# 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 11, 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Emir Bekrić Serbia |
| Silver | Sebastian Rodger United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Rasmus Mägi Estonia |

## Results
### Final

13 July 2013
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 4 | 0.218 | 48.76 | NR |
| | Sebastian Rodger | United Kingdom | 5 | 0.168 | 49.19 | PB |
| | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 6 | 0.146 | 49.19 | NR |
| 4 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 3 | 0.175 | 49.76 | |
| 5 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 7 | 0.167 | 49.78 | PB |
| 6 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 1 | 0.233 | 49.90 | SB |
| 7 | Øyvind Kjerpeset | Norway | 2 | 0.137 | 50.01 | |
| 8 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 8 | 0.189 | 50.14 | |

### Semifinals

Qualified: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Rodger | United Kingdom | 49.57 | Q PB |
| 2 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 49.68 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 49.78 | Q PB |
| 4 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 49.83 | Q |
| 5 | Øyvind Kjerpeset | Norway | 50.10 | q |
| 6 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 50.13 | Q |
| 7 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.36 | Q |
| 8 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 50.44 | q |
| 9 | Felix Franz | Germany | 50.55 | |
| 10 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia | 50.84 | |
| 11 | Jesper Arts | Netherlands | 50.95 | |
| 12 | Erik Heggen | Belgium | 51.04 | |
| 13 | Stéphane Yato | France | 51.06 | |
| 14 | Oleg Mironov | Russia | 51.88 | |
| 15 | Lorenzo Veroli | Italy | 51.99 | |
| | Jason Harvey | Ireland | DQ | R 162.7 |

#### Details
##### Semifinal 1

12 July 2013 / 17:25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 4 | 0.225 | 49.83 | Q |
| 2 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 6 | 0.166 | 50.13 | Q |
| 3 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 7 | 0.158 | 50.36 | Q |
| 4 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 3 | 0.227 | 50.44 | q |
| 5 | Stéphane Yato | France | 8 | 0.201 | 51.06 | |
| 6 | Oleg Mironov | Russia | 1 | 0.182 | 51.88 | |
| 7 | Lorenzo Veroli | Italy | 2 | 0.221 | 51.99 | |
| | Jason Harvey | Ireland | 5 | | F1 | DQ R 162.7 |

##### Semifinal 2

12 July 2013 / 17:33
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Rodger | United Kingdom | 4 | 0.176 | 49.57 | Q PB |
| 2 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 5 | 0.159 | 49.68 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 3 | 0.217 | 49.78 | Q NUR |
| 4 | Øyvind Kjerpeset | Norway | 6 | 0.148 | 50.10 | q |
| 5 | Felix Franz | Germany | 8 | 0.190 | 50.55 | |
| 6 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia | 7 | 0.199 | 50.84 | |
| 7 | Jesper Arts | Netherlands | 1 | 0.191 | 50.95 | |
| 8 | Erik Heggen | Belgium | 2 | 0.209 | 51.04 | |

### Heats

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

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 49.97 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 50.11 | Q |
| 3 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 50.23 | Q |
| 4 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 50.30 | Q PB |
| 5 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 50.34 | Q |
| 6 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.48 | Q |
| 7 | Jason Harvey | Ireland | 50.65 | Q |
| 8 | Oleg Mironov | Russia | 50.74 | q |
| 9 | Sebastian Rodger | United Kingdom | 50.87 | Q |
| 10 | Erik Heggen | Belgium | 50.91 | q PB |
| 11 | Jesper Arts | Netherlands | 50.93 | q |
| 11 | Øyvind Kjerpeset | Norway | 50.93 | Q |
| 11 | Stéphane Yato | France | 50.93 | Q SB |
| 14 | Lorenzo Veroli | Italy | 50.99 | q PB |
| 15 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia | 51.06 | Q |
| 16 | Damian Krupa | Poland | 51.09 | |
| 17 | Felix Franz | Germany | 51.10 | Q |
| 18 | Eusebio Haliti | Italy | 51.25 | |
| 18 | Davide Piccolo | Italy | 51.25 | PB |
| 20 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 51.26 | |
| 21 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium | 51.35 | |
| 22 | Marius Bakke Støle | Norway | 51.68 | |
| 23 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 51.91 | |
| 24 | Thomas Kain | Austria | 52.11 | |
| 25 | Peter Hribaršek | Slovenia | 52.71 | |
| 26 | Mitja Lindič | Slovenia | 52.89 | |
| 27 | Paweł Gwiazdoń | Poland | 53.08 | |
| 28 | Don-Zheni Ekoebve | Finland | 53.30 | |
| 29 | Anatoliy Sinyanskyy | Ukraine | 53.44 | |
| 30 | Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy | Ukraine | 53.96 | |
| 31 | Maor Szeged | Israel | 54.99 | |
| | Jack Green | United Kingdom | DNF | |

