1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 23 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Niels Holst-Sørensen  Denmark
Silver	Jacques Lunis  France
Bronze	Derek Pugh  United Kingdom

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Niels Holst-Sørensen	Denmark	47.9
02 !	Jacques Lunis	France	48.3
03 !	Derek Pugh	United Kingdom	48.9
4	Sven-Erik Nolinge	Sweden	48.9
5	William Roberts	United Kingdom	49.5
9	Herman Kunnen	Belgium	DNS

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jacques Lunis	France	48.6	Q
2	Derek Pugh	United Kingdom	48.9	Q
3	Oskar Hardmeier	Switzerland	49.5
4	Anton Blok	Netherlands	49.6
5	Gunnar Bergsten	Denmark	50.3
6	Kjartan Jóhannsson	Iceland	50.7	NR

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Niels Holst-Sørensen	Denmark	48.2	Q
2	William Roberts	United Kingdom	48.5	Q
3	Stig Lindgård	Sweden	48.7
4	Sergey Komarov	Soviet Union	48.8
5	Adam Piaskowy	Poland	52.6

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Herman Kunnen	Belgium	48.9	Q
2	Sven-Erik Nolinge	Sweden	49.0	Q
3	Luigi Paterlini	Italy	49.1
4	Leopold Láznička	Czechoslovakia	50.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References