2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 20 July.[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold Leslie Djhone
 France
Silver Timothy Benjamin
 Great Britain
Bronze Rafał Wieruszewski
 Poland

Results

Final

19 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leslie Djhone  France 45.04 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Timothy Benjamin  Great Britain 45.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rafał Wieruszewski  Poland 45.87
4 Aliaksandr Yelistratau  Belarus 46.11
5 Volodymyr Demchenko  Ukraine 46.14
6 David McCarthy  Ireland 46.26
7 Bastian Swillims  Germany 46.91
8 Xavier de Baerdemaeker  Belgium 47.56

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Leslie Djhone  France 45.54 Q
2 David McCarthy  Ireland 46.05 Q
3 Sebastian Gatzka  Germany 46.70
4 Daniel Dąbrowski  Poland 47.11
5 Dmitriy Petrov  Russia 47.13
6 Allan Stuart  Great Britain 47.23
7 Myhaylo Knysh  Ukraine 47.53
8 Nikolai Portelli  Malta 48.77

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Volodymyr Demchenko  Ukraine 46.05 Q
2 Aliaksandr Yelistratau  Belarus 46.21 Q
3 Xavier de Baerdemaeker  Belgium 46.37 q
4 Kacper Skalski  Poland 46.69
5 Andrey Polukeyev  Russia 46.74
6 Stefano Aguzzi  Italy 47.03
7 Nicolas Lefebvre  France 47.19
8 David Gillick  Ireland 47.67

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Timothy Benjamin  Great Britain 45.71 Q
2 Rafał Wieruszewski  Poland 45.90 Q
3 Bastian Swillims  Germany 46.26 q
4 Dmitrijs Milkevics  Latvia 46.44
5 Jan Mazanec  Czech Republic 46.62
6 Daniel Ruiz  Spain 47.31
7 Brice Panel  France 47.33
8 Thomas Nikitin  Sweden 47.47

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ^ European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
  3. ^ European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 18/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 18 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)