1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29, 30, and 31 July 1999.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Piotr Haczek
 Poland
Silver Zsolt Szeglet
 Hungary
Bronze Marc Raquil
 France

Results

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Final

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31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Piotr Haczek  Poland 45.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zsolt Szeglet  Hungary 46.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marc Raquil  France 46.18
4 Geoff Dearman  United Kingdom 46.49
5 David Canal  Spain 46.57
6 Marcel Lopuchovský  Slovakia 46.62
7 Maik Liebe  Germany 47.08
8 Jimisola Laursen  Sweden 47.15

Semifinals

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30 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marc Raquil  France 45.93 Q
2 Marcel Lopuchovský  Slovakia 45.95 Q
3 Jimisola Laursen  Sweden 46.04 Q
4 Maik Liebe  Germany 46.20 Q
5 David Naismith  United Kingdom 46.27
6 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 46.61
7 Michał Węglarski  Poland 46.69
8 Adrián Fernández  Spain 47.73

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Piotr Haczek  Poland 46.09 Q
2 Zsolt Szeglet  Hungary 46.13 Q
3 Geoff Dearman  United Kingdom 46.34 Q
4 David Canal  Spain 46.46 Q
5 Piotr Długosielski  Poland 46.78
6 Kjell Provost  Belgium 46.94
7 Sebastian Debnar-Daumler  Germany 47.41
8 Damien Grosso  France 48.05

Heats

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29 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marc Raquil  France 46.54 Q
2 Jimisola Laursen  Sweden 46.57 Q
3 David Naismith  United Kingdom 46.83 Q
4 Sebastian Debnar-Daumler  Germany 47.21 q
5 Jan Hanzl  Czech Republic 47.75
6 Roald Bergheim  Norway 48.15
7 Antonis Ayiomamitis  Cyprus 49.50

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Canal  Spain 46.45 Q
2 Maik Liebe  Germany 46.66 Q
3 Piotr Długosielski  Poland 46.86 Q
4 Paul McKee  Ireland 47.33
5 Rikkert van Rhee  Netherlands 47.36
6 Goran Gajović  Yugoslavia 47.50
7 Lee Calderon  Gibraltar 52.40
Jacob Stafstedt  Sweden DQ

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marcel Lopuchovský  Slovakia 46.52 Q
2 Piotr Haczek  Poland 46.56 Q
3 Kjell Provost  Belgium 46.57 Q
4 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 46.78 q
5 Loïc Lerouge  France 47.70
6 Luis Flores  Spain 48.52
7 Edoardo Vallet  Italy 48.69
Ercan Sunu  Turkey DNF

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Geoff Dearman  United Kingdom 46.73 Q
2 Zsolt Szeglet  Hungary 46.83 Q
3 Michał Węglarski  Poland 46.84 Q
4 Adrián Fernández  Spain 47.19 q
5 Damien Grosso  France 47.25 q
6 Marcel Knospe  Germany 47.29
7 Pedro Tubal  Portugal 47.78
8 Pavel Jelínek  Czech Republic 48.37

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships - Göteborg, Sweden 29.7.-1.8. 1999 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 17–29, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ^ European Championships U23 - Göteborg/SWE () - 29.07.-01.08.99 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 27 October 2014