1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the
1950 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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 23, 24, and 25 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Derek Pugh
 United Kingdom
Silver Jacques Lunis
 France
Bronze Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
 Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Derek Pugh  United Kingdom 47.3 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jacques Lunis  France 47.6
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt  Sweden 47.9
4 Guðmundur Lárusson  Iceland 48.1
5 Leslie Lewis  United Kingdom 48.7
6 Luigi Paterlini  Italy 48.9

Semi-finals

24 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Lunis  France 47.8 Q
2 Leslie Lewis  United Kingdom 47.9 Q
3 Guðmundur Lárusson  Iceland 48.0 NR Q
4 Gösta Brännström  Sweden 48.5
5 Antonio Siddi  Italy 48.9
6 Ragnar Graeffe  Finland 49.5

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek Pugh  United Kingdom 48.6 Q
2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt  Sweden 48.8 Q
3 Luigi Paterlini  Italy 49.2 Q
4 Rolf Back  Finland 49.2
5 Oscar Soetewey  Belgium 51.4
6 René Leroux  France DNS

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Leslie Lewis  United Kingdom 49.8 Q
2 Ragnar Graeffe  Finland 50.1 Q

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek Pugh  United Kingdom 49.5 Q
2 Guðmundur Lárusson  Iceland 49.8 Q

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Lunis  France 48.9 Q
2 Gösta Brännström  Sweden 49.7 Q
3 Jean-Baptiste Peeters  Belgium 50.8

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt  Sweden 48.8 Q
2 Rolf Back  Finland 49.0 Q
3 Aleš Poděbrad  Czechoslovakia 49.7

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luigi Paterlini  Italy 49.0 Q
2 René Leroux  France 49.3 Q
3 Zvonko Sabolović  Yugoslavia 49.5

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antonio Siddi  Italy 49.7 Q
2 Oscar Soetewey  Belgium 49.8 Q
3 Lazar Milosevski  Yugoslavia 50.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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