1950 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 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23, 24, and 25 August 1950. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Derek Pugh
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Jacques Lunis
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Derek Pugh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.3CR
Silver medal icon.svg Jacques Lunis Flag of France.svg  France 47.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.9
4 Guðmundur Lárusson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 48.1
5 Leslie Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 48.7
6 Luigi Paterlini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.9

Semi-finals

24 August

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jacques Lunis Flag of France.svg  France 47.8Q
2 Leslie Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.9Q
3 Guðmundur Lárusson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 48.0NR Q
4 Gösta Brännström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48.5
5 Antonio Siddi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.9
6 Ragnar Graeffe Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.5

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Derek Pugh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 48.6Q
2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48.8Q
3 Luigi Paterlini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.2Q
4 Rolf Back Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.2
5 Oscar Soetewey Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 51.4
René Leroux Flag of France.svg  France DNS

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Leslie Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.8Q
2 Ragnar Graeffe Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50.1Q

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Derek Pugh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 49.5Q
2 Guðmundur Lárusson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 49.8Q

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jacques Lunis Flag of France.svg  France 48.9Q
2 Gösta Brännström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49.7Q
3 Jean-Baptiste Peeters Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 50.8

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48.8Q
2 Rolf Back Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49.0Q
3 Aleš Poděbrad Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 49.7

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Luigi Paterlini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.0Q
2 René Leroux Flag of France.svg  France 49.3Q
3 Zvonko Sabolović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 49.5

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Antonio Siddi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.7Q
2 Oscar Soetewey Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 49.8Q
3 Lazar Milosevski Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 50.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

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The men's 800 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 26 August 1950.

The men's 1500 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 27 August 1950.

The men's 5000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 August 1950.

The men's marathon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 August 1950.

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 24 August 1950.

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24, 26, and 27 August 1950.

The men's high jump at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25 and 27 August 1950.

The men's pole vault at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.

The men's long jump at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25 and 26 August 1950.

The men's triple jump at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 August 1950.

The men's shot put at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25 August 1950.

The men's discus throw at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.

The men's decathlon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 25 August 1950.

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 25 August 1950.

The women's 100 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 25 August 1950.

The women's shot put at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 August 1950.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014