European Athletics Championships 2014/400 m men

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	40 athletes from 24 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 12th (preliminary) August 13th (semi-finals) August 15th (final)
Medalist Martyn Rooney ( GBR )   Matthew Hudson-Smith ( GBR )   Donald Sanford ( ISR )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 400-meter race of the men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was from 12 to 15 August 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

In this competition there was a double victory for the British runners. Martyn Rooney became European champion . Matthew Hudson-Smith took second place. The Israeli sprinter Donald Sanford won the bronze medal.

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.

doping

There was a doping case in this competition:
The Russian Maxim Dyldin , who was eliminated in the semifinals, was banned for four years by the International Sports Court from January 6, 2017 , due to a missed doping test . His results at the 2012 Olympics and later have been canceled.

One athlete in particular suffered more:
The Belgian Julien Watrin , who had been eliminated in the preliminary run, would have been eligible to start in the semifinals.

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  Mateo Ružić - eliminated in eighth in the first heat

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

August 12, 2014, 12:46 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Mame-Ibra Anne	France	45.57
2	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	45.75
3	Łukasz Krawczuk	Poland	45.92
4th	Pavel Trenichin	Russia	46.03
5	Vitaly Butrym	Ukraine	46.30
6th	Daniel Němeček	Czech Republic	46.47
7th	Bálint Móricz	Hungary	47.04
8th	Mateo Ružić	Croatia	47.06

Forward 2

Patrik Šorm (left) did not reach the semi-finals in sixth place in his heat

August 12, 2014, 12:54 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Netherlands	45.65
2	Marek Niit	Estonia	45.74 NO
3	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.77
4th	Rafał Omelko	Poland	46.10
5	Richard Morrissey	Ireland	46.20
6th	Patrik Šorm	Czech Republic	46.35
7th	Željko Vincek	Croatia	48.32
DOP	Maxim Dyldin	Russia	admitted to the semifinals

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  Julien Watrin - retired after his fifth place in the third preliminary run, but actually qualified for the semifinals because of Maxim Dyldin, who was disqualified for doping reasons

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  Jewhen Huzol's seventh place in his preliminary run was not enough for participation in the semi-finals

Forward 3

August 12, 2014, 1:02 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jakub Krzewina	Poland	45.68
2	Ricardo dos Santos	Portugal	45.81 NO
3	Conrad Williams	Great Britain	45.90
4th	Yannick Fonsat	France	46.23
5	Julien Watrin	Belgium	46.31 actually qualified for the semi-finals
6th	Davide Re	Italy	46.34
7th	Yevhen Huzol	Ukraine	46.96
8th	Batuhan Altıntaş	Turkey	47.35

Forward 4

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  Jan Tesař missed out on the next lap by a rank or a hundredth of a second in his race

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  Sixth place was not enough for Yavuz Can to take part in the semi-finals

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  Like over 200 meters , the competition for Johan Wissman was over after the preliminary round

August 12, 2014, 1:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	46.07
2	Donald Sanford	Israel	46.18
3	Brian Gregan	Ireland	46.33
4th	Matteo Galvan	Italy	46.64
5	Jan Tesař	Czech Republic	46.65
6th	Yavuz Can	Turkey	46.90
7th	Johan Wissman	Sweden	46.93
8th	Karl Baldachino	Gibraltar	55.09

Forward 5

Here Karsten Warholm failed as seventh of his race in the preliminary round, and in the years to come great successes emerged

August 12, 2014, 1:18 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.48
2	Samuel García	Spain	45.80
3	Kamghe Gaba	Germany	45.80
4th	Nick Ekelund-Arenander	Denmark	45.91
5	Miloš Raović	Serbia	46.12
6th	Lorenzo Valentini	Italy	46.61
7th	Karsten Warholm	Norway	46.73
8th	Fabian Haldner	Liechtenstein	50.55

Semifinals

From the two 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

August 13, 2014, 7:24 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Conrad Williams	Great Britain	45.85
2	Kamghe Gaba	Germany	46.01
3	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	46.15
4th	Liemarvin Bonevacia	Netherlands	46.38
5	Rafał Omelko	Poland	46.69
6th	Yannick Fonsat	France	46.83
7th	Nick Ekelund-Arenander	Denmark	47.16
DOP	Maxim Dyldin	Russia

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  Kevin Borlée's third place wasn't enough to make it into the final

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  Liemarvin Bonevacia was eliminated in fourth of his race in the semifinals

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  Rafał Omelko - fifth in the first semifinals and eliminated

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  With a time of over 47 seconds, Nick Ekelund-Arenander was unable to enter the final

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  Doping sinner Maxim Dyldin

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  Ricardo dos Santos - despite the Portuguese record as third in his semi-final, not in the final

Run 2

August 13, 2014, 7:31 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	45.40
2	Samuel García	Spain	45.58
3	Ricardo dos Santos	Portugal	45.74 NO
4th	Marek Niit	Estonia	45.80
5	Łukasz Krawczuk	Poland	46.24
6th	Matteo Galvan	Italy	46.32
7th	Pavel Trenichin	Russia	46.40
8th	Richard Morrissey	Ireland	46.64

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  Marek Niit reached the semi-finals and was eliminated here as fourth in his race

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  Łukasz Krawczuk - fifth in his semi-finals and therefore not in the final

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  For Matteo Galvan, his sixth place in the second semifinals was not enough for the final

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  Pawel Trenichin failed as seventh of his race in the semifinals

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  Richard Morrissey - Eighth in his semi-finals and eliminated

Run 3

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  Third semifinals (from left to right): Jonathan Borlée, Brian Gregan, Mame-Ibra Anne, Donald Sanford

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  Mame-Ibra Anne did not reach the finals as fifth in his semi-finals

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  Brian Gregan was eliminated with his sixth place in the third semifinals

August 13, 2014, 7:38 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	45.30
2	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	45.38
3	Donald Sanford	Israel	45.39 NO
4th	Jakub Krzewina	Poland	45.47
5	Mame-Ibra Anne	France	45.75
6th	Brian Gregan	Ireland	45.81
7th	Miloš Raović	Serbia	46.09
8th	Vitaly Butrym	Ukraine	48.16

final

European Champion Martyn Rooney (right) and silver medalist
Matthew Hudson-Smith

August 15, 2014, 6:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	44.71
2	Matthew Hudson-Smith	Great Britain	44.75
3	Donald Sanford	Israel	45.27 NO
4th	Jakub Krzewina	Poland	45.52
5	Conrad Williams	Great Britain	45.53
6th	Kamghe Gaba	Germany	45.83
7th	Samuel García	Spain	45.35
DNS	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium

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  After finishing fourth in 2012 , Donald Sanford won the bronze medal this time

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  Jakub Krzewina (right) came fourth

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  Conrad Williams finished fifth

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  Kamghe Gaba - sixth

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  Samuel García reached seventh place

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  Jonathan Borlée - including fourth place in the 2013 World Cup - could not compete in the final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Zurich 2014 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 1, 2020
• Men 400m European Championship 2014 Zurich on todor66.com, accessed on February 1, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2014 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 1, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2014, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on February 1, 2020
• 22nd European Athletics Championships 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on February 1, 2020

Video

• 400m Karsten Warholm (European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014) on youtube.com, accessed on February 1, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m men , accessed February 1, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Men , p. 10 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on February 1, 2020
3. ↑ Doping: Russian Dyldin banned for a long time on sport1.de January 9, 2017, accessed on February 1, 2020
4. ^ IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 on olympic.org April 24, 2017, accessed on February 1, 2020