5th European Athletics Championships
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discipline |
Men's
400-meter hurdles |
city |
Switzerland Bern
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Stadion |
Neufeld Stadium
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Attendees |
24 athletes from 15 countries
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Competition phase |
August 26th (preliminary) August 28th (semi-finals) August 29th (final)
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Medalist
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gold |
Anatoly Julin ( URS )
Soviet Union 1923 |
silver |
Yuri Litujew ( URS )
Soviet Union 1923 |
bronze |
Sven-Oswald Mildh ( FIN )
Finland |
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
Record improvements
The existing championship record has been improved twice:
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
Forward 2
Forward 3
Forward 4
Forward 5
Forward 6
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
Run 2
final
Guy Cury ( right, in an unknown race ) finished fourth in that final
August 29, 1954, 3:50 p.m.
Web links
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European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 6, 2019
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Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 6, 2019
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V European Championship, Bern 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 6, 2019
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Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 6, 2019
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5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 6, 2019
References and comments
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↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on March 28, 2019
400 m hurdles for men at the European Athletics Championships