2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
| Events at the 2006 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 | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10.
Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Periklis Iakovakis Greece |
Marek Plawgo Poland |
Rhys Williams  United Kingdom |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 9, 2006 | 17:40 | Semifinals |
| August 10, 2006 | 19:40 | Final |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Semifinals
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 49.13 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Minas Alozidis | Greece | 49.31 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Naman Keïta |  France | 49.34 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 49.43 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Rhys Williams | United Kingdom | 49.58 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Aleksandr Derevyagin |  Russia | 49.72 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Gianni Carabelli |  Italy | 49.97 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Sébastien Maillard | France | 50.22 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Jiří Mužík |  Czech Republic | 50.29 | |
| 10 | 3 | Vladimir Antmanis | Russia | 50.57 | |
| 11 | 2 | Dai Greene | United Kingdom | 50.66 | |
| 12 | 1 | Milan Kotur |  Croatia | 50.69 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | Michal Uhlík | Czech Republic | 50.69 | |
| 14 | 3 | Platon Gavelas | Greece | 50.77 | |
| 15 | 3 | Héni Kechi | France | 50.78 | |
| 16 | 2 | Christian Grossenbacher |  Switzerland | 50.93 | |
| 17 | 3 | Tuncay Örs |  Turkey | 51.14 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 51.22 | |
| 19 | 2 | Eduardo Iván Rodríguez |  Spain | 51.24 | |
| 20 | 3 | José María Romera | Spain | 51.73 | |
| 1 | Ryan Dinham | United Kingdom | DSQ | ||
| 1 | Ondrej Danek | Czech Republic | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 48.46 | |
 | 6 | Marek Plawgo | Poland | 48.71 | SB |
 | 3 | Rhys Williams | United Kingdom | 49.12 | |
| 4 | 8 | Naman Keïta | France | 49.13 | |
| 5 | 1 | Sébastien Maillard | France | 49.54 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gianni Carabelli | Italy | 49.60 | |
| 7 | 5 | Minas Alozidis | Greece | 49.61 | |
| 8 | 7 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Russia | 50.31 |
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