1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 1958 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
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
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

The men's 400 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	John Wrighton  United Kingdom
Silver	John Salisbury  United Kingdom
Bronze	Karl-Friedrich Haas  West Germany

Results

Final

21 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	John Wrighton	United Kingdom	46.3	CR NR
02 !	John Salisbury	United Kingdom	46.5
03 !	Karl-Friedrich Haas	West Germany	47.0
4	Carl Kaufmann	West Germany	47.0
5	Alf Petersson	Sweden	47.5
6	Stanisław Swatowski	Poland	47.8

Semi-finals

20 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Wrighton	United Kingdom	46.9	Q
2	Karl-Friedrich Haas	West Germany	47.5	Q
3	Bernard Dibonda	France	48.0
4	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	48.0
5	Pentti Rekola	Finland	48.1
6	Gerard Mach	Poland	48.5

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Salisbury	United Kingdom	46.8	Q
2	Carl Kaufmann	West Germany	47.2	Q
3	Voitto Hellstén	Finland	47.2
4	Bruno Urben	Switzerland	47.5
5	Lennart Jonsson	Sweden	47.7
6	Valentin Rakhmanov	Soviet Union	48.5

Semi-final 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisław Swatowski	Poland	47.1	Q
2	Alf Petersson	Sweden	47.4	NR Q
3	René Weber	Switzerland	47.4
4	Viktor Šnajder	Yugoslavia	47.5	NR
5	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	48.0
6	Mikhail Nikolskiy	Soviet Union	48.1

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Salisbury	United Kingdom	47.8	Q
2	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	47.9	Q
3	René Weber	Switzerland	48.2	Q
4	Renato Panciera	Italy	49.0

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carl Kaufmann	West Germany	48.0	Q
2	Gerard Mach	Poland	48.3	Q
3	Traian Sudrigean	Romania	48.8	Q
4	Mario Fraschini	Italy	49.0

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lennart Jonsson	Sweden	48.3	Q
2	Mikhail Nikolskiy	Soviet Union	48.3	Q
3	Stanisław Swatowski	Poland	48.4	Q
4	Louis De Clerck	Belgium	48.9

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alf Petersson	Sweden	47.8	Q
2	Viktor Šnajder	Yugoslavia	47.9	Q
3	John Wrighton	United Kingdom	47.9	Q
4	Michael Gialanze	Malta	53.4

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Karl-Friedrich Haas	West Germany	48.2	Q
2	Bruno Urben	Switzerland	48.4	Q
3	Pentti Rekola	Finland	48.4	Q
4	Jaroslav Jirásek	Czechoslovakia	48.6
5	Richard Stiger	Austria	49.0

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Valentin Rakhmanov	Soviet Union	48.1	Q
2	Bernard Dibonda	France	48.7	Q
3	Voitto Hellstén	Finland	48.9	Q
4	Vasilios Syllis	Greece	49.2
5	Fahir Özgüden	Turkey	49.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References