1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 23, 24, and 25 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

GoldDerek Pugh
 Great Britain
SilverJacques Lunis
 France
BronzeLars-Erik Wolfbrandt
 Sweden

Results

Final

25 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Derek Pugh Great Britain47.3CR
Jacques Lunis France47.6
Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Sweden47.9
4Guðmundur Lárusson Iceland48.1
5Leslie Lewis Great Britain48.7
6Luigi Paterlini Italy48.9

Semi-finals

24 August

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jacques Lunis France47.8Q
2Leslie Lewis Great Britain47.9Q
3Guðmundur Lárusson Iceland48.0NR Q
4Gösta Brännström Sweden48.5
5Antonio Siddi Italy48.9
6Ragnar Graeffe Finland49.5

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Derek Pugh Great Britain48.6Q
2Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Sweden48.8Q
3Luigi Paterlini Italy49.2Q
4Rolf Back Finland49.2
5Oscar Soetewey Belgium51.4
René Leroux FranceDNS

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Leslie Lewis Great Britain49.8Q
2Ragnar Graeffe Finland50.1Q

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Derek Pugh Great Britain49.5Q
2Guðmundur Lárusson Iceland49.8Q

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jacques Lunis France48.9Q
2Gösta Brännström Sweden49.7Q
3Jean-Baptiste Peeters Belgium50.8

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Sweden48.8Q
2Rolf Back Finland49.0Q
3Aleš Poděbrad Czechoslovakia49.7

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Luigi Paterlini Italy49.0Q
2René Leroux France49.3Q
3Zvonko Sabolović Yugoslavia49.5

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Antonio Siddi Italy49.7Q
2Oscar Soetewey Belgium49.8Q
3Lazar Milosevski Yugoslavia50.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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