1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 400 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974. 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 420–427 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 The winning margin was 0.63 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 400 metres has been won by more than 0.6 seconds at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing, although the winning margin in the 1938 European Athletics Championships was a hand-timed 0.8 seconds. Medalists Gold Karl Honz FRGSilver David Jenkins GBRBronze Bernd Herrmann FRG Results Final 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Karl Honz FRG 45.04 CR David Jenkins GBR 45.67 Bernd Herrmann FRG 45.78 4 Markku Kukkoaho FIN 45.84 5 Ossi Karttunen FIN 45.87 6 Michael Fredriksson SWE 46.12 7 Erik Carlgren SWE 46.15 8 Francis Demarthon FRA 46.90 Semi-finals 3 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Karl Honz FRG 46.24 Q 2 Francis Demarthon FRA 46.28 Q 3 Markku Kukkoaho FIN 46.29 Q 4 Erik Carlgren SWE 46.51 Q 5 Jürgen Utikal GDR 46.62 6 Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske FRG 46.64 7 Per-Olof Sjöberg SWE 46.68 8 Roger Jenkins GBR 47.30 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Jenkins GBR 45.93 Q 2 Ossi Karttunen FIN 46.36 Q 3 Michael Fredriksson SWE 46.39 Q 4 Bernd Herrmann FRG 46.40 Q 5 Alfons Brijdenbach BEL 46.43 6 Milorad Čikić SFR Yugoslavia 47.04 7 Andreas Scheibe GDR 47.24 8 Toine van den Goolberg NED 47.40 Heats 2 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske FRG 45.92 Q 2 Alfons Brijdenbach BEL 46.00 Q 3 Francis Demarthon FRA 46.11 Q 4 Andreas Scheibe GDR 46.38 Q 5 Per-Olof Sjöberg SWE 46.63 q 6 Roger Jenkins GBR 46.78 q 7 Roman Siedlecki POL 47.35 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bernd Herrmann FRG 46.30 Q 2 Markku Kukkoaho FIN 46.38 Q 3 Jürgen Utikal GDR 46.44 Q 4 Toine van den Goolberg NED 46.46 Q 5 Milorad Čikić SFR Yugoslavia 46.68 q 6 Michael Fredriksson SWE 47.01 q 7 Stephen Marlow GBR 48.71 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ossi Karttunen FIN 46.50 Q 2 David Jenkins GBR 46.60 Q 3 Erik Carlgren SWE 46.97 Q 4 Karl Honz FRG 46.98 Q 5 Josip Alebić SFR Yugoslavia 47.41 6 Pasqualino Abeti ITA 47.80 Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) GDR (2) FIN (2) FRA (1) ITA (1) NED (1) POL (1) SWE (3) GBR (3) FRG (3) SFR Yugoslavia (2) References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1974 European Athletics Championships