1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 400 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 23 August 1946. 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 367–372 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Niels Holst-Sørensen DENSilver Jacques Lunis FRABronze Derek Pugh GBR Results Final 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Niels Holst-Sørensen DEN 47.9 Jacques Lunis FRA 48.3 Derek Pugh GBR 48.9 4 Sven-Erik Nolinge SWE 48.9 5 William Roberts GBR 49.5 9 Herman Kunnen BEL DNS Heats 22 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques Lunis FRA 48.6 Q 2 Derek Pugh GBR 48.9 Q 3 Oskar Hardmeier SUI 49.5 4 Anton Blok NED 49.6 5 Gunnar Bergsten DEN 50.3 6 Kjartan Jóhannsson ISL 50.7 NR Icelandic Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Niels Holst-Sørensen DEN 48.2 Q 2 William Roberts GBR 48.5 Q 3 Stig Lindgård SWE 48.7 4 Sergey Komarov URS 1936 48.8 5 Adam Piaskowy POL 52.6 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Herman Kunnen BEL 48.9 Q 2 Sven-Erik Nolinge SWE 49.0 Q 3 Luigi Paterlini ITA 49.1 4 Leopold Láznička TCH 50.4 Participation According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) TCH (1) DEN (2) FRA (1) ISL (1) ITA (1) NED (1) POL (1) URS 1936 (1) SWE (2) SUI (1) GBR (2) References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships