1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

None Men's 400 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 400 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23, 24, and 25 August 1950. 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 372–377 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Derek Pugh GBRSilver Jacques Lunis FRABronze Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE Results Final 25 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Derek Pugh GBR 47.3 CR Jacques Lunis FRA 47.6 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE 47.9 4 Guðmundur Lárusson ISL 48.1 5 Leslie Lewis GBR 48.7 6 Luigi Paterlini ITA 48.9 Semi-finals 24 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques Lunis FRA 47.8 Q 2 Leslie Lewis GBR 47.9 Q 3 Guðmundur Lárusson ISL 48.0 NR Q 4 Gösta Brännström SWE 48.5 5 Antonio Siddi ITA 48.9 6 Ragnar Graeffe FIN 49.5 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Pugh GBR 48.6 Q 2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE 48.8 Q 3 Luigi Paterlini ITA 49.2 Q 4 Rolf Back FIN 49.2 5 Oscar Soetewey BEL 51.4 6 René Leroux FRA DNS Heats 23 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Leslie Lewis GBR 49.8 Q 2 Ragnar Graeffe FIN 50.1 Q Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Pugh GBR 49.5 Q 2 Guðmundur Lárusson ISL 49.8 Q Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques Lunis FRA 48.9 Q 2 Gösta Brännström SWE 49.7 Q 3 Jean-Baptiste Peeters BEL 50.8 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE 48.8 Q 2 Rolf Back FIN 49.0 Q 3 Aleš Poděbrad TCH 49.7 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Luigi Paterlini ITA 49.0 Q 2 René Leroux FRA 49.3 Q 3 Zvonko Sabolović SFR Yugoslavia 49.5 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antonio Siddi ITA 49.7 Q 2 Oscar Soetewey BEL 49.8 Q 3 Lazar Milosevski SFR Yugoslavia 50.6 Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (2) TCH (1) FIN (2) FRA (2) ISL (1) ITA (2) SWE (2) GBR (2) SFR Yugoslavia (2) References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships