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

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.

Medalists Gold Lloyd Gumbs Silver Stanislav Melnykov Bronze Vincent Vanryckeghem

Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lloyd Gumbs 49.62 Stanislav Melnykov 49.88 Vincent Vanryckeghem 49.90 4 Hugo Grillas 50.02 5 Silvio Schirrmeister 50.25 6 Mickaël François 50.25 7 Stephan Stoll 50.61 8 Josef Prorok 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 50.36 Q 2 Hugo Grillas 50.37 Q 3 Stephan Stoll 50.67 Q 4 Spiridon Papadopoulos 51.21 5 Radosław Czyż 51.24 6 Mikita Yakauleu 51.29 7 Vyacheslav Sakayev 52.48 Toby Ulm DNS

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Stanislav Melnykov 50.05 Q 2 Silvio Schirrmeister 50.07 Q 3 Lloyd Gumbs 50.12 Q 4 Mickaël François 50.45 q 5 Josef Prorok 50.48 q 6 Bruno Gualberto 51.31 7 Aarne Nirk 51.57 8 Marius Kranendonk 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 50.83 Q 2 Josef Prorok 51.03 Q 3 Aarne Nirk 51.05 Q 4 Mickaël François 51.08 q 5 Radosław Czyż 51.47 q 6 Attila Nagy 52.73 7 Mishael García 53.02 8 Alexei Cravcenco 53.34

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vyacheslav Sakayev 50.66 Q 2 Lloyd Gumbs 51.01 Q 3 Mikita Yakauleu 51.63 Q 4 David Gollnow 51.83 5 Andrea Gallina 51.89 6 Adrien Clemenceau 52.02 7 Krzysztof Klonowicz 52.02 8 Fausto Santini 52.20

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

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hugo Grillas 50.97 Q 2 Toby Ulm 51.08 Q 3 Marius Kranendonk 51.39 Q 4 Javier Sagredo 51.63 5 Jarosław Cichosz 52.35 6 Valdas Valintėlis 52.35 7 Jacques Frisch 52.68 8 Tarass Shcherenko 52.75

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

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