1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16, 17, and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Jan Werner
  Poland
Silver Jean-Claude Nallet
  France
Bronze Stanisław Grędziński
  Poland

Results edit

Final edit

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jan Werner   Poland 45.75 CR
  Jean-Claude Nallet   France 45.81
  Stanisław Grędziński   Poland 45.83
4 Jacques Carette   France 45.92
5 Aleksandr Bratchikov   Soviet Union 45.94 NR
6 Andrzej Badeński   Poland 46.09
7 Boris Savchuk   Soviet Union 46.38
8 Sergio Bello   Italy 46.63

Semi-finals edit

17 September

Semi-final 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrzej Badeński   Poland 46.4 Q
2 Jean-Claude Nallet   France 46.6 Q
3 Jacques Carette   France 46.7 Q
4 Boris Savchuk   Soviet Union 46.7 Q
5 Claudio Trachelio   Italy 46.9
6 John Robertson   Great Britain 47.0
7 Martin Winbolt-Lewis   Great Britain 47.2
8 Yuriy Zorin   Soviet Union 47.8

Semi-final 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stanisław Grędziński   Poland 46.4 Q
2 Aleksandr Bratchikov   Soviet Union 46.5 Q
3 Jan Werner   Poland 46.5 Q
4 Sergio Bello   Italy 47.0 Q
5 Colin Campbell   Great Britain 47.2
6 Gilles Bertould   France 47.2
7 Ulf Rönner   Sweden 47.4
8 Manuel Gayoso   Spain 47.6

Heats edit

16 September

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrzej Badeński   Poland 46.9 Q
2 Claudio Trachelio   Italy 47.0 Q
3 Boris Savchuk   Soviet Union 47.3 Q
4 Gilles Bertould   France 47.6 Q
5 Luciano Sušanj   Yugoslavia 48.4
6 Georgi Bozhkov   Bulgaria 48.5

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Claude Nallet   France 47.8 Q
2 Jan Werner   Poland 47.8 Q
3 John Robertson   Great Britain 47.8 Q
4 Manuel Gayoso   Spain 48.1 Q
5 Emile Jung   Luxembourg 48.6

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stanisław Grędziński   Poland 46.6 Q
2 Aleksandr Bratchikov   Soviet Union 46.7 Q
3 Colin Campbell   Great Britain 46.8 Q
4 Sergio Bello   Italy 47.2 Q
5 Willy Vandenwyngaerden   Belgium 47.5
6 Richard Simonsen   Norway 47.8
7 Haris Dimitriou   Greece 48.8

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yuriy Zorin   Soviet Union 46.5 Q
2 Jacques Carette   France 46.7 Q
3 Martin Winbolt-Lewis   Great Britain 46.7 Q
4 Ulf Rönner   Sweden 46.9 Q
5 Barcelo de Carvalho   Portugal 47.2
6 Ramon Magarinos   Spain 48.0

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014