European Athletics Championships 1954/400 m hurdles of men

5th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 400-meter hurdles
city	Bern
Stadion	Neufeld Stadium
Attendees	24 athletes from 15 countries
Competition phase	August 26th (preliminary) August 28th (semi-finals) August 29th (final)
Medalist
gold	Anatoly Julin ( URS )
silver	Yuri Litujew ( URS )
bronze	Sven-Oswald Mildh ( FIN )

Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern

The men's 400-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in 1954 was held on August 26, 28 and 29, 1954 in the Neufeld stadium in Bern .

There was a double victory for the Soviet Union in this discipline. Anatoly Julin was European champion ahead of world record holder Yuri Litujew . The Finn Sven-Oswald Mildh won the bronze medal.

Records

Existing records

World record	50.4 s	Yuri Lituev	Budapest , Hungary	20th September 1953
European record
Championship record	51.9 s	Armando Filiput	EM Brussels , Belgium	August 27, 1950

Record improvements

The existing championship record has been improved twice:

• 51.1 s: Yuri Litujew - advance, August 26th
• 50.5 s: Anatoly Julin - Final, August 29

Preliminary round

August 26, 1954, 3:30 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sven Olov Eriksson	Sweden	53.1
2	Armando Filiput	Italy	54.0
3	Jan Borgersen	Norway	54.8
4th	José Fórmiga	Spain	55.3

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yuri Lituev	Soviet Union	51.1 CR
2	Kurt Bonah	BR Germany	54.0
3	Gerald Wicher	Austria	55.9
4th	Aydin Tunali	Turkey	60.2

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anatoly Julin	Soviet Union	52.1
2	Robert Bart	France	52.7
3	Harry Kane	Great Britain	52.7
4th	Karl Borgula	Switzerland	55.3

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bob Shaw	Great Britain	53.4
2	Ilie Savel	Romania	54.0
3	Josef Kost	Switzerland	54.4
4th	Gianfranco Fantuzzi	Italy	55.2

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sven-Oswald Mildh	Finland	53.6
2	Lars Ylander	Sweden	53.8
3	Wolfgang Fischer	BR Germany	53.9
4th	Gheorghe Stanel	Romania	55.3

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Guy Cury	France	52.9
2	Antal Lippay	Hungary	53.2
3	Dirk Stoclet	Belgium	54.5
4th	Rudolf Haidegger	Austria	55.3

Sven Olov Eriksson missed the final by two tenths of a second

Lars Ylander was eliminated in sixth place in his semi-final run

Semifinals

August 28, 1954, 4:20 p.m.

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anatoly Julin	Soviet Union	51.6
2	Guy Cury	France	51.7
3	Sven-Oswald Mildh	Finland	51.8 NO
4th	Sven Olov Eriksson	Sweden	52.0
5	Armando Filiput	Italy	52.3
6th	Kurt Bonah	BR Germany	53.4

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yuri Lituev	Soviet Union	52.3
2	Bob Shaw	Great Britain	52.5
3	Antal Lippay	Hungary	52.6
4th	Robert Bart	France	52.7
5	Ilie Savel	Romania	53.3
6th	Lars Ylander	Sweden	54.9

final

Guy Cury ( right, in an unknown race ) finished fourth in that final

August 29, 1954, 3:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anatoly Julin	Soviet Union	50.5 CR
2	Yuri Lituev	Soviet Union	50.8
3	Sven-Oswald Mildh	Finland	51.5 NO
4th	Guy Cury	France	51.8
5	Bob Shaw	Great Britain	52.3 NO
6th	Antal Lippay	Hungary	52.4 NO

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 6, 2019
• Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 6, 2019
• V European Championship, Bern 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 6, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 6, 2019
• 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 6, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on March 28, 2019