1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18, 19 and 20 August.

Medalists

Gold	Paweł Januszewski Poland
Silver	Ruslan Mashchenko Russia
Bronze	Fabrizio Mori Italy

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Carlos Silva	Portugal	49.00	Q, SB
2	3	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	49.15	Q
3	3	Paul Gray	Great Britain	49.16	Q, PB
4	3	Thomas Goller	Germany	49.22	q, PB
5	1	Stéphane Diagana	France	49.28	Q
6	2	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	49.47	Q, SB
7	2	Jimmy Coco	France	49.57	Q
8	1	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	49.58	Q, SB
9	2	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	49.63	Q
10	3	David Kafka	France	49.74	q, PB
11	3	Darko Juričić	Croatia	49.88	q, NR
12	3	Tom McGuirk	Ireland	49.92	q, PB
13	1	Vladislav Shiryayev	Russia	49.96	Q
14	2	Boris Gorban	Russia	50.04
15	4	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	50.30	Q
16	1	Mário Reis	Portugal	50.39
17	1	Siniša Peša	Yugoslavia	50.44
18	2	Miro Kocuvan	Slovenia	50.54
19	4	Tibor Bédi	Hungary	50.57	Q
20	4	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	50.58	Q
21	2	Petteri Pulkkinen	Finland	50.59
22	1	Anthony Borsumato	Great Britain	50.91
23	4	Iñigo Monreal	Spain	50.94
24	4	Steffen Kolb	Germany	50.97
25	4	Bartosz Gruman	Poland	51.06
26	2	Chris Rawlinson	Great Britain	51.11
27	4	Radoslav Holúbek	Slovakia	51.36
	1	Egils Tebelis	Latvia	DNF

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	48.64	Q
2	2	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	48.90	Q, NR
3	1	Carlos Silva	Portugal	48.98	Q, SB
4	1	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	49.06	Q, SB
5	2	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	49.26	Q, SB
6	2	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	49.34	Q
7	1	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	49.39	q
8	2	Vladislav Shiryayev	Russia	49.56	q
9	1	Thomas Goller	Germany	49.69
10	2	Jimmy Coco	France	49.72
11	1	Paul Gray	Great Britain	50.34
12	2	Darko Juričić	Croatia	50.39
13	2	Tom McGuirk	Ireland	51.12
14	1	Tibor Bédi	Hungary	57.77
	1	David Kafka	France	DNF
	2	Stéphane Diagana	France	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paweł Januszewski	Poland	48.17	NR
	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	48.25
	Fabrizio Mori	Italy	48.71
4	Carlos Silva	Portugal	49.02
5	Vadim Zadoynov	Moldova	49.10	SB
6	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	49.15
7	Jiří Mužík	Czech Republic	50.51
8	Vladislav Shiryayev	Russia	50.94

References

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