European Athletics Championships 2018/400 m hurdles of men
discipline | Men's 400-meter hurdles |
city | Berlin |
place | Olympiastadion Berlin |
Attendees | 37 athletes from 23 countries |
Competition phase | August 6, 2018 (preliminary) August 7, 2018 (semi-finals) August 9, 2018 (final) |
Medalist | |
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gold | Karsten Warholm ( NOR ) |
silver | Yasmani Copello ( TUR ) |
bronze | Thomas Barr ( IRL ) |
The men's 400 meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place between August 6 and 9 in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .
European champion was the Norwegian Karsten Warholm . He won against the Turk Yasmani Copello . Irishman Thomas Barr won the bronze medal.
Records
World record | Kevin Young | 46.78 s | Olympic Games in Barcelona , Spain | August 6, 1992 |
European record | Stéphane Diagana | 47.37 s | Lausanne , Switzerland | 5th July 1995 |
Championship record | Harald Schmid | 47.48 s | EM in Athens , Greece | September 8, 1982 |
Conducting the competition
The eleven fastest hurdlers on the year's best list - marked with ‡ in the semi-final results - did not have to compete in the preliminary runs. They were automatically qualified for the semi-finals and only then intervened in the competition.
Prelims
From the four preliminary runs, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the five fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
August 6, 2018, 5:05 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 8th | Maksims Sinčukovs | Latvia | 50.39 SB |
2 | 5 | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor | Estonia | 50.47 |
3 | 6th | Alexander Skorobogatko | Authorized Neutral Athletes | 50.74 |
4th | 3 | Dany Brand | Switzerland | 50.82 SB |
5 | 7th | Nick Smidt | Netherlands | 50.96 |
6th | 4th | Martin Tuček | Czech Republic | 51.63 |
DNS | 2 | Dai Greene | Great Britain |
Run 2
August 6, 2018, 5:12 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 7th | Muhammad Abdalla Kounta | France | 50.60 |
2 | 4th | Martin Kučera | Slovakia | 50.75 |
3 | 8th | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 51.02 |
4th | 5 | Jakub Mordyl | Poland | 51.15 |
5 | 3 | Sebastian Rodger | Great Britain | 51.30 |
6th | 6th | Aleix Porras | Spain | 51.69 |
Run 3
August 6, 2018, 5:19 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Victor Coroller | France | 50.10 |
2 | 4th | Alain-Hervé Mfomkpa | Switzerland | 50.34 |
3 | 5 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.46 SB |
4th | 7th | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 50.70 |
5 | 3 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.74 |
6th | 2 | Diogo Mestren | Portugal | 52.65 |
7th | 8th | Andrea Ercolani Volta | San Marino | 53.86 |
Run 4
August 6, 2018, 5:25 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 8th | Denys Nechyporenko | Ukraine | 50.26 SB |
2 | 7th | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 50.34 |
3 | 4th | José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Italy | 50.80 |
4th | 6th | Vít Müller | Czech Republic | 51.00 |
5 | 5 | Isak Andersson | Sweden | 51.18 |
6th | 3 | Hrvoje Čukman | Croatia | 52.91 |
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 eleven fastest of the year - marked with ‡, who were automatically qualified for the semi-finals, now intervened in the action.
Run 1
August 7, 2018, 7:55 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Karsten Warholm ‡ | Norway | 48.67 |
2 | 4th | Patryk Dobek ‡ | Poland | 48.75 SB |
3 | 3 | Luke Campbell ‡ | Germany | 49.20 |
4th | 5 | Victor Coroller | France | 49.34 SB |
5 | 7th | José Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Italy | 49.86 |
6th | 2 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.31 |
7th | 8th | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor | Estonia | 50.41 |
8th | 1 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.96 |
Run 2
August 7, 2018, 7:55 p.m. CEST
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Rasmus Mägi ‡ | Estonia | 48.80 SB |
2 | 4th | Ludvy Vaillant ‡ | France | 48.88 |
3 | 3 | Timofei Tschaly ‡ | Authorized Neutral Athletes | 48.89 SB |
4th | 5 | Sergio Fernández ‡ | Spain | 49.19 SB |
5 | 7th | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 49.24 PB |
6th | 1 | Martin Kučera | Slovakia | 50.30 PB |
7th | 2 | Maksims Sinčukovs | Latvia | 50.33 NU23R |
8th | 8th | Alain-Hervé Mfomkpa | Switzerland | 50.71 |
Run 3
August 7, 2018, 7:55 p.m. CEST
space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 6th | Yasmani Copello ‡ | Turkey | 48.88 |
2 | 5 | Thomas Barr ‡ | Ireland | 49.10 |
3 | 3 | Lorenzo Vergani ‡ | Italy | 49.41 |
4th | 8th | Muhammad Abdalla Kounta | France | 49.58 |
5 | 2 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 49.77 PB |
6th | 4th | Jack Green ‡ | Great Britain | 49.84 |
7th | 1 | Denys Nechyporenko | Ukraine | 50.27 |
DNF | 7th | Alexander Skorobogatko | Authorized Neutral Athletes |
final
August 9, 2018, 8:15 p.m. CEST
The top favorites were the two athletes who had finished first and second at the last World Championships : World Champion Karsten Warholm from Norway and Vice World Champion Yasmani Copello, the defending champion from Turkey. The semifinals indicated that the performance density was high and the competitors for the fight for the other top positions were close together. The Pole Patryk Dobek had the second fastest time there after Warholm, Rasmus Mägi from Estonia was third fastest, the French Ludvy Vaillant followed just behind at the same time as Copello. Timofei Tschaly, who started under a neutral flag, also stayed under 49 seconds.
The race turned into the expected duel in the end. Karsten Warholm prevailed with a new U23 European record in 47.64 s. This time also represented a new Norwegian national record. Yasmani Copello was seventeen hundredths of a second behind the Norwegian vice European champion and thus also remained below the 48-second mark. He also set a new national record with his performance. The level behind these two athletes was also high. Irishman Thomas Barr was a surprising third in 48.31 seconds. Ludvy Vaillant only missed bronze by a little more than a tenth of a second. Patryk Dobek came in fifth ahead of Rasmus Mägi. The Spaniard Sergio Fernández finished seventh, Timofei Tschaly finished eighth.
space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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6th | Karsten Warholm | Norway | 47.64 NR / EU23R | |
4th | Yasmani Copello | Turkey | 47.81 NO | |
8th | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 48.31 SB | |
4th | 7th | Ludvy Vaillant | France | 48.42 PB |
5 | 3 | Patryk Dobek | Poland | 48.59 SB |
6th | 5 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 48.75 SB |
7th | 2 | Sergio Fernández | Spain | 48.98 SB |
8th | 1 | Timofei Tschaly | Authorized Neutral Athletes | 49.41 |
Web links and sources
- Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 3, 2019
- Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 3, 2019
- Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 3, 2019
Video
- Karsten Warholm: European 400m hurdles champ Berlin 2018, interview on youtube.com (English), published on August 9, 2018, accessed on January 3, 2019