1962 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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Robbie Brightwell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Manfred Kinder
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze Hans-Joachim Reske
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

Results

Final

14 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Robbie Brightwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45.9CR
Silver medal icon.svg Manfred Kinder Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Hans-Joachim Reske Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.4
4 Adrian Metcalfe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.4
5 Barry Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.6
6 Andrzej Badeński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 47.4

Semi-finals

13 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Robbie Brightwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.4Q
2 Andrzej Badeński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 46.5Q
3 Josef Trousil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 46.6
4 Jacques Pennewaert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 46.8
5 Sergio Bello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.8
6 Viktor Bychkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 48.3

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hans-Joachim Reske Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.1CR Q
2 Adrian Metcalfe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.2Q
3 Jerzy Kowalski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 46.3
4 Vadym Arkhypchuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 46.7
5 Mario Fraschini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.0
6 Ronny Sunesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.4

Semi-final 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Manfred Kinder Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.5Q
2 Barry Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.5Q
3 Hans-Olof Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 46.7
4 Hansrüdi Bruder Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 46.9
5 Vittorio Barberis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.9
Jean Bertozzi Flag of France.svg  France DNS

Heats

12 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Josef Trousil Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 48.3Q
2 Vittorio Barberis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 48.4Q
3 Jerzy Kowalski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 49.8Q
4 Rudi Matt Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 50.5

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Vadym Arkhypchuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 47.4Q
2 Jacques Pennewaert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 47.4Q
3 Sergio Bello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.6Q
4 Bengt-Göran Fernström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.7

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Manfred Kinder Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 47.1Q
2 Barry Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.7Q
3 Viktor Bychkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 48.2Q
4 Vasilios Syllis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 48.4

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hans-Joachim Reske Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 46.9Q
2 Andrzej Badeński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 47.4Q
3 Jean Bertozzi Flag of France.svg  France 47.6Q
4 Gürkan Çevik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 50.0

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Robbie Brightwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 46.6Q
2 Hans-Olof Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.2Q
3 Mario Fraschini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47.3Q
4 Miloje Grujić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 47.5

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hansrüdi Bruder Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 47.5Q
2 Adrian Metcalfe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 47.6Q
3 Ronny Sunesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47.6Q
4 Miroslav Bosnar Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 48.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014