2018 European Championships Statistics – Men’s 400m by K Ken Nakamura Summary All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 44.52 GBR 1 1998 2 2 44.59 Roger B lack GBR 1 1986 3 3 44.63 Thomas Schönlebe GDR 2 Stuttgart 1986 4 4 44.71 Jonathan Borlee BEL 1sf1 2010 4 4 44.71 GBR 1 Zürich 2014 6 6 44.72 FRG 1 Athinai 1982 7 7 44.75 Matthew Hudson -Smith GBR 2 Züri ch 2014

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.63 45.04 FRG Roma 1974 Min 0.0 4 44.59 GBR Stuttgart 1986 45.73 Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRG Praha 1978 45.45 GBR 1971 44.71 Martyn Rooney GBR Zürich 2014

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 44.52 Iwan Thomas GBR Budapest 1998 2 44.63 Thomas Schönlebe GDR Stuttgart 1986 3 44.85 Mathias Schersing GDR Stuttgart 1986 4 45.24 RUS Barcelona 2010

Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 45.38 4sf2 ITA Barcelona 2010

Multiple Gold Medalists: Roger Black (GBR): 1986; 1990 Martyn Rooney (GBR): 2014, 2016

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze GBR 195 8 Wrighton Salisbury GER 1962 Kinder Reske POL 1966 Gredzinski Badenski POL 1969 Werner Gredzinski FRG 1974 Honz Hermann GDR 1986 Schönlebe Schersing GDR 1990 Schönlebe Carlowitz GBR 1994 Ladejo Black GBR 1998 Thomas Richardson FRA 200 6 Raquil Djhone GBR 2010 M Bingham M Rooney GBR 2014 Rooney Hudson -Smith

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never happened All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 44.52 Iwan Thomas GBR 1 Budapest 1998 2 2 44.59 Roger B lack GBR 1 Stuttgart 1986 3 3 44.63 Thomas Schönlebe GDR 2 Stuttgart 1986 4 4 44.71 Jonathan Borlee BEL 1sf1 Barcelona 2010 4 4 44.71 Martyn Rooney GBR 1 Zürich 2014 6 6 44.72 Hartmut Weber FRG 1 Athinai 1982 7 7 44.75 Matthew Hudson -Smith GBR 2 Züri ch 2014 8 8 44.79 IRL 1sf2 Barcelona 2010 9 44.82 Iwan Thomas 1sf2 Budapest 1998 10 9 44.85 Mathias Schersing GDR 3 Stuttgart 1986 11 10 44.87 FRA 2sf1 Barcelona 2010 12 11 44.88 GBR 2sf2 Barcelona 2010 13 12 44.95 FRA 1sf1 Göteborg 2006 14 13 45.00 Galeta Cornet ESP 1sf2 Split 1990 14 45.00 Martyn Rooney 3sf1 Barcelona 2010 16 45.02 Marc Raquil 1 Göteborg 2006 17 14 45.04 Karl Honz FRG 1 Roma 1974 17 14 45.04 Robert Mackowiak POL 2 Budapest 1998 17 45.04 Martyn Rooney 1sf2 2016 20 45.08 Roger Black 1 Split 1990 20 45.08 Robert Mackowiak 2sf2 Budapest 1998 20 16 45.08 Kevin Borlee BEL 1 Barcelona 2010 23 17 45.09 Duaine Ladejo GBR 1 Helsinki 1994 23 17 45.09 Vl adislav Frolov RUS 2 Göteborg 2006 25 19 45.12 ITA 2sf2 Amsterdam 2016 26 45.13 Thomas Schönlebe 2 Split 1990 26 20 45.14 Mark Richardson GBR 3 Budapest 1998 26 20 45.14 GER 1 München 2002 26 20 45.14 Rafal Omelko POL 3sf2 Amsterdam 2016 30 23 45.15 GDR 2sf2 Split 1990 30 23 45.15 FRG 3sf2 Split 1990 32 45.20 Roger Black 2 Helsinki 1994 32 25 45.20 ESP 1h2 Budapest 1998 34 45.21 2sf1 Göteborg 2006 35 26 45.22 POL 1sf1 Budapest 1998 36 45.23 Leslie Djhone 1sf2 Göteborg 2006 36 45.23 Michael Bingham GBR 2 Barcelona 2010 36 45.23 Martyn Rooney 3 Barcelona 2010 39 45.24 David Canal 2 München 2002 39 27 45.24 Kacper Kozlowski POL 3sf2 Barcelona 2010 39 27 45.24 Vladimir Krasnov RUS 4 Barcelona 2010 39 27 45.24 Pavel Maslak CZE 1 Helsinki 2012 43 30 45.25 GBR 4 Stuttgart 1986 44 45.26 Kevin Borlee 1sf1 Amsterdam 2016 45 45.27 Jens Carlowitz 3 Split 1990 45 31 45.27 Donald Sanford ISR 3 Zürich 2014 47 32 45.28 GBR 3 München 2002 47 45.28 David Gillick IRL 5 Barcelona 2010 49 33 45.29 GDR 2 Athinai 1982 49 45.29 David Canal 3sf2 Budapest 1998 49 45.29 Martyn Rooney GBR 1 Amsterdam 2016 52 34 45.30 URS 3 Athinai 1982 52 34 45.30 Slobodan Brankovic YUG 4sf2 Split 1990 52 45.30 Gelata Cornet 4 Split 1990 52 34 45.30 ITA 3sf1 Göteborg 2006 52 45.30 Leslie Djhone 6 Barcelona 2010 52 45. 30 Matthew Hudson Smith 1sf3 Zürich 2014 58 45.31 Pavel Maslak CZE 2sf1 Amsterdam 2016 59 45.32 Kevin Borlee BEL 1sf3 Barcelona 2010

