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

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Rieti from 19 to 21 July.
Russian athlete Timofey Chalyy won the gold medal in a championship record. His performance was described as "remarkable". His mark of 49.23 seconds was also the second fastest of any European U20 athlete ever, earning him the European Athletics Rising Star award. It was also a national U20 record for Russia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Timofey Chalyy (RUS) |
| Silver | Aleksandr Skorobogatko [ru] (RUS) |
| Bronze | Jacob Paul (GBR) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Danny Harris (USA) | 48.02 | Los Angeles, United States | 17 June 1984 |
| European Junior Record | Vladimir Budko (Soviet Union) | 48.74 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 18 August 1984 |
| Championship Record | Varg Königsmark (GER) | 49.70 | Tallinn, Estonia | 24 July 2011 |

## Schedule

| Date | Round |
| 19 July 2013 | Heats |
| 20 July 2013 | Semifinals |
| 21 July 2013 | Final |

## Results

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, first 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Men's 400mH Round 1 :
| Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Heat |
| 1 | Jacob Paul | Great Britain | 50.74 | 1 |
| 2 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 51.19 | 3 |
| 3 | Patryk Adamczyk | Poland | 51.83 | 1 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Skorobogatko [ru] | Russia | 51.94 | 2 |
| 5 | Ben Kiely | Ireland | 52.10 | 2 |
| 6 | Mattia Contini [it] | Italy | 52.42 | 1 |
| 7 | Ludvy Vaillant | France | 52.52 | 2 |
| 8 | Rico Thränert | Germany | 52.73 | 1 |
| 9 | Timo Roth | Switzerland | 52.73 | 3 |
| 10 | Francesco Proietti | Italy | 52.77 | 3 |
| 11 | Marcel Matthäs | Germany | 52.81 | 3 |
| 12 | Markus Loftås | Norway | 53.10 | 1 |
| 13 | Pavel Agafonov | Russia | 53.16 | 4 |
| 14 | Enes Ünsal | Turkey | 53.20 | 1 |
| 15 | Jonas HANßEN | Germany | 53.31 | 4 |
| 16 | Valtteri Toimela | Finland | 53.49 | 2 |
| 17 | Nicolai Hartling | Denmark | 53.54 | 2 |
| 18 | Zoltán Rády | Hungary | 53.62 | 3 |
| 19 | Danylo Danylenko | Ukraine | 53.63 | 3 |
| 20 | Marcin Jabłoński | Poland | 53.84 | 4 |
| 21 | Attila Molnár [d] | Hungary | 54.25 | 4 |
| 22 | Joachim Sandberg [no] | Norway | 54.65 | 4 |
| 23 | Andrea Ercolani Volta | San Marino | 57.48 | 3 |
| | Piotr Szewczyk | Poland | DNF | 2 |
| | Roman Olejník | Slovakia | DNF | 4 |
Men's 400mH Semifinal :
| Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Heat |
| 1 | Aleksandr Skorobogatko [ru] | Russia | 50.12 | 1 |
| 2 | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 50.66 | 1 |
| 3 | Jacob Paul | Great Britain | 51.13 | 2 |
| 4 | Ben Kiely | Ireland | 51.65 | 1 |
| 5 | Patryk Adamczyk | Poland | 51.65 | 2 |
| 6 | Ludvy Vaillant | France | 51.81 | 2 |
| 7 | Jonas HANßEN | Germany | 51.87 | 2 |
| 8 | Pavel Agafonov | Russia | 51.88 | 2 |
| 9 | Enes Ünsal | Turkey | 52.36 | 2 |
| 10 | Mattia Contini [it] | Italy | 52.36 | 2 |
| 11 | Rico Thränert | Germany | 52.41 | 2 |
| 12 | Marcel Matthäs | Germany | 52.47 | 1 |
| 13 | Markus Loftås | Norway | 52.56 | 1 |
| 14 | Francesco Proietti | Italy | 53.39 | 1 |
| 15 | Timo Roth | Switzerland | 53.58 | 1 |
| 16 | Marcin Jabłoński | Poland | 53.69 | 1 |
Men's 400mH :
| Place | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | Timofey Chalyy | Russia | 49.23 |
| | Aleksandr Skorobogatko [ru] | Russia | 50.13 |
| | Jacob Paul | Great Britain | 50.71 |
| 4 | Patryk Adamczyk | Poland | 50.89 |
| 5 | Pavel Agafonov | Russia | 50.98 |
| 6 | Ben Kiely | Ireland | 51.98 |
| 7 | Jonas HANßEN | Germany | 51.99 |
| 8 | Ludvy Vaillant | France | 52.29 |