1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 1938 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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men
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The men's 400 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 4 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Godfrey Brown  United Kingdom
Silver	Karl Baumgarten  Netherlands
Bronze	Erich Linnhoff  Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Godfrey Brown	United Kingdom	47.4	CR
02 !	Karl Baumgarten	Netherlands	48.2
03 !	Erich Linnhoff	Germany	48.8
4	János Görkói	Hungary	48.9
5	Aarne Tammisto	Finland	49.1
6	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	50.0

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Godfrey Brown	United Kingdom	48.4	Q
2	János Görkói	Hungary	49.2	Q
3	Carl-Henrik Gustafsson	Sweden	49.8
4	Ottavio Missoni	Italy	50.3
5	Georges Meyer	Switzerland	50.3
6	Abdyl Këllezi	Albania	55.0

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Erich Linnhoff	Germany	49.2	Q
2	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	49.7	Q
3	Pierre Smet	Belgium	50.4
4	Jean Cerutti	France	50.6
5	Feri Pleteršek	Yugoslavia	52.3
6	József Vadas	Hungary	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aarne Tammisto	Finland	48.3	Q
2	Karl Baumgarten	Netherlands	48.3	Q
3	John Horsfall	United Kingdom	49.5
4	Joseph Bertolino	France	49.5
5	Charles Stein	Luxembourg	NT

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References