1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the
1946 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 24 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

Gold Bertel Storskrubb
 Finland
Silver Sixten Larsson
 Sweden
Bronze Rune Larsson
 Sweden

Results

Final

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Bertel Storskrubb  Finland 52.2 CR NR
2nd Sixten Larsson  Sweden 52.4 NR
3rd Rune Larsson  Sweden 52.5
4 Yves Cros  France 52.6 NR
5 Werner Christen   Switzerland 55.4
6 Ronald Ede  United Kingdom 56.5

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yves Cros  France 54.7 Q
2 Rune Larsson  Sweden 55.8 Q
3 Werner Christen   Switzerland 57.7 Q
4 Vlastimil Holeček  Czechoslovakia 58.4
5 Ole Dorph-Jensen  Denmark 62.7

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bertel Storskrubb  Finland 54.2 Q
2 Rune Larsson  Sweden 54.8 Q
3 Ronald Ede  United Kingdom 55.3 Q
4 Jacques Maloubier  France 55.3
5 Werner Rugel   Switzerland 55.5

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

References

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