1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men women
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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25, 26, and 27 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Ardalion Ignatyev
 Soviet Union
Silver Voitto Hellstén
 Finland
Bronze Zoltán Adámik
 Hungary

Results

Final

27 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 46.6 CR NR
2nd Voitto Hellstén  Finland 47.0 NR
3rd Zoltán Adámik  Hungary 47.6 NR
4 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.6
5 Jean-Jacques Hegg   Switzerland 47.8
6 Jacques Degats  France DQ

Semi-finals

26 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 47.0 CR Q
2 Voitto Hellstén  Finland 47.1 NR Q
3 Jacques Degats  France 47.8 Q
4 Vincenzo Lombardo  Italy 48.4
5 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt  Sweden 48.8
6 Hans Geister  West Germany DQ

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.9 Q
2 Zoltán Adámik  Hungary 48.1 Q
3 Jean-Jacques Hegg   Switzerland 48.1 Q
4 Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard  France 48.2
5 Alan Dick  United Kingdom 48.3
6 Rolf Back  Finland 48.9

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 47.9 Q
2 Vincenzo Lombardo  Italy 48.2 Q
3 Gerard Mach  Poland 48.9
4 José Fórmiga  Spain 50.3
5 Gerald Wicher  Austria 51.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans Geister  West Germany 47.9 Q
2 Rolf Back  Finland 48.4 Q
3 Edmunds Pīlāgs  Soviet Union 48.8
4 Charles Cuvelier  Belgium 50.3

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Voitto Hellstén  Finland 47.7 Q
2 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.8 Q
3 Peter Fryer  United Kingdom 48.0
4 Rudolf Haidegger  Austria 51.4

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard  France 48.4 Q
2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt  Sweden 48.7 Q
3 Vasilios Syllis  Greece 48.8
4 Lech Sierek  Poland 49.6

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Zoltán Adámik  Hungary 47.9 Q
2 Alan Dick  United Kingdom 48.4 Q
3 Gösta Brännström  Sweden 48.7
4 René Weber   Switzerland 49.3

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Jacques Hegg   Switzerland 47.7 Q
2 Jacques Degats  France 48.5 Q
3 Marcello Dani  Italy 49.1
4 Egon Solymossy  Hungary 49.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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