1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 1986 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		women
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
10 km walk				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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The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 26, 27, and 28 August 1986.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Harald Schmid  West Germany
Silver	Aleksandr Vasilyev  Soviet Union
Bronze	Sven Nylander  Sweden

Results

Final

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Harald Schmid	West Germany	48.65
02 !	Aleksandr Vasilyev	Soviet Union	48.76
03 !	Sven Nylander	Sweden	49.38
4	Toma Tomov	Bulgaria	49.62
5	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	50.02
6	José Alonso	Spain	50.30
7	Rik Tommelein	Belgium	50.45
8	Athanásios Kaloyiánnis	Greece	51.83

Semi-finals

27 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harald Schmid	West Germany	49.17	Q
2	José Alonso	Spain	49.45	Q
3	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	49.47	Q
4	Athanásios Kaloyiánnis	Greece	49.86	Q
5	Luca Cosi	Italy	50.28
6	Philippe Gonigam	France	50.44
7	Philip Beattie	United Kingdom	50.67
8	Peter Scholz	West Germany	DQ

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Vasilyev	Soviet Union	48.80	Q
2	Sven Nylander	Sweden	48.83	NR Q
3	Toma Tomov	Bulgaria	49.21	Q
4	Rik Tommelein	Belgium	49.77	Q
5	Thomas Futterknecht	Austria	49.82
6	Matthias Kaulin	West Germany	50.00
7	Max Robertson	United Kingdom	50.06
8	Jozef Kucej	Czechoslovakia	50.42

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sven Nylander	Sweden	49.80	Q
2	Toma Tomov	Bulgaria	50.02	Q
3	José Alonso	Spain	50.03	Q
4	Matthias Kaulin	West Germany	50.09	q
5	Giorgio Rucli	Italy	50.89
6	Alain Cuypers	Belgium	51.27

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Vasilyev	Soviet Union	49.61	Q
2	Peter Scholz	West Germany	49.74	Q
3	Rik Tommelein	Belgium	49.92	Q
4	Thomas Futterknecht	Austria	50.17	q
5	Luca Cosi	Italy	50.69	q
6	Yeoryiós Vamvakas	Greece	50.91

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harald Schmid	West Germany	50.15	Q
2	Philippe Gonigam	France	50.45	Q
3	Max Robertson	United Kingdom	50.64	Q
4	Ryszard Szparak	Poland	50.70
5	Oleg Azarov	Soviet Union	50.76
6	Ulf Sedlacek	Sweden	51.58
7	Klaus Ehrle	Austria	51.82

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tagir Zemskov	Soviet Union	49.85	Q
2	Athanásios Kaloyiánnis	Greece	49.96	Q
3	Jozef Kucej	Czechoslovakia	50.00	Q
4	Philip Beattie	United Kingdom	50.00	q
5	Thomas Nyberg	Sweden	52.16

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References