European Athletics Championships 1946/400 m hurdles of men
3. European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 400-meter hurdles |
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Stadion | Bislett Stadium |
Attendees | 10 athletes from 8 countries |
Competition phase | August 22nd (preliminary) August 24th (final) |
Medalist | |
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Bertel Storskrubb ( FIN )
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Sixten Larsson ( SWE )
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Rune Larsson ( SWE )
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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 |
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Stockholm , Sweden | July 26, 1934 |
European record | 51.6 s |
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Berlin , Germany | July 9, 1939 |
Championship record | 53.1 s |
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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) |
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1 | Yves Cros |
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54.7 |
2 | Rune Larsson |
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55.8 |
3 | Werner Christians |
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57.7 |
4th | Vlastimil Holeček |
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58.4 |
5 | Ole Dorph Jensen |
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62.7 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bertel Storskrubb |
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54.2 |
2 | Sixten Larsson |
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54.8 |
3 | Ronald Ede |
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55.3 |
4th | Jacques Maloubier |
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55.3 |
5 | Werner Rugel |
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55.5 |
final
August 24, 1946, 7.30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bertel Storskrubb |
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52.2 CR / NO |
2 | Sixten Larsson |
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52.4 NO |
3 | Rune Larsson |
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52.5 |
4th | Yves Cros |
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52.6 NO |
5 | Werner Christians |
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55.4 |
6th | Ronald Ede |
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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.