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1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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Men's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 4 September 1938.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Godfrey Brown
 Great Britain
Silver Karl Baumgarten
 Netherlands
Bronze Erich Linnhoff
 Germany

Results

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Final

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4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Godfrey Brown  Great Britain 47.4 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karl Baumgarten  Netherlands 48.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erich Linnhoff  Germany 48.8
4 János Görkói  Hungary 48.9
5 Aarne Tammisto  Finland 49.1
6 Bertil von Wachenfeldt  Sweden 50.0

Heats

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3 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Godfrey Brown  Great Britain 48.4 Q
2 János Görkói  Hungary 49.2 Q
3 Carl-Henrik Gustafsson  Sweden 49.8
4 Ottavio Missoni  Italy 50.3
5 Georges Meyer   Switzerland 50.3
6 Abdyl Këllezi  Albania 55.0

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Erich Linnhoff  Germany 49.2 Q
2 Bertil von Wachenfeldt  Sweden 49.7 Q
3 Pierre Smet  Belgium 50.4
4 Jean Cerutti  France 50.6
5 Feri Pleteršek  Yugoslavia 52.3
József Vadas  Hungary DQ

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aarne Tammisto  Finland 48.3 Q
2 Karl Baumgarten  Netherlands 48.3 Q
3 John Horsfall  Great Britain 49.5
4 Joseph Bertolino  France 49.5
5 Charles Stein  Luxembourg NT

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014