1969 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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Vyacheslav Skomorokhov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver John Sherwood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze Andy Todd
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Results

Final

18 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Skomorokhov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 49.70
Silver medal icon.svg John Sherwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50.10
Bronze medal icon.svg Andy Todd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50.38
4 Hansjörg Wirz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 50.8
5 François Huard Flag of France.svg  France 51.1
6 Wilhelm Weistand Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51.2
7 Tadeusz Kulczycki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51.3
8 Giorgio Ballati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52.4

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50.9Q
2 François Huard Flag of France.svg  France 51.6Q
3 Andy Todd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.6Q
4 Stavros Tziortzis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 52.4
5 Zdzisław Serafin Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 53.5
6 Alberto Matos Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 53.6

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hansjörg Wirz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 51.3Q
2 John Sherwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51.4Q
3 Tadeusz Kulczycki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51.4Q
4 Karel Brems Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 52.5
5 Zoran Majstorović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 52.8

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Giorgio Ballati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51.20Q
2 Wilhelm Weistand Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51.60Q
3 Zsoltan Ringhoffer Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 51.80
4 Anatoliy Kazakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 52.20
5 Khristo Gergov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 53.40

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014