1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the
1946 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Decathlon men

The men's 400 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 23 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

Gold Niels Holst-Sørensen
 Denmark
Silver Jacques Lunis
 France
Bronze Derek Pugh
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Niels Holst-Sørensen  Denmark 47.9
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jacques Lunis  France 48.3
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Derek Pugh  United Kingdom 48.9
4 Sven-Erik Nolinge  Sweden 48.9
5 William Roberts  United Kingdom 49.5
9 Herman Kunnen  Belgium DNS

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Lunis  France 48.6 Q
2 Derek Pugh  United Kingdom 48.9 Q
3 Oskar Hardmeier   Switzerland 49.5
4 Anton Blok  Netherlands 49.6
5 Gunnar Bergsten  Denmark 50.3
6 Kjartan Jóhannsson  Iceland 50.7 NR

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Niels Holst-Sørensen  Denmark 48.2 Q
2 William Roberts  United Kingdom 48.5 Q
3 Stig Lindgård  Sweden 48.7
4 Sergey Komarov  Soviet Union 48.8
5 Adam Piaskowy  Poland 52.6

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Herman Kunnen  Belgium 48.9 Q
2 Sven-Erik Nolinge  Sweden 49.0 Q
3 Luigi Paterlini  Italy 49.1
4 Leopold Láznička  Czechoslovakia 50.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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