Slowest winning (auto) time: 45.75 by (POL) in 1969 Slowest winning time since 1990: 45.29 by Martyn Rooney (GBR) in 2016 45.24 by Pavel Maslak (CZE) in 2012 45.14 by Ingo Schultz (GER) in 2002

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.63 45.04 Karl Honz FRG Roma 1974 0.8h 47.4h GBR 1938 Min 0.04 44.59 Roger Black GBR Stuttgart 1986 45.73 Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRG Praha 1978 45.45 David Jenkins GBR Helsinki 1971 44.71 Martyn Rooney GBR Zürich 2014

Difference between first and third Diff Winning time 3rd place time Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.87 45.09 45.96 Duaine Ladejo GBR Helsinki 1994 Min 0.08 45.75 45.83 Jan Werner POL Athinai 1969

Difference between 3 rd and 4 th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.40 44.85 Mathias Schersing GDR Stuttgart 1986 0.6h 48.0h Bertil von Wachenfeldt SWE Torino 1934 Min 0.01 45.23 Martyn Rooney GBR Barcelona 2010

Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 44.52 Iwan Thomas GBR Budapest 1998 2 44.63 Thomas Schönlebe GDR Stuttgart 1986 3 44.85 Mathias Schersing GDR Stuttgart 1986 4 45.24 Vladimir Krasnov RUS Barcelona 2010 5 45.28 David Gillick IRL Barcelona 2010 6 45.30 Leslie Djhone FRA Barcelona 2010 7 45.35 Jonathan Borlee BEL Barcelona 2010 8 45.80 Matteo Galvan ITA Amsterdam 2016 46.07 Kacper Kozlowski POL Barcelona 2010

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue DayMonthYear 1 43.03 RSA 14 Aug 2016 43.18 Michael Johnson USA Sevilla 26 Aug 1999 2 43.65 LaShawn Merritt USA 26 Aug 2015 43.76 GRN Rio de Janeiro 14 Aug 2016 3 43.78 Kirani James GRN Beijing 26 Aug 2015 43.85 LaShawn Merritt USA Rio de Janeiro 14 Aug 2016 4 44.01 TTO Rio de Janeiro 14 Aug 2016 44.11 Luguelin Santos DOM Beijing 26 Aug 2015 5 44.25 Karabo Sibanda BOT Rio de Janeiro 14 Aug 2016 44.45 USA Eugene 19 June 1993 6 44.36 Ali Khamis Khamis BRN Rio de Janeiro 14 Aug 2016 44.52 Iwan Thomas GBR Athinai 5 Aug 1997

