European Athletics Championships 2018/400 m men
discipline | Men's 400-meter run |
city | Berlin |
place | Olympiastadion Berlin |
Attendees | 39 athletes from 24 countries |
Competition phase | August 7, 2018 (preliminary) August 8, 2018 (semi-finals) August 10, 2018 (final) |
Medalist | |
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gold | Matthew Hudson-Smith ( GBR ) |
silver | Kevin Borlée ( BEL ) |
bronze | Jonathan Borlée ( BEL ) |
The men's 400-meter run at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place between August 7 and 10 in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital, Berlin .
World champion was the Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith . Silver and bronze went to a brother couple from Belgium. Kevin Borlée came in second, Jonathan Borlée came in third.
Records
World record | Wayde van Niekerk | 43.03 s | Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | August 14, 2016 |
European record | Thomas Schönlebe | 44.33 s | Rome , Italy | 3rd September 1987 |
Championship record | Ivan Thomas | 44.52 s | EM in Budapest , Hungary | August 21, 1998 |
Conducting the competition
The nine fastest 400-meter runners on the year's best list - marked with a ‡ in the semi-final results - did not have to compete in the heats. They were automatically qualified for the semi-finals and only then intervened in the competition.
Prelims
From the four preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
August 7, 2018, 10:35 a.m. local time
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 8th | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 45.29 SB |
2 | 6th | Ricardo dos Santos | Portugal | 45.55 NO |
3 | 7th | Vitaly Butrym | Ukraine | 45.82 SB |
4th | 2 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 45.83 |
5 | 3 | Yavuz Can | Turkey | 46.58 |
6th | 1 | Christopher O'Donnell | Ireland | 46.81 SB |
7th | 5 | Mateo Ružić | Croatia | 47.32 |
8th | 4th | Jessy Franco | Gibraltar | 48.12 PB |
Run 2
August 7, 2018, 10:42 a.m. local time
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8th | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 45.19 SB |
2 | 7th | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 45.48 SB |
3 | 6th | Jānis Leitis | Latvia | 45.56 NO |
4th | 4th | Samuel García | Spain | 45.63 |
5 | 3 | Dariusz Kowaluk | Poland | 46.18 |
6th | 5 | Stanislaw Senyk | Ukraine | 47.10 |
7th | 2 | Franko Burraj | Albania | 47.56 |
Run 3
August 7, 2018, 10:49 a.m. local time
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Dylan Borlée | Belgium | 45.84 |
2 | 7th | Robert Parge | Romania | 45.99 |
3 | 8th | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 46.27 |
4th | 6th | Oleksiy Posdnyakov | Ukraine | 46.47 |
5 | 4th | Patrik Šorm | Czech Republic | 46.52 |
6th | 2 | Johannes Trefz | Germany | 46.53 |
7th | 5 | Tony Nõu | Estonia | 47.19 |
8th | 3 | Joel Burgundy | Switzerland | 48.78 |
Run 4
August 7, 2018, 10:56 a.m. local time
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6th | Dwayne Cowan | Great Britain | 45.75 |
2 | 5 | Donald Blair-Sanford | Israel | 46.00 |
3 | 3 | Patrick Schneider | Germany | 46.15 |
4th | 4th | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 46.17 |
5 | 7th | Michal Desenský | Czech Republic | 47.68 |
6th | 2 | Erik Martinsson | Sweden | 46.87 |
7th | 8th | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 46.91 |
Semifinals
From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. The nine fastest of the year - marked with ‡, who were automatically qualified for the semi-finals, now intervened in the action.
Run 1
August 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4th | Matthew Hudson-Smith ‡ | Great Britain | 44.76 |
2 | 5 | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 44.87 SB |
3 | 7th | Ricardo dos Santos | Portugal | 45.14 NO |
4th | 6th | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 45.17 SB |
5 | 2 | Dwayne Cowan | Great Britain | 45.45 SB |
6th | 3 | Lucas Búa ‡ | Spain | 45.48 |
7th | 8th | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 45.59 SB |
8th | 1 | Łukasz Krawczuk | Poland | 45.78 SB |
Run 2
August 8, 2018, 7:37 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Karol Zalewski ‡ | Poland | 45.11 PB |
2 | 4th | Óscar Husillos ‡ | Spain | 45.17 |
3 | 5 | Rabah Yousif ‡ | Great Britain | 45.30 SB |
4th | 3 | Davide Re ‡ | Italy | 45.53 |
5 | 8th | Jānis Leitis | Latvia | 45.53 NO |
6th | 7th | Dylan Borlée | Belgium | 45.63 |
7th | 1 | Robert Parge | Romania | 46.07 |
8th | 2 | Patrick Schneider | Germany | 46.58 |
Run 3
August 8, 2018, 7:44 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Karsten Warholm ‡ | Norway | 44.91 SB |
2 | 6th | Luka Janežič ‡ | Slovenia | 44.93 SB |
3 | 3 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 45.07 SB |
4th | 4th | Liemarvin Bonevacia ‡ | Netherlands | 45.39 |
5 | 7th | Donald Blair-Sanford | Israel | 45.68 |
6th | 1 | Martyn Rooney | Great Britain | 45.73 SB |
7th | 8th | Samuel García | Spain | 45.87 |
8th | 2 | Vitaly Butrym | Ukraine | 46.01 |
final
August 10, 2018, 9:05 p.m. CEST
Four runners had undercut the 45-second mark in the semifinals, suggesting a close final. The Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith, Vice European Champion in 2014 , set the fastest time with 44.76 s. The second fastest with 45.87 s was the Belgian Jonathan Borlée, Olympic sixth in 2016 . The Norwegian 400 meter hurdles world champion from 2017 Karsten Warholm had achieved 44.91 seconds, the Slovenian Luka Janežič was only two hundredths of a second slower. But the Belgian Kevin Borlée, the second of the Borlée brothers - fifth in the 2016 Olympics and fourth in the European Championship in 2016 - was also to be expected . The three other finalists Karol Zalewski from Poland - 45.11 s, Ricardo dos Santos from Portugal - 45.14 s - and the Spaniard Óscar Husillos - 45.14 s - stayed close to the 45-second mark in the semi-finals .
In the final, Hudson-Smith was in the lead after half the distance. With a clear lead, he hit the home straight. It was tighter behind the Briton. Jonathan Borlée was second, Zalewski third. The gap to Matthew Hudson-Smith could not be made up by any of the runners. The Brit won the race by a clear margin. Kevin Borlée ran a strong final straight and won the silver medal. His brother Jonathan was third six hundredths of a second behind, ahead of Karol Zalewski and Luka Janežič. Óscar Husillos came in sixth ahead of Ricardo dos Santos. Karsten Warholm was unable to build on his strong performance from the semi-finals and finished eighth. The day before he had become European champion over the 400-meter hurdles and the numerous races up to this 400-meter final had probably cost him too much energy.
space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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3 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Great Britain | 44.78 | |
1 | Kevin Borlée | Belgium | 45.13 | |
4th | Jonathan Borlée | Belgium | 45.19 | |
4th | 5 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 45.34 |
5 | 7th | Luka Janežič | Slovenia | 45.43 |
6th | 8th | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 45.61 |
7th | 2 | Ricardo dos Santos | Portugal | 45.78 |
8th | 6th | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 46.68 |
The Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith - left as Vice European Champion in 2014 - this time won the EM -Titel
Web links and sources
- Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on December 30, 2018
- Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 30, 2018
- Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 30, 2018
Video
- Hudson-Smith Runs to Gold via Stadium Round, European Championships 2018, sports show on youtube.com, published August 10, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018