European Athletics Championships 1946/400 m hurdles of men
3. European Athletics Championships | |
---|---|
discipline | Men's 400-meter hurdles |
city | Oslo |
Stadion | Bislett Stadium |
Attendees | 10 athletes from 8 countries |
Competition phase | August 22nd (preliminary) August 24th (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Bertel Storskrubb ( FIN ) |
silver | Sixten Larsson ( SWE ) |
bronze | Rune Larsson ( SWE ) |
The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held on August 22 and 24, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .
With silver and bronze there were two medals for Sweden. European champion was the Finn Bertel Storskrubb , whose first name is also mentioned as Bertil in numerous publications . Second place went to Sixten Larsson . Bronze went to Rune Larsson .
Records
Existing records
World record | 50.6 s | Glenn Hardin | Stockholm , Sweden | July 26, 1934 |
European record | 51.6 s | Friedrich-Wilhelm Hölling | Berlin , Germany | July 9, 1939 |
Championship record | 53.1 s | Prudent Joye | EM Paris , France | September 4, 1938 |
Record improvement
Bertel Storskrubb improved the EM record in the final by 0.9 seconds to 52.2 seconds.
Preliminary round
August 22, 1946, 6:30 p.m.
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yves Cros | France | 54.7 |
2 | Rune Larsson | Sweden | 55.8 |
3 | Werner Christians | Switzerland | 57.7 |
4th | Vlastimil Holeček | Czechoslovakia | 58.4 |
5 | Ole Dorph Jensen | Denmark | 62.7 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bertel Storskrubb | Finland | 54.2 |
2 | Sixten Larsson | Sweden | 54.8 |
3 | Ronald Ede | Great Britain | 55.3 |
4th | Jacques Maloubier | France | 55.3 |
5 | Werner Rugel | Switzerland | 55.5 |
final
August 24, 1946, 7.30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bertel Storskrubb | Finland | 52.2 CR / NO |
2 | Sixten Larsson | Sweden | 52.4 NO |
3 | Rune Larsson | Sweden | 52.5 |
4th | Yves Cros | France | 52.6 NO |
5 | Werner Christians | Switzerland | 55.4 |
6th | Ronald Ede | Great Britain | 56.5 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 18, 2019
- Men 400m hurdles European Championship 1946 Oslo on todor66.com, accessed March 18, 2019
- III European Championship, Oslo 1946 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 18, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1946, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 18, 2019
- 3rd European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on March 18, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on March 18, 2019
- ^ Portrait of Friedrich-Wilhelm Hölling in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English), accessed on March 18, 2019.