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1946 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 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 23 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Niels Holst-Sørensen
 Denmark
Silver Jacques Lunis
 France
Bronze Derek Pugh
 Great Britain

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Niels Holst-Sørensen  Denmark 47.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jacques Lunis  France 48.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Derek Pugh  Great Britain 48.9
4 Sven-Erik Nolinge  Sweden 48.9
5 William Roberts  Great Britain 49.5
Herman Kunnen  Belgium DNS

Heats

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22 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Lunis  France 48.6 Q
2 Derek Pugh  Great Britain 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

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

Heat 3

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014