1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 1934 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men
Javelin throw		men
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 7 and 8 September 1934.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Adolf Metzner  Germany
Silver	Pierre Skawinski  France
Bronze	Bertil von Wachenfeldt  Sweden

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Adolf Metzner	Germany	47.9	CR
02 !	Pierre Skawinski	France	48.0
03 !	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	48.0	NR
4	Ettore Tavernari	Italy	48.6	NR
5	Raymond Boisset	France	48.9
6	Mario Rabaglino	Italy	NT

Heats

7 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adolf Metzner	Germany	48.3	CR Q
2	Mario Rabaglino	Italy	49.0	Q
3	Karel Knenický	Czechoslovakia	49.1	NR
4	Sven Strömberg	Sweden	49.4

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Raymond Boisset	France	48.9	Q
2	Ettore Tavernari	Italy	49.0	Q
3	László Barsi	Hungary	49.3
4	Miroslav Hruska	Czechoslovakia	50.4
5	Vladas Bakunas	Lithuania	NT

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Skawinski	France	48.5	Q
2	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	49.1	Q
3	Börje Strandvall	Finland	49.2
4	Jean Krombach	Luxembourg	50.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References