title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
text: # 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
  
  The men's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 9. Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Marc Raquil France | Vladislav Frolov Russia | Leslie Djhone France |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | August 7, 2006 | 12:15 | Round 1 |
  | August 8, 2006 | 18:55 | Semifinals |
  | August 9, 2006 | 20:45 | Final |
  
  ## 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 | 1 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 45.58 | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Marc Raquil | France | 45.65 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Leslie Djhone | France | 45.67 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 45.73 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 45.81 | Q, SB |
  | 5 | 4 | Dimitrios Regas | Greece | 45.81 | Q, PB |
  | 7 | 3 | Cédric Van Branteghem | Belgium | 45.95 | Q |
  | 8 | 4 | Graham Hedman | United Kingdom | 46.02 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | Rafał Wieruszewski | Poland | 46.05 | q |
  | 10 | 2 | Timothy Benjamin | United Kingdom | 46.10 | Q |
  | 11 | 3 | Robert Tobin | United Kingdom | 46.10 | q |
  | 11 | 4 | Ioan Vieru | Romania | 46.10 | q |
  | 13 | 2 | David Gillick | Ireland | 46.16 | Q |
  | 14 | 1 | Claudio Licciardello | Italy | 46.24 | Q |
  | 15 | 4 | Marcin Marciniszyn | Poland | 46.36 | q |
  | 16 | 1 | Željko Vincek | Croatia | 46.48 | |
  | 17 | 1 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 46.48 | |
  | 18 | 4 | David McCarthy | Ireland | 46.53 | SB |
  | 19 | 2 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 46.55 | Q |
  | 19 | 4 | Sebastian Gatzka | Germany | 46.55 | |
  | 21 | 3 | Karel Bláha | Czech Republic | 46.60 | |
  | 22 | 1 | Dimitrios Gravalos | Greece | 46.68 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Pierre Lavanchy | Switzerland | 46.71 | |
  | 24 | 2 | Thomas Nikitin | Sweden | 46.72 | PB |
  | 25 | 1 | Vasile Bobos | Romania | 46.77 | |
  | 26 | 3 | Brice Panel | France | 46.98 | |
  | 27 | 3 | Youssef El Rhalfioui | Netherlands | 47.12 | |
  | 28 | 2 | Catalin Cîmpeanu | Romania | 47.16 | |
  | 29 | 2 | Padeleimon Melahrinoudis | Greece | 47.22 | |
  | 30 | 4 | David Testa | Spain | 47.29 | |
  | 31 | 2 | Peter Žňava | Slovakia | 47.38 | |
  | 32 | 1 | Ivano Bucci | San Marino | 48.86 | PB |
  | 33 | 1 | Florent Battistel | Monaco | 50.75 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Marc Raquil | France | 0.228 | 44.95 | Q, SB |
  | 2 | 5 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 0.186 | 45.21 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 4 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 0.221 | 45.30 | Q, PB |
  | 4 | 6 | Dimitrios Regas | Greece | 0.166 | 45.60 | Q, PB |
  | 5 | 8 | Ioan Vieru | Romania | 0.185 | 45.83 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Graham Hedman | United Kingdom | 0.183 | 45.90 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Marcin Marciniszyn | Poland | 0.156 | 45.96 | |
  | 8 | 7 | Claudio Licciardello | Italy | 0.169 | 46.21 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 6 | Leslie Djhone | France | 0.190 | 45.23 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 0.294 | 45.38 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 7 | Rafał Wieruszewski | Poland | 0.211 | 45.56 | Q, PB |
  | 4 | 4 | Timothy Benjamin | United Kingdom | 0.225 | 45.67 | Q |
  | 5 | 8 | Kamghe Gaba | Germany | 0.168 | 45.77 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Robert Tobin | United Kingdom | 0.227 | 46.03 | |
  | 7 | 5 | David Gillick | Ireland | 0.148 | 46.84 | |
  | | 2 | Cédric Van Branteghem | Belgium | 0.236 | | DNF |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Marc Raquil | France | 0.217 | 45.02 | |
  | | 6 | Vladislav Frolov | Russia | 0.193 | 45.09 | PB |
  | | 3 | Leslie Djhone | France | 0.156 | 45.40 | |
  | 4 | 4 | Daniel Dąbrowski | Poland | 0.177 | 45.56 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Andrea Barberi | Italy | 0.235 | 45.70 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Timothy Benjamin | United Kingdom | 0.210 | 45.89 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Rafał Wieruszewski | Poland | 0.259 | 45.97 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Dimitrios Regas | Greece | 0.176 | 46.23 | |
  