1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23, 24, and 25 August 1950.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Derek Pugh
  Great Britain
Silver Jacques Lunis
  France
Bronze Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
  Sweden

Results edit

Final edit

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Derek Pugh   Great Britain 47.3 CR
  Jacques Lunis   France 47.6
  Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt   Sweden 47.9
4 Guðmundur Lárusson   Iceland 48.1
5 Leslie Lewis   Great Britain 48.7
6 Luigi Paterlini   Italy 48.9

Semi-finals edit

24 August

Semi-final 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Lunis   France 47.8 Q
2 Leslie Lewis   Great Britain 47.9 Q
3 Guðmundur Lárusson   Iceland 48.0 NR Q
4 Gösta Brännström   Sweden 48.5
5 Antonio Siddi   Italy 48.9
6 Ragnar Graeffe   Finland 49.5

Semi-final 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek Pugh   Great Britain 48.6 Q
2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt   Sweden 48.8 Q
3 Luigi Paterlini   Italy 49.2 Q
4 Rolf Back   Finland 49.2
5 Oscar Soetewey   Belgium 51.4
René Leroux   France DNS

Heats edit

23 August

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Leslie Lewis   Great Britain 49.8 Q
2 Ragnar Graeffe   Finland 50.1 Q

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Derek Pugh   Great Britain 49.5 Q
2 Guðmundur Lárusson   Iceland 49.8 Q

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Lunis   France 48.9 Q
2 Gösta Brännström   Sweden 49.7 Q
3 Jean-Baptiste Peeters   Belgium 50.8

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt   Sweden 48.8 Q
2 Rolf Back   Finland 49.0 Q
3 Aleš Poděbrad   Czechoslovakia 49.7

Heat 5 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luigi Paterlini   Italy 49.0 Q
2 René Leroux   France 49.3 Q
3 Zvonko Sabolović   Yugoslavia 49.5

Heat 6 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antonio Siddi   Italy 49.7 Q
2 Oscar Soetewey   Belgium 49.8 Q
3 Lazar Milosevski   Yugoslavia 50.6

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014