European Athletics Championships 1934/400 m men

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1st European Athletics Championships
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discipline Men's 400-meter run
city Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Turin
Stadion Stadio Benito Mussolini
Attendees 13 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase September 7th (preliminary)
September 8th, 1934 (final)
Medalist
gold gold Adolf Metzner ( GER ) Nazi stateNazi state 
Silver medals silver Pierre Skawinski ( FRA ) Third French RepublicThird French Republic 
Bronze medals bronze Bertil von Wachenfeldt ( SWE ) SwedenSweden 
Turin Olympic Stadium - then called
Stadio Benito Mussolini

The men's 400-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1934 was held on September 7th and 8th, 1934 in the Turin Stadio Benito Mussolini .

European champion was the German Adolf Metzner . The Frenchman Pierre Skawinski won the silver medal. Third place went to the Swede Bertil von Wachenfeldt .

Existing records

World record 46.2 s United States 48United States Bill Carr Los Angeles , USA August 5, 1932
Championship record There was not yet a European championship record.

Preliminary round

September 7, 1934
Since only thirteen participants started in this competition, the first two runners from the three preliminary runs - highlighted in light blue - qualified directly for the final.

Forward 1

space Surname nation time
1 Adolf Metzner Nazi stateNazi state German Empire 48.3 s CR
2 Mario Rabaglino Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 49.0 s
3 Karel Knenický Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 49.1 s NO
4th Sven Strömberg SwedenSweden Sweden 49.4 s
Sven Strömberg retired as fourth in his semi-final run.

Forward 2

1 Raymond Boisset Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 48.9 s
2 Ettore Tavernari Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 49.0 s
3 László Barsi Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 49.3 s
4th Miroslav Hruška Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 50.4 s
5 Vladas Bakūnas Lithuania 1918Lithuania Lithuania NT

Forward 3

1 Pierre Skawinski Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 48.5 s
2 Bertil von Wachenfeldt SwedenSweden Sweden 49.1 s
3 Börje Strandvall FinlandFinland Finland 49.2 s
4th Jean Krombach LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 50.2 s

final

September 8, 1934

space Surname nation time
1 Adolf Metzner Nazi stateNazi state German Empire 47.9 s CR
2 Pierre Skawinski Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 48.0 s
3 Bertil von Wachenfeldt SwedenSweden Sweden 48.0 s NO
4th Ettore Tavernari Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 48.6 s NO
5 Raymond Boisset Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 48.9 s
6th Mario Rabaglino Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy NT

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on March 5, 2019