Fastest time in each round (3 rounds from 1950) Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 44.52 Iwan Thomas GBR Budapest 1998 Semi-final 44.71 Jonathan Borlee BEL Barcelona 2010 First round 45.20 David Canal ESP Budapest 1998

Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 45.38 4sf2 Marco Vistalli ITA Barcelona 2010

Fastest non-qualifier for the semi-final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 46.32 5h2 Vladimir Prosin URS Stuttgart 1986

Multiple Gold Medalists: Roger Black (GBR): 1986; 1990 Martyn Rooney (GBR): 2014, 2016

Multiple Medalists: (GBR): 1946 Bronze; 1950 Gold Jacques Lunis (FRA): 1946 Silver; 1950 Silver (GER): 1962 Silver; 1966 Bronze Stanislaw Gredzinski (POL): 1966 Gold; 1969 Bronze Jan Werner (POL): 1969 Gold; 1971 Bronze David Jenkins (GBR): 1971 Gold; 1974 Silver Roger Black (GBR): 1986 Gold; 1990 Gold; 1994 Silver Thomas Schönlebe (GDR): 1986 Silver; 1990 Silver Martyn Rooney (GBR): 2010 Bronze, 2014 Gold, 2016 Gold Pavel Maslak (CZE) 2012 Gold, 2016 Silver

Number of Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GBR 11 5 4 FRG 3 2 POL 2 2 2 GER 2 1 3 FRA 1 4 3 URS 1 1 BEL 1 DEN 1 CZE 1 1 GDR 3 2 HUN 1 1 NED 1 1 RUS 1 TCH 1 ITA 1 FIN 1 ESP 1 SWE 2 SUI 1 ISR 1

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze GBR 195 8 Wrighton Salisbury GER 1962 Kinder Reske POL 1966 Gredzinski Badenski POL 1969 Werner Gredzinski FRG 1974 Honz Hermann GDR 1986 Schönlebe Schersing GDR 1990 Schönlebe Carlowitz GBR 1994 Ladejo Black GBR 1998 Thomas Richardson FRA 200 6 Raquil Djhone GBR 2010 M Bingham M Rooney GBR 2014 Rooney Hudson -Smith

200m – 400m double medalist in the same championships Name Nation 200m 400m Venue Year Ardalion Ignatyev URS Silver Gold Bern 1954

200m – 400m double medalist in the different championships Name Nation 200m Venue Year 400m Venue Year Jean -Claude Nallet FRA Bronze Budapest 1966 Silver Athinai 1969

Average from last eight European Championships Average 2016 2014 2012 2010 2006 2002 1998 1994 Winning Time 45.01 45.29 44.71 45.24 45.08 45.02 45.14 44.52 45.09 Winning Medal (3 rd ) 45.44 45.41 45.27 45.82 45.23 45.40 45.28 45.14 45.96 Missing Medal (4 th ) 45.57 45.60 45.52 45.91 45.24 45.46 45.40 45.43 46.01

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Never happened

Athletes with Olympic, World and European gold (Olympic and Euro gold before 1983) No athlete won Olympics, Worlds and European (Olympics and European before 1983) gold at 400m 1986 & 1990 European Champion, Roger Black won silver at both 1991 Worlds and 1996 Olympics

European Champion who previously won European Junior gold medal Name Nat European Championships European Junior Championships Roger Black GBR 1986, 1990 1985 Hartmut Weber FRG 1982 1979

Last ten European Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2016 Martyn Rooney GBR 45.29 Pavel Maslak CZE 45.36 NED 45.41 2014 Martyn Rooney GBR 44.71 Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR 44.75 Donald Sanford ISR 45.27 2012 Pavel Maslak CZE 45.24 Marcell Deak Nagy HUN 45.52 Yannick Fonsat FRA 45.82 2010 Kevin Borlee BEL 45.08 Michael Bingham GBR 45.23 Martyn Rooney GBR 45.23 2006 Marc Rauil RUS 45.09 Vladislav Frolov RUS 45.09 Leslie Djhone FRA 45.40 2002 Ingo Schultz GER 45.14 David Canal ESP 45.24 Daniel Caines GBR 45.28 1998 Iwan Thomas GBR 44.52 Robert Mackowiak POL 45.04 Mark Richardson GBR 45.14 1994 Duaine Ladejo GBR 45.09 Roger Black GBR 45.20 Mathias Rusterholz SUI 45.96 1990 Roger Black GBR 45.08 Thomas Schonlebe GDR 45.13 Jens Carlowitz GDR 45.27 1986 Roger Black GBR 44.59 Thomas Schonlebe GDR 44.63 Mathias Schersing GDR 44.85

