# 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 14, 15 and 16 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jack Green United Kingdom |
| Silver | Nathan Woodward United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Emir Bekrić Serbia |

## Results
### Final

16 July 2011 / 16:15
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| | Jack Green | United Kingdom | 7 | 0.194 | 49.13 | |
| | Nathan Woodward | United Kingdom | 6 | 0.178 | 49.28 | |
| | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 3 | 0.198 | 49.61 | NR |
| 4 | Nikita Andriyanov | Russia | 5 | 0.180 | 49.62 | PB |
| 5 | Hugo Grillas | France | 1 | 0.202 | 49.76 | PB |
| 6 | David Gollnow | Germany | 2 | 0.201 | 49.97 | PB |
| 7 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 8 | 0.225 | 50.28 | PB |
| 8 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 4 | 0.188 | 50.32 | |

### Semifinals

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

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathan Woodward | United Kingdom | 49.59 | Q |
| 2 | Nikita Andriyanov | Russia | 50.12 | Q PB |
| 3 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 50.16 | Q |
| 4 | David Gollnow | Germany | 50.21 | q PB |
| 5 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 50.31 | Q PB |
| 6 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.41 | Q |
| 7 | Hugo Grillas | France | 50.45 | q |
| 8 | Tobias Giehl | Germany | 50.56 | PB |
| 9 | Jack Green | United Kingdom | 50.86 | Q |
| 10 | Petteri Monni | Finland | 51.09 | PB |
| 10 | Denys Teslenko | Ukraine | 51.09 | |
| 12 | Simon Thieury | France | 51.10 | PB |
| 13 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy | 51.31 | |
| 14 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 51.70 | |
| 15 | Michał Pietrzak | Poland | 51.76 | |
| 16 | Robert Bryliński | Poland | 51.77 | |
| 17 | Paul Byrne | Ireland | 51.93 | |
| 18 | Karim Manaoui | Switzerland | 51.97 | |
| 19 | Tim Crowe | Ireland | 52.44 | |
| 20 | Kariem Hussein | Switzerland | 52.55 | |
| 21 | Mikita Yakauleu | Belarus | 52.59 | |
| 22 | Xavier Carrión | Spain | 52.65 | |
| 23 | Christian Heimann | Germany | 52.69 | |
| 24 | Andrea Gallina | Italy | 53.41 | |

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

15 July 2011 / 15:50
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathan Woodward | United Kingdom | 6 | 0.169 | 49.59 | Q |
| 2 | Nikita Andriyanov | Russia | 5 | 0.182 | 50.12 | Q PB |
| 3 | David Gollnow | Germany | 4 | 0.193 | 50.21 | q PB |
| 4 | Petteri Monni | Finland | 7 | 0.232 | 51.09 | PB |
| 5 | Simon Thieury | France | 8 | 0.224 | 51.10 | PB |
| 6 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 2 | 0.182 | 51.70 | |
| 7 | Tim Crowe | Ireland | 3 | 0.179 | 52.44 | |
| 8 | Xavier Carrión | Spain | 1 | 0.160 | 52.65 | |

##### Semifinal 2

15 July 2011 / 15:56
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 4 | 0.234 | 50.16 | Q |
| 2 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 7 | 0.292 | 50.31 | Q PB |
| 3 | Hugo Grillas | France | 6 | 0.269 | 50.45 | q |
| 4 | Tobias Giehl | Germany | 3 | 0.188 | 50.56 | PB |
| 5 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy | 5 | 0.241 | 51.31 | |
| 6 | Robert Bryliński | Poland | 8 | 0.198 | 51.77 | |
| 7 | Paul Byrne | Ireland | 1 | 0.239 | 51.93 | |
| 8 | Karim Manaoui | Switzerland | 2 | 0.188 | 51.97 | |

##### Semifinal 3

15 July 2011 / 16:02
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 5 | 0.239 | 50.41 | Q |
| 2 | Jack Green | United Kingdom | 4 | 0.216 | 50.86 | Q |
| 3 | Denys Teslenko | Ukraine | 6 | 0.253 | 51.09 | |
| 4 | Michał Pietrzak | Poland | 7 | 0.286 | 51.76 | |
| 5 | Kariem Hussein | Switzerland | 2 | 0.204 | 52.55 | |
| 6 | Mikita Yakauleu | Belarus | 3 | 0.226 | 52.59 | |
| 7 | Christian Heimann | Germany | 8 | 0.220 | 52.69 | |
| 8 | Andrea Gallina | Italy | 1 | 0.180 | 53.41 | |

