# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28, 29 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Dai Greene Great Britain (GBR) |
| Silver | Rhys Williams Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Stanislav Melnykov Ukraine (UKR) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Kevin Young (USA) | 46.78 | Barcelona, Spain | 6 August 1992 |
| European record | Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 47.37 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 July 1995 |
| Championship record | Harald Schmid (FRG) | 47.48 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World Leading | Bershawn Jackson (USA) | 47.32 | Des Moines, IA, United States | 26 June 2010 |
| European Leading | Dai Greene (GBR) | 48.49 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 8 July 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Dai Greene (GBR) | 48.12 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 July 2010 | 12:50 | Round 1 |
| 29 July 2010 | 19:30 | Semifinals |
| 31 July 2010 | 20:10 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia (RUS) | 0.186 | 50.14 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Fadil Bellaabouss | France (FRA) | 0.193 | 50.32 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Nathan Woodward | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.187 | 50.45 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.188 | 50.47 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Ignacio Sarmiento | Spain (ESP) | 0.171 | 51.82 | |
| 6 | 2 | Silvestras Guogis | Lithuania (LTU) | 0.178 | 53.38 | |
| – | 7 | Sotírios Iakovákis | Greece (GRE) | 0.238 | | DSQ |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Rhys Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.208 | 49.35 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece (GRE) | 0.204 | 49.49 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.272 | 49.97 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 7 | Attila Nagy | Romania (ROM) | 0.275 | 50.31 | q, PB |
| 5 | 6 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium (BEL) | 0.190 | 50.71 | q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Tuncay Örs | Turkey (TUR) | 0.314 | 51.41 | |
| – | 8 | Andreas Totsås | Norway (NOR) | 0.211 | | DSQ |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.260 | 50.32 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Héni Kechi | France (FRA) | 0.259 | 50.50 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Nils Duerinck | Belgium (BEL) | 0.262 | 50.89 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Spirídon Papadópoulos | Greece (GRE) | 0.235 | 51.25 | |
| 5 | 4 | Diego Cabello | Spain (ESP) | 0.175 | 51.48 | |
| 6 | 7 | João Ferreira | Portugal (POR) | 0.184 | 52.27 | |
| 7 | 8 | Aarne Nirk | Estonia (EST) | 0.229 | 52.75 | |
| 8 | 1 | Björgvin Vikingsson | Iceland (ISL) | 0.158 | 54.46 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Dai Greene | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.189 | 50.11 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium (BEL) | 0.232 | 50.48 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sébastien Maillard | France (FRA) | 0.219 | 50.73 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy (ITA) | 0.374 | 51.11 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Fausto Santini | Switzerland (SUI) | 0.207 | 51.43 | |
| 6 | 3 | Jussi Heikkilä | Finland (FIN) | 0.211 | 52.46 | |
| 7 | 7 | Rafał Omelko | Poland (POL) | 0.196 | 52.54 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Rhys Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.35 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece (GRE) | 49.49 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic (CZE) | 49.97 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Dai Greene | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 50.11 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia (RUS) | 50.14 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Attila Nagy | Romania (ROM) | 50.31 | q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Fadil Bellaabouss | France (FRA) | 50.32 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine (UKR) | 50.32 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Nathan Woodward | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 50.45 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic (CZE) | 50.47 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 5 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium (BEL) | 50.48 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Héni Kechi | France (FRA) | 50.50 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium (BEL) | 50.71 | q, PB |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Sébastien Maillard | France (FRA) | 50.73 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Nils Duerinck | Belgium (BEL) | 50.89 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy (ITA) | 51.11 | q |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Spirídon Papadópoulos | Greece (GRE) | 51.25 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Tuncay Örs | Turkey (TUR) | 51.41 | |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Fausto Santini | Switzerland (SUI) | 51.43 | |
| 20 | 3 | 4 | Diego Cabello | Spain (ESP) | 51.48 | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Ignacio Sarmiento | Spain (ESP) | 51.82 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | João Ferreira | Portugal (POR) | 52.27 | |
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Jussi Heikkilä | Finland (FIN) | 52.46 | |
| 24 | 4 | 7 | Rafał Omelko | Poland (POL) | 52.54 | |
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Aarne Nirk | Estonia (EST) | 52.75 | |
| 26 | 1 | 2 | Silvestras Guogis | Lithuania (LTU) | 53.38 | |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | Björgvin Vikingsson | Iceland (ISL) | 54.46 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Sotírios Iakovákis | Greece (GRE) | | DSQ |
| | 2 | 8 | Andreas Totsås | Norway (NOR) | | DSQ |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Dai Greene | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.48 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia (RUS) | 49.85 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 6 | Fadil Bellaabouss | France (FRA) | 50.09 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Nathan Woodward | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 50.51 | |
| 5 | 4 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium (BEL) | 50.60 | |
| 6 | 2 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium (BEL) | 50.86 | |
| 7 | 1 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic (CZE) | 51.06 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sébastien Maillard | France (FRA) | 51.26 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Rhys Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.61 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine (UKR) | 49.76 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Héni Kechi | France (FRA) | 50.05 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic (CZE) | 50.13 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece (GRE) | 50.33 | q |
| 6 | 8 | Nils Duerinck | Belgium (BEL) | 50.46 | |
| 7 | 1 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy (ITA) | 51.46 | |
| 8 | 2 | Attila Nagy | Romania (ROM) | 51.98 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Semifinal | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Dai Greene | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.48 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Rhys Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 49.61 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine (UKR) | 49.76 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia (RUS) | 49.85 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Héni Kechi | France (FRA) | 50.05 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Fadil Bellaabouss | France (FRA) | 50.09 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic (CZE) | 50.13 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece (GRE) | 50.33 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Nils Duerinck | Belgium (BEL) | 50.46 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Nathan Woodward | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 50.51 | |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Michaël Bultheel | Belgium (BEL) | 50.60 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium (BEL) | 50.86 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic (CZE) | 51.06 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Sébastien Maillard | France (FRA) | 51.26 | |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy (ITA) | 51.46 | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Attila Nagy | Romania (ROM) | 51.98 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Dai Greene | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.175 | 48.12 | EL |
| | 5 | Rhys Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.195 | 48.96 | PB |
| | 6 | Stanislav Melnykov | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.314 | 49.09 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Héni Kechi | France (FRA) | 0.186 | 49.34 | PB |
| 5 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece (GRE) | 0.225 | 49.38 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Josef Prorok | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.217 | 49.68 | PB |
| 7 | 4 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia (RUS) | 0.200 | 49.70 | SB |
| 8 | 8 | Fadil Bellaabouss | France (FRA) | 0.180 | 1:02.94 | |