European Athletics Championships 1962/400 m men

7th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 400-meter run
city	Belgrade
Stadion	Partizan Stadium
Attendees	24 athletes from 13 countries
Competition phase	September 12th (preliminary) September 13th (semi-finals) September 14th (final)
Medalist
gold	Robbie Brightwell ( GBR )
silver	Manfred Children ( GER )
bronze	Hans-Joachim Reske ( GER )

Panoramic view of the Partizan Stadium 2014 - 52nd years after the European Championships there

The men's 400-meter run at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held from September 12 to 14, 1962 in Belgrade's Partizan Stadium .

With silver and bronze, there were two medals for German runners in this competition. The British Robbie Brightwell became European Champion . He won children over Manfred . Bronze went to Hans-Joachim Reske .

Records

Existing records

World record	44.9 s	Otis Davis	OS Rome , Italy	September 6, 1960
		Carl Kaufmann
European record		Carl Kaufmann
Championship record	46.3 s	John Wrighton	EM Stockholm , Sweden	20th August 1958

Record improvements

The existing EM record was improved twice at these European Championships:

• 46.1s - Hans-Joachim Reske , 2nd semi-final, September 13th 
• 45.9s - Robbie Brightwell , finals, September 14 

Preliminary round

September 12, 1962

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

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	48.3
2	Vittorio Barberis	Italy	48.4
3	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	49.8
4th	Rudi Matt	Liechtenstein	50.5

Forward 2

As fourth of his heat, Bengt-Göran Fernström missed the semifinals by one place

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Wadym Archyptschuk	Soviet Union	47.4
2	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	47.4
3	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.6
4th	Bengt-Göran Fernström	Sweden	47.7

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Manfred children	Germany	47.1
2	Barry Jackson	Great Britain	47.7
3	Viktor Bychkov	Soviet Union	48.2
4th	Vasilios Syllis	Greece	48.4

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hans-Joachim Reske	Germany	46.9
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	47.4
3	Jean Bertozzi	France	47.6
4th	Gürkan Çevik	Turkey	50.0

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Robbie Brightwell	Great Britain	46.6
2	Hans-Olof Johansson	Sweden	47.2
3	Mario Fraschini	Italy	47.3
4th	Miloje Grujić	Yugoslavia	47.5

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hansruedi's brother	Switzerland	47.5
2	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	47.6
3	Ronny Sunesson	Sweden	47.6
4th	Miroslav Bosnar	Yugoslavia	48.0

Semifinals

After reaching the semi-finals, Jacques Pennewaert retired as fourth of his race

Hans-Olof Johansson missed the finals by one place

September 13, 1962

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	Robbie Brightwell	Great Britain	46.4
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.5
3	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	46.6
4th	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	46.8
5	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.8
6th	Viktor Bychkov	Soviet Union	48.3

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hans-Joachim Reske	Germany	46.1 CR
2	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	46.2
3	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	46.3
4th	Wadym Archyptschuk	Soviet Union	46.7
5	Mario Fraschini	Italy	47.0
6th	Ronny Sunesson	Sweden	47.4

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Manfred children	Germany	46.5
2	Barry Jackson	Great Britain	46.5
3	Hans-Olof Johansson	Sweden	46.7
4th	Hansruedi's brother	Switzerland	46.9
5	Vittorio Barberis	Italy	47.9
DNS	Jean Bertozzi	France

final

After finishing fifth at the 1960 Olympic Games , Manfred Kinder has now become Vice European Champion

September 14, 1962, 7:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Robbie Brightwell	Great Britain	45.9 CR
2	Manfred children	Germany	46.1
3	Hans-Joachim Reske	Germany	46.4
4th	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	46.4
5	Barry Jackson	Great Britain	46.6
6th	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	47.4

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  Bronze medalist
  Hans-Joachim Reske

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  Sixth place Andrzej Badeński still had his strong years ahead of him

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 from european-athletics.org, accessed on May 7, 2019
• Men 400m European Championship 1962 Beograd on todor66.com, accessed May 7, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed May 7, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1962, 400 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 7, 2019
• 7th European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on May 7, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed May 7, 2019