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1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25, 26, and 27 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Ardalion Ignatyev
 Soviet Union
Silver Voitto Hellstén
 Finland
Bronze Zoltán Adamik
 Hungary

Results

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Final

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27 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 46.6 CR NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Voitto Hellstén  Finland 47.0 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zoltán Adamik  Hungary 47.6 NR
4 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.6
5 Jean-Jacques Hegg   Switzerland 47.8
Jacques Degats  France DQ

Semi-finals

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26 August

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 47.0 CR Q
2 Voitto Hellstén  Finland 47.1 NR Q
3 Jacques Degats  France 47.8 Q
4 Vincenzo Lombardo  Italy 48.4
5 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt  Sweden 48.8
Hans Geister  West Germany DQ

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.9 Q
2 Zoltán Adamik  Hungary 48.1 Q
3 Jean-Jacques Hegg   Switzerland 48.1 Q
4 Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard  France 48.2
5 Alan Dick  Great Britain 48.3
6 Rolf Back  Finland 48.9

Heats

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25 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 47.9 Q
2 Vincenzo Lombardo  Italy 48.2 Q
3 Gerard Mach  Poland 48.9
4 José Fórmiga  Spain 50.3
5 Gerald Wicher  Austria 51.8

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans Geister  West Germany 47.9 Q
2 Rolf Back  Finland 48.4 Q
3 Edmunds Pīlāgs  Soviet Union 48.8
4 Charles Cuvelier  Belgium 50.3

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Voitto Hellstén  Finland 47.7 Q
2 Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany 47.8 Q
3 Peter Fryer  Great Britain 48.0
4 Rudolf Haidegger  Austria 51.4

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard  France 48.4 Q
2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt  Sweden 48.7 Q
3 Vasilios Sillis  Greece 48.8
4 Lech Sierek  Poland 49.6

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Zoltán Adamik  Hungary 47.9 Q
2 Alan Dick  Great Britain 48.4 Q
3 Gösta Brännström  Sweden 48.7
4 René Weber   Switzerland 49.3

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Jacques Hegg   Switzerland 47.7 Q
2 Jacques Degats  France 48.5 Q
3 Marcello Dani  Italy 49.1
4 Egon Solymossy  Hungary 49.4

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014