2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships

Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Periklis Iakovakis  Greece	Marek Plawgo  Poland	Rhys Williams  United Kingdom

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 9, 2006	17:40	Semifinals
August 10, 2006	19:40	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marek Plawgo	Poland	49.13	Q, SB
2	1	Minas Alozidis	Greece	49.31	Q, PB
3	1	Naman Keïta	France	49.34	q
4	2	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	49.43	Q
5	3	Rhys Williams	United Kingdom	49.58	Q
6	1	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia	49.72	q
7	3	Gianni Carabelli	Italy	49.97	Q
8	2	Sébastien Maillard	France	50.22	Q
9	3	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	50.29
10	3	Vladimir Antmanis	Russia	50.57
11	2	Dai Greene	United Kingdom	50.66
12	1	Milan Kotur	Croatia	50.69	SB
12	2	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic	50.69
14	3	Platon Gavelas	Greece	50.77
15	3	Héni Kechi	France	50.78
16	2	Christian Grossenbacher	Switzerland	50.93
17	3	Tuncay Örs	Turkey	51.14	SB
18	2	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	51.22
19	2	Eduardo Iván Rodríguez	Spain	51.24
20	3	José María Romera	Spain	51.73
	1	Ryan Dinham	United Kingdom		DSQ
	1	Ondrej Danek	Czech Republic		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	48.46
	6	Marek Plawgo	Poland	48.71	SB
	3	Rhys Williams	United Kingdom	49.12
4	8	Naman Keïta	France	49.13
5	1	Sébastien Maillard	France	49.54
6	2	Gianni Carabelli	Italy	49.60
7	5	Minas Alozidis	Greece	49.61
8	7	Aleksandr Derevyagin	Russia	50.31

External links

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