2012, 11:11 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Georg Fleischhauer	Germany	50.22
2	Thomas Barr	Ireland	50.59
3	Emir Bekrić	Serbia	50.73
4th	Javier Sagredo	Spain	51.37
5	Richard Yates	Great Britain	52.12
6th	Jussi Heikkilä	Finland	52.92
DNF	Øyvind Kjerpeset	Norway

Forward 5

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  Oskari Mörö retired as fifth in his race in the preliminary run

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  Tibor Koroknai was sixth in his preliminary run and did not reach the next round

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  José Reynaldo Bencosme - disqualified for breaching the track

June 27, 2012, 11:18 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanislaw Melnykov	Ukraine	50.33
2	Jorge Paula	Portugal	50.74
3	Diego Cabello	Spain	50.89
4th	Marek Plawgo	Poland	50.96
5	Oskari Mörö	Finland	51.59
6th	Tibor Koroknai	Hungary	53.22
DSQ	José Reynaldo Bencosme	Italy	IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track

Forward 6

David Gollnow was disqualified after a false start

June 27, 2012, 11:25 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	50.40
2	Václav Barák	Czech Republic	50.58
3	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	50.94
4th	Silvestras Guogis	Lithuania	51.25
5	Jason Harvey	Ireland	51.83
6th	Denys Teslenko	Ukraine	51.92
DSQ	David Gollnow	Germany	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

Semifinals

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

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  Thomas Barr reached the semifinals and retired there in fifth place in his race

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  Marek Plawgo - sixth in the first semifinals and therefore not in the final

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  Josef Prorok - disqualified for violating the track

June 28, 2012, 1:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Emir Bekrić	Serbia	49.37 NO
2	Georg Fleischhauer	Germany	49.52
3	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	49.54 NO
4th	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	49.68
5	Thomas Barr	Ireland	50.22
6th	Marek Plawgo	Poland	50.77
7th	Spirídon Papadópoulos	Greece	51.89
DSQ	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track

Run 2

June 28, 2012, 1:23 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanislaw Melnykov	Ukraine	49.72
2	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	49.83
3	Tobias Giehl	Germany	49.95
4th	Mikita Yakauleu	Belarus	50.02
5	Vladimir Antmanis	Russia	50.25
6th	Václav Barák	Czech Republic	50.33
7th	Diego Cabello	Spain	50.52
8th	Silvestras Guogis	Lithuania	51.15

Run 3

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  Despite a third place in his semi-final race, Michaël Bultheel missed participation in the final

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  Sixth place for Kariem Hussein in the third semifinals and thus eliminated

June 28, 2012, 1:31 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	49.63
2	Adrien Clemenceau	France	49.80
3	Michaël Bultheel	Belgium	49.98
4th	Alexander Derevyagin	Russia	50.02
5	Jorge Paula	Portugal	50.58
6th	Kariem Hussein	Switzerland	50.81
7th	Michal Brož	Czech Republic	51.35
8th	Javier Sagredo	Spain	51.66

After Vizeeuropa-
championship in 2010 now the Championship title for Rhys Williams

final

June 29, 2012, 10:05 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Rhys Williams	Great Britain	49.33
2	Emir Bekrić	Serbia	49.49
3	Stanislaw Melnykov	Ukraine	49.69
4th	Adrien Clemenceau	France	49.70
5	Rasmus Mägi	Estonia	50.01
6th	Georg Fleischhauer	Germany	50.11
7th	Nathan Woodward	Great Britain	50.20
8th	Periklís Iakovákis	Greece	50.57

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  Vice European Champion Emir Bekrić  (right)

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  Bronze medalist Stanislaw Melnykow

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  Rasmus Mägi was fifth

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  Georg Fleischhauer came in sixth place

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  Nathan Woodward finished seventh

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  Periklís Iakovákis reached eighth place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 13, 2020
• Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 13, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 13, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 512 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 13, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on January 13, 2020
• 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 13, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m hurdles men , accessed on January 13, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 13, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b c} IAAF competition rules , page 91 PDF (4364KB), accessed on January 13, 2020
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules , page 71 PDF (4364KB), accessed on January 13, 2020