#### Details
##### Heat 1

11 July 2013 / 13:50
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 2 | 0.161 | 49.97 | Q |
| 2 | Varg Königsmark | Germany | 1 | 0.208 | 50.23 | Q |
| 3 | Michal Brož | Czech Republic | 4 | 0.167 | 50.30 | Q PB |
| 4 | Oleg Mironov | Russia | 8 | 0.164 | 50.74 | q |
| 5 | Erik Heggen | Belgium | 3 | 0.204 | 50.91 | q PB |
| 6 | Lorenzo Veroli | Italy | 7 | 0.213 | 50.99 | q PB |
| 7 | Marius Bakke Støle | Norway | 5 | 0.159 | 51.68 | |
| 8 | Dmytro Bezpamyatnyy | Ukraine | 6 | 0.274 | 53.96 | |

##### Heat 2

11 July 2013 / 13:58
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Rodger | United Kingdom | 3 | 0.248 | 50.87 | Q |
| 2 | Øyvind Kjerpeset | Norway | 6 | 0.135 | 50.93 | Q |
| 3 | Felix Franz | Germany | 7 | 0.220 | 51.10 | Q |
| 4 | Stef Vanhaeren | Belgium | 1 | 0.162 | 51.35 | |
| 5 | Máté Koroknai | Hungary | 8 | 0.209 | 51.91 | |
| 6 | Paweł Gwiazdoń | Poland | 2 | 0.215 | 53.08 | |
| 7 | Don-Zheni Ekoebve | Finland | 5 | 0.157 | 53.30 | |
| 8 | Anatoliy Sinyanskyy | Ukraine | 4 | 0.249 | 53.44 | |

##### Heat 3

11 July 2013 / 14:06
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 2 | 0.157 | 50.48 | Q |
| 2 | Jason Harvey | Ireland | 3 | 0.232 | 50.65 | Q |
| 3 | Stéphane Yato | France | 5 | 0.158 | 50.93 | Q SB |
| 4 | Jesper Arts | Netherlands | 6 | 0.183 | 50.93 | q |
| 5 | Eusebio Haliti | Italy | 4 | 0.188 | 51.25 | |
| 6 | Thomas Kain | Austria | 1 | 0.219 | 52.11 | |
| 7 | Mitja Lindič | Slovenia | 8 | 0.160 | 52.89 | |
| 8 | Maor Szeged | Israel | 7 | 0.171 | 54.99 | |

##### Heat 4

11 July 2013 / 14:14
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Barr | Ireland | 1 | 0.182 | 50.11 | Q |
| 2 | Rasmus Mägi | Estonia | 7 | 0.157 | 50.34 | Q |
| 3 | Denis Kudryavtsev | Russia | 5 | 0.173 | 51.06 | Q |
| 4 | Damian Krupa | Poland | 3 | 0.216 | 51.09 | |
| 5 | Davide Piccolo | Italy | 6 | 0.197 | 51.25 | PB |
| 6 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 8 | 0.153 | 51.26 | |
| 7 | Peter Hribaršek | Slovenia | 4 | 0.156 | 52.71 | |
| | Jack Green | United Kingdom | 2 | 0.206 | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (2)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovenia (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (3)