2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres 2006 European Athletics Championships Ullevi Stadium Gothenburg, Sweden 7 August (heats)8 August (semi-finals)9 August (final) 33 19 45.02 Marc Raquil FRA Vladislav Frolov RUS Leslie Djhone FRA 2002 2010 The men's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 9. Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMarc RaquilVladislav FrolovLeslie Djhone Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 7, 2006 12:15 Round 1August 8, 2006 18:55 SemifinalsAugust 9, 2006 20:45 Final Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Round 1 Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes01 1 1 Daniel Dąbrowski 45.58 Q 02 2 4 Marc Raquil 45.65 Q 03 3 1 Leslie Djhone 45.67 Q 04 4 3 Vladislav Frolov 45.73 Q 05 5 3 Andrea Barberi 45.81 Q, SB 05 5 4 Dimitrios Regas 45.81 Q, PB 07 7 3 Cédric Van Branteghem 45.95 Q 08 8 4 Graham Hedman 46.02 Q 09 9 3 Rafał Wieruszewski 46.05 q 10 2 Timothy Benjamin 46.10 Q 11 3 Robert Tobin 46.10 q 11 4 Ioan Vieru 46.10 q 13 2 David Gillick 46.16 Q 14 1 Claudio Licciardello 46.24 Q 15 4 Marcin Marciniszyn 46.36 q 16 1 Željko Vincek 46.48 17 1 Paul McKee 46.48 18 4 David McCarthy 46.53 SB 19 2 Kamghe Gaba 46.55 Q 19 4 Sebastian Gatzka 46.55 21 3 Karel Bláha 46.60 22 1 Dimitrios Gravalos 46.68 23 2 Pierre Lavanchy 46.71 24 2 Thomas Nikitin 46.72 PB 25 1 Vasile Bobos 46.77 26 3 Brice Panel 46.98 27 3 Youssef El Rhalfioui 47.12 28 2 Catalin Cîmpeanu 47.16 29 2 Padeleimon Melahrinoudis 47.22 30 4 David Testa 47.29 31 2 Peter Žňava 47.38 32 1 Ivano Bucci 48.86 PB 33 1 Florent Battistel 50.75 Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final. Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 3 Marc Raquil 0.228 44.95 Q, SB 2 5 Vladislav Frolov 0.186 45.21 Q, PB 3 4 Andrea Barberi 0.221 45.30 Q, PB 4 6 Dimitrios Regas 0.166 45.60 Q, PB 5 8 Ioan Vieru 0.185 45.83 6 2 Graham Hedman 0.183 45.90 7 1 Marcin Marciniszyn 0.156 45.96 8 7 Claudio Licciardello 0.169 46.21 Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 6 Leslie Djhone 0.190 45.23 Q 2 3 Daniel Dąbrowski 0.294 45.38 Q, PB 3 7 Rafał Wieruszewski 0.211 45.56 Q, PB 4 4 Timothy Benjamin 0.22545.67 Q 5 8 Kamghe Gaba 0.168 45.77 6 1 Robert Tobin 0.227 46.03 7 5 David Gillick 0.14846.84 8 2 Cédric Van Branteghem 0.236 99.00 DNF Final Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 5 Marc Raquil 0.217 45.02 6 Vladislav Frolov 0.193 45.09 PB 3 Leslie Djhone 0.156 45.40 4 4 Daniel Dąbrowski 0.177 45.56 5 7 Andrea Barberi 0.235 45.70 6 1 Timothy Benjamin 0.21045.89 7 2 Rafał Wieruszewski 0.259 45.97 8 8 Dimitrios Regas 0.176 46.23 External links Results Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 2006 European Athletics Championships