1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 4 September 1938. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Godfrey Brown
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Karl Baumgarten
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze Erich Linnhoff
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany

Results

Final

4 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Godfrey Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.4 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Karl Baumgarten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Erich Linnhoff Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 48.8
4 János Görkói Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary 48.9
5 Aarne Tammisto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.1
6 Bertil von Wachenfeldt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 50.0

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Godfrey Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 48.4 Q
2 János Görkói Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary 49.2 Q
3 Carl-Henrik Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49.8
4 Ottavio Missoni Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 50.3
5 Georges Meyer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 50.3
6 Abdyl Këllezi Flag of Albania (1934-1939).svg  Albania 55.0

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Erich Linnhoff Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany 49.2 Q
2 Bertil von Wachenfeldt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49.7 Q
3 Pierre Smet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 50.4
4 Jean Cerutti Flag of France.svg  France 50.6
5 Feri Pleteršek Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Yugoslavia 52.3
József Vadas Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary DQ

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Aarne Tammisto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48.3 Q
2 Karl Baumgarten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 48.3 Q
3 John Horsfall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.5
4 Joseph Bertolino Flag of France.svg  France 49.5
5 Charles Stein Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg NT

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014