1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962. [1]

Contents

Medalists

Gold Salvatore Morale
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver Jörg Neumann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze Helmut Janz
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

Results

Final

14 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Salvatore Morale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49.2WR
Silver medal icon.svg Jörg Neumann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 50.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Helmut Janz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 50.5
4 Jussi Rintamäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50.8
5 Boris Kryunov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 51.3
6 Vasyl Anisimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 54.2

Semi-finals

13 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Salvatore Morale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 50.0CR Q
2 Jörg Neumann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 50.6Q
3 Boris Kryunov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.9Q
4 Edmond Van Praagh Flag of France.svg  France 51.3NR
5 Bruno Galliker Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 51.3
6 Joachim Singer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 51.4

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Vasyl Anisimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 51.0Q
2 Jussi Rintamäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 51.0Q
3 Helmut Janz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 51.1Q
4 Georgiy Chevychalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 51.6
5 Chris Surety Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52.0
6 Valeriu Jurcă Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 52.8

Heats

12 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Helmut Janz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 51.0Q
2 Boris Kryunov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 51.7Q
3 Valeriu Jurcă Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 52.0Q
4 Helmut Haid Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52.7
5 Hannu Ehoniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 52.8
6 Fahir Özgüden Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 54.4

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Salvatore Morale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.4Q
2 Jussi Rintamäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 52.4Q
3 Chris Surety Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52.8Q
4 Dimitar Dimitrov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 53.1
5 François Van Cauwenbergh Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 53.5
6 Athanasios Mylonopoulos Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 54.9

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Edmond Van Praagh Flag of France.svg  France 51.4NR Q
2 Georgiy Chevychalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 52.0Q
3 Joachim Singer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 52.0Q
4 John Cooper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52.4
5 Zdzisław Kumiszcze Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 52.6

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Vasyl Anisimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 51.8Q
2 Bruno Galliker Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 52.2Q
3 Jörg Neumann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 52.8Q
4 Robin Woodland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 53.1
5 Jan Gulbrandsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 53.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

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