European U-23 Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Luka Janezic SLO 45.33 NOR 45.75 Benjamin Lobo Vedel DEN 46.08 2015Luka Thomas Jordier FRA 45.50 Pavel Ivashko RUS 45.73 Luka Janezic SLO 45.73 2013 Lev Mosin RU 45.51 Vitaliy Butrym UKR 45.88 Nikita Uglov RUS 46.04 2011 S GB 46.10 Brian Gregan IRL 46.12 Luke Lennon-Ford GBR 46.22 2009 Yannick Fonsat FRAR 45.68 Nigel Levine GBR 45.78 Jan Ciepiela POL 45.78 2007 Dennis Alekseyev RUSQ 45.69 Zeljko Vincek CRO 45.69 Kacper Kozlowski POL 45.86 2005 GBRAS 46.81 GER 47.07 Daniel Dabrowski POL 47.44 2003 Leslie Djhone FRA 45.04 GBR 45.86 Rafal Wieruszewski POL 45.87 2001 RUS 46.06 Marc-Alexander Scheer GER 46.43 Rafal Wieruszewski POL 46.57 1999 POL 45.78 Zsolt Szeglet HUN 46.09 Marc Raquil FRA 46.18 1997 GBR 45.71 Piotr Haczek POL 45.72 Kjell Provost BEL 45.99

Last eleven European Junior Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 ITA 45.92 Tymoteusz Zimny POL 46.04 BEL 46.23 2015 Benjamin Lobo Vedel DEN 46.48 Karsten Warholm NOR 46.50 Batuhan Altingas TUR 46.95 2013 Pavel Ivashko RUS 45.81 Patryk Debek POL 46.15 Thomas Jordier FRA 46.21 2011 Marcell Deak-Nagy HUN 45.42 Nikita Uglov RUS 46.01 ITA 46.09 2009 Chris Clarke GBR 45.59 Andrezej Jaros POL 46.75 Louis Persent GBR 46.82 2007 Yannick Fonsat FRA 46.34 Marcin Klaczanski POL 46.46 Eric Kruger GER 46.49 2005 Zeljko Vincek CRO 46.14 Martyn Rooney GBR 46.56 Dimitrios Regas GRE 46.79 2003 Dimitrios Gravalos GRE 46.54 Kamghe Gaba GER 46.63 Piotr Kedzia POL 46.69 2001 Tim Benjamin GBR 46.43 SWE 46.81 GER 46.88 1999 Ruwen Faller GER 46.38 Filip Walotka POL 46.42 Georgios Doupis GRE 47.03 1997 David Canal ESP 46.04 GRE 46.68 David Naismith GBR 47.11

Last ten European Indoor Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Pavel Maslak CZE 45.77 Rafal Omelko POL 46.08 Liemarvin Bonevacia NED 46.26 2015 Pavel Maslak CZE 45.33 Dylan Borlee BEL 46.25 Rafal Omelko POL 46.26 2013 Pavel Ivashko RUS 45.81 Patryk Dobek POL 46.15 Thomas Jordier FRA 46.21 2011 Leslie Djhone FRA 45.54 Thomas Schneider GER 46.42 GBR 46.62 2009 Johan Wissman SWE 45.89 ITA 46.32 Ioan Vieru ROU 46.54 2007 David Gillick IRL 45.52 Bastian Swillims GER 45.62 Robert Tobin GBR 46.15 2005 David Gillick IRL 46.30 David Canal ESP 46.64 Sebastian Gatzka GER 46.88 2002 POL 45.39 Jamisola Lauren SWE 45.59 Ioan Vieru ROU 46.17 2000 Ilya Dzhivondov BUL 46.63 David Canal ESP 46.85 Marc Raquil FRA 47.28 1998 Ruslan Mashchenko RUS 45.90 ITA 45.99 Robert Machowiak POL 46.00

