1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 1982 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6, 7, and 8 September 1982.[1]

Medalists

Gold Harald Schmid
 West Germany
Silver Aleksandr Yatsevich
 Soviet Union
Bronze Uwe Ackermann
 East Germany

Results

Final

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Harald Schmid  West Germany 47.48 AR
2nd Aleksandr Yatsevich  Soviet Union 48.60
3rd Uwe Ackermann  East Germany 48.64
4 Vasiliy Arkhipenko  Soviet Union 48.68
5 Ryszard Szparak  Poland 49.41
6 Aleksandr Kharlov  Soviet Union 49.56
7 Sven Nylander  Sweden 49.64
8 Toma Tomov  Bulgaria 50.10

Semi-finals

7 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harald Schmid  West Germany 49.84 Q
2 Vasiliy Arkhipenko  Soviet Union 49.98 Q
3 Sven Nylander  Sweden 50.03 Q
4 Toma Tomov  Bulgaria 50.10 Q
5 Franz Meier   Switzerland 50.33
6 Michael Zimmerman  Belgium 50.83
7 Yeoryiós Vamvakas  Greece 50.85
8 José Alonso  Spain 51.00

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Uwe Ackermann  East Germany 49.32 Q
2 Aleksandr Yatsevich  Soviet Union 49.55 Q
3 Ryszard Szparak  Poland 49.79 Q
4 Aleksandr Kharlov  Soviet Union 50.00 Q
5 Serge Guillen  France 50.40
6 Saverio Gellini  Italy 50.59
7 Christer Gullstrand  Sweden 50.61
8 Krasimir Demirev  Bulgaria 51.45

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harald Schmid  West Germany 49.27 Q
2 Serge Guillen  France 50.07 Q
3 Vasiliy Arkhipenko  Soviet Union 50.10 Q
4 Toma Tomov  Bulgaria 50.36 Q
5 Yeoryiós Vamvakas  Greece 50.84 q
6 Marceliano Ruiz  Spain 51.10
7 José Carvalho  Portugal 51.35
8 István Simon-Balla  Hungary 51.61

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Uwe Ackermann  East Germany 49.48 Q
2 Aleksandr Kharlov  Soviet Union 50.52 Q
3 Franz Meier   Switzerland 50.68 Q
4 Michael Zimmerman  Belgium 50.71 Q
5 Christer Gullstrand  Sweden 50.75 q
6 Krasimir Demirev  Bulgaria 50.89 q
7 José Alonso  Spain 50.95 q

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ryszard Szparak  Poland 50.51 Q
2 Aleksandr Yatsevich  Soviet Union 50.83 Q
3 Saverio Gellini  Italy 51.27 Q
4 Sven Nylander  Sweden 51.40 Q
5 Horia Toboc  Romania 51.65
6 Olivier Gui  France 52.39

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

See also

References