7th European Athletics Championships
discipline
Men's
400-meter run
city
Yugoslavia 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 )
United Kingdom
silver
Manfred Children ( GER )
Germany
bronze
Hans-Joachim Reske ( GER )
Germany
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
Record improvements
The existing EM record was improved twice at these European Championships:
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
Forward 2
As fourth of his heat, Bengt-Göran Fernström missed the semifinals by one place
Forward 3
Forward 4
Forward 5
Forward 6
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
Run 2
Run 3
final
After finishing fifth at the
1960 Olympic Games , Manfred Kinder has now become Vice European Champion
September 14, 1962, 7:50 p.m.
Bronze medalist Hans-Joachim Reske
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
↑ a b IAAF world records. 400m men , accessed May 7, 2019
400 m of the men at the European Athletics Championships
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