1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the
1934 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men    
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Javelin throw men
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 7 and 8 September 1934.[1]

Medalists

Gold Adolf Metzner
 Germany
Silver Pierre Skawinski
 France
Bronze Bertil von Wachenfeldt
 Sweden

Results

Final

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Adolf Metzner  Germany 47.9 CR
2nd Pierre Skawinski  France 48.0
3rd Bertil von Wachenfeldt  Sweden 48.0 NR
4 Ettore Tavernari  Italy 48.6 NR
5 Raymond Boisset  France 48.9
6 Mario Rabaglino  Italy NT

Heats

7 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Adolf Metzner  Germany 48.3 CR Q
2 Mario Rabaglino  Italy 49.0 Q
3 Karel Knenický  Czechoslovakia 49.1 NR
4 Sven Strömberg  Sweden 49.4

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Raymond Boisset  France 48.9 Q
2 Ettore Tavernari  Italy 49.0 Q
3 László Barsi  Hungary 49.3
4 Miroslav Hruska  Czechoslovakia 50.4
5 Vladas Bakunas  Lithuania NT

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pierre Skawinski  France 48.5 Q
2 Bertil von Wachenfeldt  Sweden 49.1 Q
3 Börje Strandvall  Finland 49.2
4 Jean Krombach  Luxembourg 50.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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