1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Salvatore Morale
 Italy
Silver Jörg Neumann
 East Germany
Bronze Helmut Janz
 West Germany

Results

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Final

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14 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Salvatore Morale  Italy 49.2 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jörg Neumann  East Germany 50.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Helmut Janz  West Germany 50.5
4 Jussi Rintamäki  Finland 50.8
5 Boris Kryunov  Soviet Union 51.3
6 Vasyl Anisimov  Soviet Union 54.2

Semi-finals

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13 September

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Salvatore Morale  Italy 50.0 CR Q
2 Jörg Neumann  East Germany 50.6 Q
3 Boris Kryunov  Soviet Union 50.9 Q
4 Edmond Van Praagh  France 51.3 NR
5 Bruno Galliker   Switzerland 51.3
6 Joachim Singer  East Germany 51.4

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vasyl Anisimov  Soviet Union 51.0 Q
2 Jussi Rintamäki  Finland 51.0 Q
3 Helmut Janz  West Germany 51.1 Q
4 Georgiy Chevychalov  Soviet Union 51.6
5 Chris Surety  Great Britain 52.0
6 Valeriu Jurcă  Romania 52.8

Heats

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12 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Helmut Janz  West Germany 51.0 Q
2 Boris Kryunov  Soviet Union 51.7 Q
3 Valeriu Jurcă  Romania 52.0 Q
4 Helmut Haid  Austria 52.7
5 Hannu Ehoniemi  Finland 52.8
6 Fahir Özgüden  Turkey 54.4

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Salvatore Morale  Italy 51.4 Q
2 Jussi Rintamäki  Finland 52.4 Q
3 Chris Surety  Great Britain 52.8 Q
4 Dimitar Dimitrov  Bulgaria 53.1
5 François Van Cauwenbergh  Belgium 53.5
6 Athanasios Mylonopoulos  Greece 54.9

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Edmond Van Praagh  France 51.4 NR Q
2 Georgiy Chevychalov  Soviet Union 52.0 Q
3 Joachim Singer  East Germany 52.0 Q
4 John Cooper  Great Britain 52.4
5 Zdzisław Kumiszcze  Poland 52.6

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vasyl Anisimov  Soviet Union 51.8 Q
2 Bruno Galliker   Switzerland 52.2 Q
3 Jörg Neumann  East Germany 52.8 Q
4 Robin Woodland  Great Britain 53.1
5 Jan Gulbrandsen  Norway 53.8

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014