European Athletics Championships 1954/400 m hurdles of men
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 400-meter hurdles |
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Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
Attendees | 24 athletes from 15 countries |
Competition phase | August 26th (preliminary) August 28th (semi-finals) August 29th (final) |
Medalist | |
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Anatoly Julin ( URS )
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Yuri Litujew ( URS )
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Sven-Oswald Mildh ( FIN )
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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 |
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Budapest , Hungary | 20th September 1953 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 51.9 s |
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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) |
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1 | Sven Olov Eriksson |
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53.1 |
2 | Armando Filiput |
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54.0 |
3 | Jan Borgersen |
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54.8 |
4th | José Fórmiga |
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55.3 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Yuri Lituev |
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51.1 CR |
2 | Kurt Bonah |
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54.0 |
3 | Gerald Wicher |
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55.9 |
4th | Aydin Tunali |
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60.2 |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Anatoly Julin |
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52.1 |
2 | Robert Bart |
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52.7 |
3 | Harry Kane |
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52.7 |
4th | Karl Borgula |
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55.3 |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bob Shaw |
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53.4 |
2 | Ilie Savel |
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54.0 |
3 | Josef Kost |
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54.4 |
4th | Gianfranco Fantuzzi |
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55.2 |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sven-Oswald Mildh |
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53.6 |
2 | Lars Ylander |
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53.8 |
3 | Wolfgang Fischer |
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53.9 |
4th | Gheorghe Stanel |
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55.3 |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Guy Cury |
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52.9 |
2 | Antal Lippay |
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53.2 |
3 | Dirk Stoclet |
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54.5 |
4th | Rudolf Haidegger |
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55.3 |
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) |
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1 | Anatoly Julin |
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51.6 |
2 | Guy Cury |
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51.7 |
3 | Sven-Oswald Mildh |
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51.8 NO |
4th | Sven Olov Eriksson |
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52.0 |
5 | Armando Filiput |
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52.3 |
6th | Kurt Bonah |
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53.4 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Yuri Lituev |
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52.3 |
2 | Bob Shaw |
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52.5 |
3 | Antal Lippay |
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52.6 |
4th | Robert Bart |
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52.7 |
5 | Ilie Savel |
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53.3 |
6th | Lars Ylander |
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54.9 |
final
August 29, 1954, 3:50 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Anatoly Julin |
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50.5 CR |
2 | Yuri Lituev |
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50.8 |
3 | Sven-Oswald Mildh |
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51.5 NO |
4th | Guy Cury |
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51.8 |
5 | Bob Shaw |
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52.3 NO |
6th | Antal Lippay |
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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
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on March 28, 2019