### Heats

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

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathan Woodward | United Kingdom | 50.85 | Q |
| 2 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 50.96 | Q |
| 2 | Hugo Grillas | France | 50.96 | Q |
| 4 | Nikita Andriyanov | Russia | 50.99 | Q |
| 5 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 51.14 | Q |
| 6 | Jack Green | United Kingdom | 51.23 | Q |
| 7 | Tim Crowe | Ireland | 51.24 | Q PB |
| 8 | Mikita Yakauleu | Belarus | 51.27 | Q SB |
| 9 | Denys Teslenko | Ukraine | 51.29 | Q |
| 10 | David Gollnow | Germany | 51.30 | Q |
| 11 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 51.33 | Q |
| 12 | Tobias Giehl | Germany | 51.42 | Q |
| 13 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy | 51.46 | Q |
| 14 | Petteri Monni | Finland | 51.56 | Q |
| 15 | Michał Pietrzak | Poland | 51.59 | Q |
| 16 | Karim Manaoui | Switzerland | 51.66 | q |
| 17 | Robert Bryliński | Poland | 51.72 | Q |
| 18 | Kariem Hussein | Switzerland | 51.75 | q SB |
| 19 | Simon Thieury | France | 51.77 | Q |
| 20 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 51.78 | Q |
| 21 | Andrea Gallina | Italy | 51.86 | q |
| 22 | Christian Heimann | Germany | 51.87 | Q |
| 23 | Paul Byrne | Ireland | 51.90 | Q |
| 24 | Xavier Carrión | Spain | 51.97 | q SB |
| 25 | Artem Ahkozov | Ukraine | 52.04 | |
| 26 | Anders Erlend Idås | Norway | 52.07 | |
| 26 | Lazar Katuchev | Bulgaria | 52.07 | |
| 28 | Radek Fischer | Czech Republic | 52.09 | |
| 29 | Florian Mayrhofer | Austria | 52.21 | PB |
| 30 | Francisco Colomar | Spain | 52.72 | |
| 31 | Javier Cartagena | Spain | 52.82 | |
| 31 | Valdas Valintėlis | Lithuania | 52.82 | |
| 33 | Ilia Eligulashvili | Israel | 53.77 | |
| | Tomáš Krikal | Czech Republic | DNS | |

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

14 July 2011 / 12:00
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emir Bekrić | Serbia | 5 | 0.200 | 50.96 | Q |
| 2 | Nikita Andriyanov | Russia | 3 | 0.189 | 50.99 | Q |
| 3 | Mikita Yakauleu | Belarus | 6 | 0.244 | 51.27 | Q SB |
| 4 | Simon Thieury | France | 8 | 0.217 | 51.77 | Q |
| 5 | Andrea Gallina | Italy | 4 | 0.188 | 51.86 | q |
| 6 | Xavier Carrión | Spain | 7 | 0.167 | 51.97 | q SB |
| | Tomáš Krikal | Czech Republic | 2 | | DNS | |

##### Heat 2

14 July 2011 / 12:07
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Niall Flannery | United Kingdom | 4 | 0.197 | 51.14 | Q |
| 2 | Tobias Giehl | Germany | 5 | 0.174 | 51.42 | Q |
| 3 | Robert Bryliński | Poland | 6 | 0.181 | 51.72 | Q |
| 4 | Jonathan Puemi | Switzerland | 3 | 0.192 | 51.78 | Q |
| 5 | Lazar Katuchev | Bulgaria | 7 | 0.192 | 52.07 | |
| 6 | Javier Cartagena | Spain | 8 | 0.214 | 52.82 | |
| 7 | Ilia Eligulashvili | Israel | 2 | 0.202 | 53.77 | |

##### Heat 3

14 July 2011 / 12:14
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hugo Grillas | France | 3 | 0.236 | 50.96 | Q |
| 2 | Giacomo Panizza | Italy | 4 | 0.283 | 51.46 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Heimann | Germany | 6 | 0.175 | 51.87 | Q |
| 4 | Paul Byrne | Ireland | 2 | 0.198 | 51.90 | Q |
| 5 | Artem Ahkozov | Ukraine | 5 | 0.198 | 52.04 | |
| 6 | Radek Fischer | Czech Republic | 7 | 0.182 | 52.09 | |

##### Heat 4

14 July 2011 / 12:21
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jack Green | United Kingdom | 3 | 0.182 | 51.23 | Q |
| 2 | Denys Teslenko | Ukraine | 6 | 0.210 | 51.29 | Q |
| 3 | Petteri Monni | Finland | 4 | 0.212 | 51.56 | Q |
| 4 | Michał Pietrzak | Poland | 5 | 0.211 | 51.59 | Q |
| 5 | Kariem Hussein | Switzerland | 7 | 0.198 | 51.75 | q SB |
| 6 | Anders Erlend Idås | Norway | 2 | 0.161 | 52.07 | |
| 7 | Francisco Colomar | Spain | 8 | 0.153 | 52.72 | |

##### Heat 5

14 July 2011 / 12:28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nathan Woodward | United Kingdom | 5 | 0.187 | 50.85 | Q |
| 2 | Tim Crowe | Ireland | 4 | 0.176 | 51.24 | Q PB |
| 3 | David Gollnow | Germany | 6 | 0.192 | 51.30 | Q |
| 4 | Tibor Koroknai | Hungary | 3 | 0.228 | 51.33 | Q |
| 5 | Karim Manaoui | Switzerland | 2 | 0.189 | 51.66 | q |
| 6 | Florian Mayrhofer | Austria | 7 | 0.228 | 52.21 | PB |
| 7 | Valdas Valintėlis | Lithuania | 8 | 0.207 | 52.82 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Spain (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (3)