1958 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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958. [1]

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Medalists

Gold John Wrighton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver John Salisbury
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze Karl-Friedrich Haas
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

Results

Final

21 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg John Wrighton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.3CR NR
Silver medal icon.svg John Salisbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.5
Bronze medal icon.svg Karl-Friedrich Haas Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 47.0
4 Carl Kaufmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 47.0
5 Alf Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.5
6 Stanisław Swatowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 47.8

Semi-finals

20 August

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 John Wrighton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.9Q
2 Karl-Friedrich Haas Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 47.5Q
3 Bernard Dibonda Flag of France.svg  France 48.0
4 Csaba Csutorás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 48.0
5 Pentti Rekola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48.1
6 Gerard Mach Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48.5

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 John Salisbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.8Q
2 Carl Kaufmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 47.2Q
3 Voitto Hellstén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 47.2
4 Bruno Urben Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 47.5
5 Lennart Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.7
6 Valentin Rakhmanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 48.5

Semi-final 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Stanisław Swatowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 47.1Q
2 Alf Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.4NR Q
3 René Weber Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 47.4
4 Viktor Šnajder Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 47.5NR
5 Traian Sudrigean Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 48.0
6 Mikhail Nikolskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 48.1

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 John Salisbury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.8Q
2 Csaba Csutorás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 47.9Q
3 René Weber Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 48.2Q
4 Renato Panciera Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.0

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Carl Kaufmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 48.0Q
2 Gerard Mach Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48.3Q
3 Traian Sudrigean Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 48.8Q
4 Mario Fraschini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.0

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Lennart Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48.3Q
2 Mikhail Nikolskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 48.3Q
3 Stanisław Swatowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 48.4Q
4 Louis De Clerck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 48.9

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Alf Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.8Q
2 Viktor Šnajder Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 47.9Q
3 John Wrighton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.9Q
4 Michael Gialanze Flag of Malta (1943-1964).svg  Malta 53.4

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Karl-Friedrich Haas Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 48.2Q
2 Bruno Urben Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 48.4Q
3 Pentti Rekola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48.4Q
4 Jaroslav Jirásek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 48.6
5 Richard Stiger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 49.0

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Valentin Rakhmanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 48.1Q
2 Bernard Dibonda Flag of France.svg  France 48.7Q
3 Voitto Hellstén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48.9Q
4 Vasilios Syllis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 49.2
5 Fahir Özgüden Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 49.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014