2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 20 July.[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold	Leslie Djhone  France
Silver	Timothy Benjamin  Great Britain
Bronze	Rafał Wieruszewski  Poland

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Leslie Djhone	France	45.04	CR
	Timothy Benjamin	Great Britain	45.86
	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	45.87
4	Aliaksandr Yelistratau	Belarus	46.11
5	Volodymyr Demchenko	Ukraine	46.14
6	David McCarthy	Ireland	46.26
7	Bastian Swillims	Germany	46.91
8	Xavier de Baerdemaeker	Belgium	47.56

Heats

18 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Leslie Djhone	France	45.54	Q
2	David McCarthy	Ireland	46.05	Q
3	Sebastian Gatzka	Germany	46.70
4	Daniel Dąbrowski	Poland	47.11
5	Dmitriy Petrov	Russia	47.13
6	Allan Stuart	Great Britain	47.23
7	Myhaylo Knysh	Ukraine	47.53
8	Nikolai Portelli	Malta	48.77

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Volodymyr Demchenko	Ukraine	46.05	Q
2	Aliaksandr Yelistratau	Belarus	46.21	Q
3	Xavier de Baerdemaeker	Belgium	46.37	q
4	Kacper Skalski	Poland	46.69
5	Andrey Polukeyev	Russia	46.74
6	Stefano Aguzzi	Italy	47.03
7	Nicolas Lefebvre	France	47.19
8	David Gillick	Ireland	47.67

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Timothy Benjamin	Great Britain	45.71	Q
2	Rafał Wieruszewski	Poland	45.90	Q
3	Bastian Swillims	Germany	46.26	q
4	Dmitrijs Milkevics	Latvia	46.44
5	Jan Mazanec	Czech Republic	46.62
6	Daniel Ruiz	Spain	47.31
7	Brice Panel	France	47.33
8	Thomas Nikitin	Sweden	47.47

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (1)  Belgium (1)  Czech Republic (1)  France (3)

Germany (2)  Great Britain (2)  Ireland (2)  Italy (1)

Latvia (1)  Malta (1)  Poland (3)  Russia (2)

Spain (1)  Sweden (1)  Ukraine (2)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 18/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 18 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)