2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 13 and 14 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medalists

Gold	Matthew Elias   United Kingdom
Silver	Periklis Iakovakis   Greece
Bronze	Mikael Jakobsson   Sweden

Results

Final

14 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Matthew Elias	United Kingdom	49.57
	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	49.63
	Mikael Jakobsson	Sweden	50.86
4	Salah-Eddine Ghaidi	France	51.13
5	Jan Reinberg	Germany	51.14
6	Gianni Carabelli	Italy	51.38
7	Yevgeniy Mikheiko	Belarus	52.01
8	José María Romera	Spain	66.00

Heats

13 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Matthew Elias	United Kingdom	49.90	Q
2	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece	50.19	Q
3	Salah-Eddine Ghaidi	France	50.27	q
4	Magnus Norberg	Sweden	51.34
5	Michal Uhlík	Czech Republic	51.55
6	Federico Rubeca	Italy	51.66
7	Constantino Navarro	Spain	52.66

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gianni Carabelli	Italy	50.27	Q
2	José María Romera	Spain	50.57	Q
3	Yevgeniy Mikheiko	Belarus	50.70	q
4	Josef Rous	Czech Republic	51.32
5	Tomasz Rudnik	Poland	51.43
6	Sérgio Duro	Portugal	51.74
7	Stéphane Pitard	France	52.08
8	Claude Godart	Luxembourg	52.90

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mikael Jakobsson	Sweden	50.92	Q
2	Jan Reinberg	Germany	51.01	Q
3	Richard McDonald	United Kingdom	51.08
4	Thomas Kortbeek	Netherlands	51.16
5	Zenon Miśtak	Poland	51.52
6	Loïc Clément	France	51.74
7	Platon Gavelas	Greece	52.55
8	Radek Černý	Czech Republic	53.23

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (1)
•   Czech Republic (3)
•   France (3)
•   Germany (1)
•   Greece (2)
•   Italy (2)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (2)
•   United Kingdom (2)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships - Amsterdam, Netherlands - 12.-15.7.2001 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 30–42, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Amsterdam/NED - 12.-15.07.01 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-01, retrieved 31 October 2014
3. 400mh MEN Final 14/07/01 - 15:15 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 14 July 2001, archived from the original on 5 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014
4. 400mh MEN 1st Round 1/3 13/07/01 - 17:10 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 13 July 2001, archived from the original on 5 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014
5. 400mh MEN 1st Round 2/3 13/07/01 - 17:15 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 13 July 2001, archived from the original on 5 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014
6. 400mh MEN 1st Round 3/3 13/07/01 - 17:20 Official Results, European Athletics Association, 13 July 2001, archived from the original on 5 November 2004, retrieved 31 October 2014