1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

GoldJohn Wrighton
 United Kingdom
SilverJohn Salisbury
 United Kingdom
BronzeKarl-Friedrich Haas
 West Germany

Results

Final

21 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)John Wrighton United Kingdom46.3CR NR
2nd, silver medalist(s)John Salisbury United Kingdom46.5
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Karl-Friedrich Haas West Germany47.0
4Carl Kaufmann West Germany47.0
5Alf Petersson Sweden47.5
6Stanisław Swatowski Poland47.8

Semi-finals

20 August

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1John Wrighton United Kingdom46.9Q
2Karl-Friedrich Haas West Germany47.5Q
3Bernard Dibonda France48.0
4Csaba Csutorás Hungary48.0
5Pentti Rekola Finland48.1
6Gerard Mach Poland48.5

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1John Salisbury United Kingdom46.8Q
2Carl Kaufmann West Germany47.2Q
3Voitto Hellstén Finland47.2
4Bruno Urben  Switzerland47.5
5Lennart Jonsson Sweden47.7
6Valentin Rakhmanov Soviet Union48.5

Semi-final 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Stanisław Swatowski Poland47.1Q
2Alf Petersson Sweden47.4NR Q
3René Weber  Switzerland47.4
4Viktor Šnajder Yugoslavia47.5NR
5Traian Sudrigean Romania48.0
6Mikhail Nikolskiy Soviet Union48.1

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1John Salisbury United Kingdom47.8Q
2Csaba Csutorás Hungary47.9Q
3René Weber  Switzerland48.2Q
4Renato Panciera Italy49.0

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Carl Kaufmann West Germany48.0Q
2Gerard Mach Poland48.3Q
3Traian Sudrigean Romania48.8Q
4Mario Fraschini Italy49.0

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lennart Jonsson Sweden48.3Q
2Mikhail Nikolskiy Soviet Union48.3Q
3Stanisław Swatowski Poland48.4Q
4Louis De Clerck Belgium48.9

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Alf Petersson Sweden47.8Q
2Viktor Šnajder Yugoslavia47.9Q
3John Wrighton United Kingdom47.9Q
4Michael Gialanze Malta53.4

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Karl-Friedrich Haas West Germany48.2Q
2Bruno Urben  Switzerland48.4Q
3Pentti Rekola Finland48.4Q
4Jaroslav Jirásek Czechoslovakia48.6
5Richard Stiger Austria49.0

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Valentin Rakhmanov Soviet Union48.1Q
2Bernard Dibonda France48.7Q
3Voitto Hellstén Finland48.9Q
4Vasilios Syllis Greece49.2
5Fahir Özgüden Turkey49.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
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