title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
text: # 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
  
  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 | |
  