Last nine World Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 43.98 Steven Gardiner BAH 44.41 QAT 44.48 2015 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 43.48 LaShawn Merritt USA 43.65 Kirani James GRN 43.78 2013 LsShawn Merritt USA 43.74 Tony McQuay USA 44.40 Luguelin Santos DOM 44.52 2011 Kirani James GRN 44.60 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.63 Kevin Borlee BEL 44.90 2009 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.06 USA 44.60 TRI 45.02 2007 Jeremy Wariner USA 43.45 LaShawn Merritt USA 43.96 USA 44.32 2005 Jeremy Wariner USA 43.93 USA 44.35 Tyler Christopher CAN 44.44 2003 USA 44.77 Marc Raquil FRA 44.79 Michael Blackwood JAM 44.80 2001 BAH 44.64 Ingo Schultz GER 44.87 JAM 44.98

Last eight Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2016 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 43.03 Kirani James GRN 43.76 LaShawn Merritt USA 43.85 2012 Kirani James GRN 43.94 Luguelin Santos DOM 44.46 TRI 44.52 2008 LaShawn Merritt USA 43.75 Jeremy Wariner USA 44.74 USA 44.80 2004 Jereny Wariner USA 44.00 USA 44.16 USA 44.42 2000 Michael Johnson USA 43.84 USA 44.40 Greg Haughton JAM 44.70 1996 Michael Johnson USA 43.49 Roger Black GBR 44.41 Davis Kamoga UGA 44.53 1992 USA 43.50 USA 44.21 Samson Kirui KEN 44.24 1988 Steve Lewis USA 43.87 USA 43.93 USA 44.09

All time European List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 44.33 Thomas Schönlebe GDR 1 WC -Roma 3 Sept 1987 2 2 44.36 Iwan Thomas GBR 1 13 July 1997 3 3 44.37 Roger Black GBR 2 3 July 1996 3 3 44.37 Mark Richardson GBR 1 9 July 1998 3 44.37 Mark Richardson 3 8 Aug 1998

Fastest Performances on European Soil Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 43.18 Michael Johnson USA 1 WC - Sevilla 26 Aug 1999 2 2 43.29 Butch Reynolds USA 1 Zürich 17 Aug 1988 3 43.39 Michael Johnson 1 WC -Göteborg 9 Aug 1995

Fastest Performances on European Soil by Europeans Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 44.33 Thomas Schönlebe GDR 1 WC -Roma 3 Sept 1987 2 2 44.36 Iwan Thomas GBR 1 Birmingham 13 July 1997 3 3 44.37 Roger Black GBR 2 Lausanne 3 July 1996 3 3 44.37 Mark Richardson GBR 1 Oslo 9 July 1998 3 44.37 Mark Richardson 3 Monaco 8 Aug 1998

Fastest Performances in Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 43.94 Michael Johnson USA 1 27 Aug 1993 2 2 44.03 LaShawn Merritt USA 1 1 June 2008

Fastest Performances in August Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 1 Rio de Janeiro 14 Aug 2016 2 2 43.18 Michael Johnson USA 1 Sevilla 26 Aug 1999 3 3 43.29 Harry Butch Reynolds USA 1 Zurich 17 Aug 1988

Combined 2017 & 2018 European List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 44.63 Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR 6 21 July 2018 2 44.68 Matthew Hudson-Smith 1 Birmingham 1 July 2018 3 2 44.69 Bruno Hortelano ESP 2 22 June 2018 4 44.70 Mathew Hudson-Smith 1 Clermont 12 May 2018 5 3 44.73 Oscar Husillos ESP 3 Madrid 22 June 2018 6 44.74 Matthew Hudson-Smith 4sf2 London-WC 6 Aug 2017 6 4 44.79 Kevin Borlee BEL 1rB Madrid 14 July 2017 8 44.79 Matthew Hudson-Smith 3 Rabat 13 July 2018 9 5 44.84 Luka Janezic SLO 6 Monaco 21 July 2017

Please send any corrections to [email protected]