2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time
1 4 Periklis Iakovakis Greece 48.46
2 6 Marek Plawgo Poland 48.71
3 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
Results -- Final
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.