2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16, 17, and 18 July.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Medalists

Gold	Lloyd Gumbs  United Kingdom
Silver	Stanislav Melnykov  Ukraine
Bronze	Vincent Vanryckeghem  Belgium

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Lloyd Gumbs	United Kingdom	49.62
02 !	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	49.88
03 !	Vincent Vanryckeghem	Belgium	49.90
4	Hugo Grillas	France	50.02
5	Silvio Schirrmeister	Germany	50.25
6	Mickaël François	France	50.25
7	Stephan Stoll	Germany	50.61
8	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	51.02

Semifinals

17 July
Qualified: first 3 each heat and 2 fastest to Final

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vincent Vanryckeghem	Belgium	50.36	Q
2	Hugo Grillas	France	50.37	Q
3	Stephan Stoll	Germany	50.67	Q
4	Spiridon Papadopoulos	Greece	51.21
5	Radosław Czyż	Poland	51.24
6	Mikita Yakauleu	Belarus	51.29
7	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	52.48
8	Toby Ulm	United Kingdom	DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.05	Q
2	Silvio Schirrmeister	Germany	50.07	Q
3	Lloyd Gumbs	United Kingdom	50.12	Q
4	Mickaël François	France	50.45	q
5	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	50.48	q
6	Bruno Gualberto	Portugal	51.31
7	Aarne Nirk	Estonia	51.57
8	Marius Kranendonk	Netherlands	51.69

Heats

16 July
Qualified: first 3 each heat and 4 best to Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Silvio Schirrmeister	Germany	50.83	Q
2	Josef Prorok	Czech Republic	51.03	Q
3	Aarne Nirk	Estonia	51.05	Q
4	Mickaël François	France	51.08	q
5	Radosław Czyż	Poland	51.47	q
6	Attila Nagy	Romania	52.73
7	Mishael García	Spain	53.02
8	Alexei Cravcenco	Moldova	53.34

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vyacheslav Sakayev	Russia	50.66	Q
2	Lloyd Gumbs	United Kingdom	51.01	Q
3	Mikita Yakauleu	Belarus	51.63	Q
4	David Gollnow	Germany	51.83
5	Andrea Gallina	Italy	51.89
6	Adrien Clemenceau	France	52.02
7	Krzysztof Klonowicz	Poland	52.02
8	Fausto Santini	Switzerland	52.20

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanislav Melnykov	Ukraine	50.67	Q
2	Vincent Vanryckeghem	Belgium	50.70	Q
3	Stephan Stoll	Germany	50.98	Q
4	Spiridon Papadopoulos	Greece	51.11	q
5	Bruno Gualberto	Portugal	51.14	q
6	Leonardo Capotosti	Italy	51.64
7	Diego Cabello	Spain	52.00
8	Michael Pfanner	Switzerland	52.54

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hugo Grillas	France	50.97	Q
2	Toby Ulm	United Kingdom	51.08	Q
3	Marius Kranendonk	Netherlands	51.39	Q
4	Javier Sagredo	Spain	51.63
5	Jarosław Cichosz	Poland	52.35
6	Valdas Valintėlis	Lithuania	52.35
7	Jacques Frisch	Luxembourg	52.68
8	Tarass Shcherenko	Israel	52.75

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References