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2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 Metres Hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at Darius and Girėnas Stadium, S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16, 17, and 18 July. Medalists Results Final 18 July Semifinals 17 July Qualified: first 3 each heat and 2 fastest to Final Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Heats 16 July Qualified: first 3 each heat and 4 best to Semifinals Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (2) References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 European Athletics Championships, Mens 400 metres hurdles 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships, 400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics U23 Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres Hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten Hurdling, hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows runners down. The current men's and women's List of world records in athletics, world record holders are Karsten Warholm with 45.94 seconds and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone with 50.37 seconds. Compared to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
