1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships 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. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 377–384 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Ardalion Ignatyev URS 1936Silver Voitto Hellstén FINBronze Zoltán Adamik HUN 1949 Results Final 27 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ardalion Ignatyev URS 1936 46.6 CR NR Voitto Hellstén FIN 47.0 NR Zoltán Adamik HUN 1949 47.6 NR 4 Karl-Friedrich Haas FRG 47.6 5 Jean-Jacques Hegg SUI 47.8 6 Jacques Degats FRA DQ Semi-finals 26 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ardalion Ignatyev URS 1936 47.0 CR Q 2 Voitto Hellstén FIN 47.1 NR Q 3 Jacques Degats FRA 47.8 Q 4 Vincenzo Lombardo ITA 48.4 5 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE 48.8 6 Hans Geister FRG DQ Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Karl-Friedrich Haas FRG 47.9 Q 2 Zoltán Adamik HUN 1949 48.1 Q 3 Jean-Jacques Hegg SUI 48.1 Q 4 Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard FRA 48.2 5 Alan Dick GBR 48.3 6 Rolf Back FIN 48.9 Heats 25 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ardalion Ignatyev URS 1936 47.9 Q 2 Vincenzo Lombardo ITA 48.2 Q 3 Gerard Mach POL 48.9 4 José Fórmiga ESP 1945 50.3 5 Gerald Wicher AUT 51.8 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans Geister FRG 47.9 Q 2 Rolf Back FIN 48.4 Q 3 Edmunds Pīlāgs URS 1936 48.8 4 Charles Cuvelier BEL 50.3 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Voitto Hellstén FIN 47.7 Q 2 Karl-Friedrich Haas FRG 47.8 Q 3 Peter Fryer GBR 48.0 4 Rudolf Haidegger AUT 51.4 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard FRA 48.4 Q 2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE 48.7 Q 3 Vasilios Sillis GRE old 48.8 4 Lech Sierek POL 49.6 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Zoltán Adamik HUN 1949 47.9 Q 2 Alan Dick GBR 48.4 Q 3 Gösta Brännström SWE 48.7 4 René Weber SUI 49.3 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean-Jacques Hegg SUI 47.7 Q 2 Jacques Degats FRA 48.5 Q 3 Marcello Dani ITA 49.1 4 Egon Solymossy HUN 1949 49.4 Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (2) BEL (1) FIN (2) FRA (2) GRE old (1) HUN 1949 (2) ITA (2) POL (2) URS 1936 (2) ESP 1945 (1) SWE (2) SUI (2) GBR (2) FRG (2) References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships