European Athletics Championships 1934/400 m men
| 1st European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 400-meter run |
| city |
 Turin
|
| Stadion | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
| Attendees | 13 athletes from 9 countries |
| Competition phase | September 7th (preliminary) September 8th, 1934 (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Adolf Metzner ( GER )
 |
 silver |
Pierre Skawinski ( FRA )
 |
 bronze |
Bertil von Wachenfeldt ( SWE )
 |
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 |
 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 |
German Empire
|
48.3 s CR |
| 2 | Mario Rabaglino |
Italy
|
49.0 s |
| 3 | Karel Knenický |
 Czechoslovakia
|
49.1 s NO |
| 4th | Sven Strömberg |
Sweden
|
49.4 s |
Forward 2
| 1 | Raymond Boisset |
France
|
48.9 s |
| 2 | Ettore Tavernari |
Italy
|
49.0 s |
| 3 | László Barsi |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
49.3 s |
| 4th | Miroslav Hruška |
Czechoslovakia
|
50.4 s |
| 5 | Vladas Bakūnas |
.svg){kind=small} Lithuania
|
NT |
Forward 3
| 1 | Pierre Skawinski |
France
|
48.5 s |
| 2 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt |
Sweden
|
49.1 s |
| 3 | Börje Strandvall |
 Finland
|
49.2 s |
| 4th | Jean Krombach |
 Luxembourg
|
50.2 s |
final
September 8, 1934
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adolf Metzner |
German Empire
|
47.9 s CR |
| 2 | Pierre Skawinski |
France
|
48.0 s |
| 3 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt |
Sweden
|
48.0 s NO |
| 4th | Ettore Tavernari |
Italy
|
48.6 s NO |
| 5 | Raymond Boisset |
France
|
48.9 s |
| 6th | Mario Rabaglino |
Italy
|
NT |
Silver medalist Pierre Skawinski
Bronze medalist Bertil von Wachenfeldt
Raymond Boisset finished fifth in the final.
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 5, 2019
- Men 400m Athletics I European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
- I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 5, 2019
- 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on March 5, 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 669 , accessed on March 5, 2019