# 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 United Kingdom |
| Silver | Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine |
| Bronze | Vincent Vanryckeghem Belgium |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Lloyd Gumbs | United Kingdom | 49.62 |
| | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine | 49.88 |
| | 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 | |
| | 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.
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Greece (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (3)
* Switzerland (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)