1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The men's 400 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11, 12, and 13 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	David Jenkins  United Kingdom
Silver	Marcello Fiasconaro  Italy
Bronze	Jan Werner  Poland

Results

Final

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	David Jenkins	United Kingdom	45.45	CR NR
02 !	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	45.49	CR NR
03 !	Jan Werner	Poland	45.57
4	Markku Kukkoaho	Finland	45.74	NR
5	Thomas Jordan	West Germany	46.01
6	Hermann Köhler	West Germany	46.07
7	Aleksandr Bratchikov	Soviet Union	46.40
8	Klaus Hauke	East Germany	46.88

Semi-finals

12 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Jordan	West Germany	46.29	Q
2	Hermann Köhler	West Germany	46.44	Q
3	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	46.44	Q
4	Aleksandr Bratchikov	Soviet Union	46.66	Q
5	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.80
6	Per Rom	Norway	46.92
7	Miroslav Tulis	Czechoslovakia	47.05
8	Michael Fredriksson	Sweden	48.4

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jan Werner	Poland	46.11	Q
2	David Jenkins	United Kingdom	46.22	Q
3	Markku Kukkoaho	Finland	46.25	Q
4	Klaus Hauke	East Germany	46.38	Q
5	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	46.78
6	Gilles Bertould	France	47.23
7	Fanahan McSweeney	Ireland	47.69
8	Waldemar Korycki	Poland	DNS

Heats

11 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jan Werner	Poland	46.44	Q
2	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	46.49	Q
3	Gilles Bertould	France	46.81	Q
4	Miroslav Tulis	Czechoslovakia	46.83	Q
5	Semyon Kocher	Soviet Union	46.90

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Jenkins	United Kingdom	46.66	Q
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.68	Q
3	Per Rom	Norway	46.73	Q
4	Hermann Köhler	West Germany	46.77	Q
5	Yevgeniy Borisenko	Soviet Union	47.12
6	Christian Nicolau	France	47.12
6	Miro Kocuvan	Yugoslavia	47.63
7	Anders Faager	Sweden	47.32

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Klaus Hauke	East Germany	46.84	Q
2	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	46.96	Q
3	Waldemar Korycki	Poland	47.10	Q
4	Michael Fredriksson	Sweden	47.44	Q
5	Giacomo Puosi	Italy	47.63
6	Hugues Roger	France	47.75
7	John Robertson	United Kingdom	48.20

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Markku Kukkoaho	Finland	46.72	Q
2	Thomas Jordan	West Germany	46.98	Q
3	Aleksandr Bratchikov	Soviet Union	47.21	Q
4	Fanahan McSweeney	Ireland	47.34	Q
5	René Bervoets	Belgium	47.42
6	Martin Bilham	United Kingdom	48.13

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References