1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
| Men's 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26, 28, and 29 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Anatoliy Yulin Soviet Union |
| Silver | Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Sven-Oswald Mildh Finland |
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anatoliy Yulin | Soviet Union | 50.5 | CR |
 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 50.8 | |
 | Sven-Oswald Mildh | Finland | 51.5 | NR |
| 4 | Guy Cury |  France | 51.8 | |
| 5 | Bob Shaw |  Great Britain | 52.3 | NR |
| 6 | Antal Lippay |  Hungary | 52.4 | NR |
Semi-finals
[edit]28 August
Semi-final 1
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoliy Yulin | Soviet Union | 51.6 | Q |
| 2 | Guy Cury | France | 51.7 | Q |
| 3 | Sven-Oswald Mildh | Finland | 51.8 | NR Q |
| 4 | Sven Olov Eriksson |  Sweden | 52.0 | |
| 5 | Armando Filiput |  Italy | 52.3 | |
| 6 | Kurt Bonah |  West Germany | 53.4 |
Semi-final 2
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 52.3 | Q |
| 2 | Bob Shaw | Great Britain | 52.5 | Q |
| 3 | Antal Lippay | Hungary | 52.6 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Bart | France | 52.7 | |
| 5 | Ilie Savel |  Romania | 53.3 | |
| 6 | Lars Ylander | Sweden | 54.9 |
Heats
[edit]26 August
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Olov Eriksson | Sweden | 53.1 | Q |
| 2 | Armando Filiput | Italy | 54.0 | Q |
| 3 | Jan Borgersen |  Norway | 54.8 | |
| 4 | José Fórmiga |  Spain | 55.3 |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 51.1 | CR Q |
| 2 | Kurt Bonah | West Germany | 54.0 | Q |
| 3 | Gerald Wicher |  Austria | 55.9 | |
| 4 | Aydin Tunali |  Turkey | 60.2 |
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoliy Yulin | Soviet Union | 52.1 | Q |
| 2 | Robert Bart | France | 52.7 | Q |
| 3 | Harry Kane | Great Britain | 52.7 | |
| 4 | Karl Borgula |  Switzerland | 55.3 |
Heat 4
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Shaw | Great Britain | 53.4 | Q |
| 2 | Ilie Savel | Romania | 54.0 | Q |
| 3 | Josef Kost | Switzerland | 54.4 | |
| 4 | Gianfranco Fantuzzi | Italy | 55.2 |
Heat 5
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Sven-Oswald Mildh | Finland | 53.6 | Q |
| 2 | Lars Ylander | Sweden | 53.8 | Q |
| 3 | Wolfgang Fischer | West Germany | 53.9 | |
| 4 | Gheorghe Stanel | Romania | 55.3 |
Heat 6
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Guy Cury | France | 52.9 | Q |
| 2 | Antal Lippay | Hungary | 53.2 | Q |
| 3 | Dirk Stoclet |  Belgium | 54.5 | |
| 4 | Rudolf Haidegger | Austria | 55.3 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
Austria (2)
Belgium (1)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Hungary (1)
Italy (2)
Norway (1)
Romania (2)
Soviet Union (2)
Spain (1)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (2)
Turkey (1)
Great Britain (2)
West Germany (2)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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