1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold John Wrighton
 United Kingdom
Silver John Salisbury
 United Kingdom
Bronze Karl-Friedrich Haas
 West Germany

Results

Final

21 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st John Wrighton  United Kingdom 46.3 CR NR
2nd John Salisbury  United Kingdom 46.5
3rd Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.0
4 Carl Kaufmann  West Germany 47.0
5 Alf Petersson  Sweden 47.5
6 Stanisław Swatowski  Poland 47.8

Semi-finals

20 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Wrighton  United Kingdom 46.9 Q
2 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.5 Q
3 Bernard Dibonda  France 48.0
4 Csaba Csutorás  Hungary 48.0
5 Pentti Rekola  Finland 48.1
6 Gerard Mach  Poland 48.5

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Salisbury  United Kingdom 46.8 Q
2 Carl Kaufmann  West Germany 47.2 Q
3 Voitto Hellstén  Finland 47.2
4 Bruno Urben   Switzerland 47.5
5 Lennart Jonsson  Sweden 47.7
6 Valentin Rakhmanov  Soviet Union 48.5

Semi-final 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stanisław Swatowski  Poland 47.1 Q
2 Alf Petersson  Sweden 47.4 NR Q
3 René Weber   Switzerland 47.4
4 Viktor Šnajder  Yugoslavia 47.5 NR
5 Traian Sudrigean  Romania 48.0
6 Mikhail Nikolskiy  Soviet Union 48.1

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Salisbury  United Kingdom 47.8 Q
2 Csaba Csutorás  Hungary 47.9 Q
3 René Weber   Switzerland 48.2 Q
4 Renato Panciera  Italy 49.0

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Carl Kaufmann  West Germany 48.0 Q
2 Gerard Mach  Poland 48.3 Q
3 Traian Sudrigean  Romania 48.8 Q
4 Mario Fraschini  Italy 49.0

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lennart Jonsson  Sweden 48.3 Q
2 Mikhail Nikolskiy  Soviet Union 48.3 Q
3 Stanisław Swatowski  Poland 48.4 Q
4 Louis De Clerck  Belgium 48.9

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alf Petersson  Sweden 47.8 Q
2 Viktor Šnajder  Yugoslavia 47.9 Q
3 John Wrighton  United Kingdom 47.9 Q
4 Michael Gialanze  Malta 53.4

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 48.2 Q
2 Bruno Urben   Switzerland 48.4 Q
3 Pentti Rekola  Finland 48.4 Q
4 Jaroslav Jirásek  Czechoslovakia 48.6
5 Richard Stiger  Austria 49.0

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valentin Rakhmanov  Soviet Union 48.1 Q
2 Bernard Dibonda  France 48.7 Q
3 Voitto Hellstén  Finland 48.9 Q
4 Vasilios Syllis  Greece 49.2
5 Fahir Özgüden  Turkey 49.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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