European Athletics Championships 1946/400 m men
| 3. European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 400-meter run |
| city |
 Oslo
|
| Stadion | Bislett Stadium |
| Attendees | 15 athletes from 12 countries |
| Competition phase | August 22nd (preliminary) August 23rd (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Niels Holst-Sørensen ( DEN )
 |
 silver |
Jacques Lunis ( FRA )
 |
 bronze |
Derek Pugh ( GBR )
 |
The men's 400-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1946 was held on August 22 and 23, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .
European champion was the Dane Niels Holst-Sørensen . Second place went to the Frenchman Jacques Lunis . Bronze went to the British Derek Pugh .
Existing records
| World record | 46.0 s |
.svg){kind=small} Rudolf Harbig
|
Frankfurt am Main , Germany | August 12, 1939 |
 Grover Klemmer
|
Philadelphia , USA | June 29, 1941 | ||
| European record | 46.0 s |
Rudolf Harbig
|
Frankfurt am Main , Germany | August 12, 1939 |
| Championship record | 47.4 s |
Godfrey Brown
|
EM Paris , France | September 4, 1938 |
The existing European Championship record was not set and not improved at these European championships.
Preliminary round
August 22, 1946
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Lunis |
France
|
48.6 |
| 2 | Derek Pugh |
Great Britain
|
48.9 |
| 3 | Oskar Hardmeier |
 Switzerland
|
49.5 |
| 4th | Anton Blok |
 Netherlands
|
49.6 |
| 5 | Gunnar Bergsten |
Denmark
|
50.3 |
| 6th | Kjartan Jóhannsson |
 Iceland
|
50.7 NO |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niels Holst-Sørensen |
Denmark
|
48.2 |
| 2 | Bill Roberts |
Great Britain
|
48.5 |
| 3 | Stig Lindgård |
 Sweden
|
48.7 |
| 4th | Sergei Komarov |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
48.8 |
| 5 | Adam Piaskowy |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
50.6 |
Forward 3
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| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herman Kunnen |
 Belgium
|
48.9 |
| 2 | Sven-Erik Nolinge |
Sweden
|
49.0 |
| 3 | Luigi Paterlini |
 Italy
|
49.1 |
| 4th | Leopold Láznička |
Poland
|
50.4 |
final
August 23, 1946
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niels Holst-Sørensen |
Denmark
|
47.9 |
| 2 | Jacques Lunis |
France
|
48.3 |
| 3 | Derek Pugh |
Great Britain
|
48.9 |
| 4th | Sven-Erik Nolinge |
Sweden
|
48.9 |
| 5 | Bill Roberts |
Great Britain
|
49.5 |
| DNS | Herman Kunnen |
Belgium
|
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 16, 2019
- Men 400m European Championship 1946 Oslo on todor66.com, accessed March 16, 2019
- III European Championship, Oslo 1946 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 16, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1946, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 16, 2019
- 3rd European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on March 16, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed March 16, 2019
- ↑ Men 400m European Championship 1946 Oslo , accessed March 16, 2019