1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 1974 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
3000 m				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 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Karl Honz  West Germany
Silver	David Jenkins  United Kingdom
Bronze	Bernd Herrmann  West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Karl Honz	West Germany	45.04	CR
02 !	David Jenkins	United Kingdom	45.67
03 !	Bernd Herrmann	West Germany	45.78
4	Markku Kukkoaho	Finland	45.84
5	Ossi Karttunen	Finland	45.87
6	Michael Fredriksson	Sweden	46.12
7	Erik Carlgren	Sweden	46.15
8	Francis Demarthon	France	46.90

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Karl Honz	West Germany	46.24	Q
2	Francis Demarthon	France	46.28	Q
3	Markku Kukkoaho	Finland	46.29	Q
4	Erik Carlgren	Sweden	46.51	Q
5	Jürgen Utikal	East Germany	46.62
6	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	West Germany	46.64
7	Per-Olof Sjöberg	Sweden	46.68
8	Roger Jenkins	United Kingdom	47.30

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Jenkins	United Kingdom	45.93	Q
2	Ossi Karttunen	Finland	46.36	Q
3	Michael Fredriksson	Sweden	46.39	Q
4	Bernd Herrmann	West Germany	46.40	Q
5	Alfons Brijdenbach	Belgium	46.43
6	Milorad Čikić	Yugoslavia	47.04
7	Andreas Scheibe	East Germany	47.24
8	Toine van den Goolberg	Netherlands	47.40

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske	West Germany	45.92	Q
2	Alfons Brijdenbach	Belgium	46.00	Q
3	Francis Demarthon	France	46.11	Q
4	Andreas Scheibe	East Germany	46.38	Q
5	Per-Olof Sjöberg	Sweden	46.63	q
6	Roger Jenkins	United Kingdom	46.78	q
7	Roman Siedlecki	Poland	47.35

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bernd Herrmann	West Germany	46.30	Q
2	Markku Kukkoaho	Finland	46.38	Q
3	Jürgen Utikal	East Germany	46.44	Q
4	Toine van den Goolberg	Netherlands	46.46	Q
5	Milorad Čikić	Yugoslavia	46.68	q
6	Michael Fredriksson	Sweden	47.01	q
7	Stephen Marlow	United Kingdom	48.71

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ossi Karttunen	Finland	46.50	Q
2	David Jenkins	United Kingdom	46.60	Q
3	Erik Carlgren	Sweden	46.97	Q
4	Karl Honz	West Germany	46.98	Q
5	Josip Alebić	Yugoslavia	47.41
6	Pasqualino Abeti	Italy	47.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References