1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 400 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962. 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 391–397 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Robbie Brightwell GBRSilver Manfred Kinder FRGBronze Hans-Joachim Reske FRG Results Final 14 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Robbie Brightwell GBR 45.9 CR Manfred Kinder FRG 46.1 Hans-Joachim Reske FRG 46.4 4 Adrian Metcalfe GBR 46.4 5 Barry Jackson GBR 46.6 6 Andrzej Badeński POL 47.4 Semi-finals 13 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Robbie Brightwell GBR 46.4 Q 2 Andrzej Badeński POL 46.5 Q 3 Josef Trousil TCH 46.6 4 Jacques Pennewaert BEL 46.8 5 Sergio Bello ITA 47.8 6 Viktor Bychkov URS 1955 48.3 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Joachim Reske FRG 46.1 CR Q 2 Adrian Metcalfe GBR 46.2 Q 3 Jerzy Kowalski POL 46.3 4 Vadym Arkhypchuk URS 1955 46.7 5 Mario Fraschini ITA 47.0 6 Ronny Sunesson SWE 47.4 Semi-final 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manfred Kinder FRG 46.5 Q 2 Barry Jackson GBR 46.5 Q 3 Hans-Olof Johansson SWE 46.7 4 Hansrüdi Bruder SUI 46.9 5 Vittorio Barberis ITA 47.9 6 Jean Bertozzi FRA DNS Heats 12 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Josef Trousil TCH 48.3 Q 2 Vittorio Barberis ITA 48.4 Q 3 Jerzy Kowalski POL 49.8 Q 4 Rudi Matt LIE 50.5 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vadym Arkhypchuk URS 1955 47.4 Q 2 Jacques Pennewaert BEL 47.4 Q 3 Sergio Bello ITA 47.6 Q 4 Bengt-Göran Fernström SWE 47.7 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manfred Kinder FRG 47.1 Q 2 Barry Jackson GBR 47.7 Q 3 Viktor Bychkov URS 1955 48.2 Q 4 Vasilios Syllis GRE old 48.4 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Joachim Reske FRG 46.9 Q 2 Andrzej Badeński POL 47.4 Q 3 Jean Bertozzi FRA 47.6 Q 4 Gürkan Çevik TUR 50.0 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Robbie Brightwell GBR 46.6 Q 2 Hans-Olof Johansson SWE 47.2 Q 3 Mario Fraschini ITA 47.3 Q 4 Miloje Grujić SFR Yugoslavia 47.5 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hansrüdi Bruder SUI 47.5 Q 2 Adrian Metcalfe GBR 47.6 Q 3 Ronny Sunesson SWE 47.6 Q 4 Miroslav Bosnar SFR Yugoslavia 48.0 Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) TCH (1) FRA (1) GRE old (1) ITA (3) LIE (1) POL (2) URS 1955 (2) SWE (3) SUI (1) TUR (1) GBR (3) FRG (2) SFR Yugoslavia (2) References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1962 European Athletics Championships