European Athletics Championships 1962/400 m hurdles for men

7th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 400-meter hurdles
city	Belgrade
Stadion	Partizan Stadium
Attendees	22 athletes from 15 countries
Competition phase	September 12th (preliminary) September 13th (semi-finals) September 14th (final)
Medalist
gold	Salvatore Morale ( ITA )
silver	Jörg Neumann ( GER )
bronze	Helmut Janz ( GER )

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

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

In this competition, two German runners won two medals - silver and bronze - for the all-German team. European champion was the Italian Salvatore Morale , who equalized the existing world record in the final . Jörg Neumann came in second . The 1960 Olympic gold medalist Helmut Janz won the bronze medal.

Records

Existing records

World record	49.2 s	Glenn Davis	OS Rome , Italy	2nd September 1960
European record	49.9 s	Helmut Janz
Championship record	50.5 s	Anatoly Julin	EM Bern , Switzerland	August 29, 1954

Comment on the European record: Salvatore Morale is named
in some sources as the European record holder with 49.7 s, achieved in a race over 440  yards on October 15, 1961 in Rome . This time is, however, a value for the 400-meter distance that has been downscaled from his winning time of 50.1 s. Thus this achievement was not recognizable.  

Record improvements

European champion Salvatore Morale improved the EM record at these European championships twice:  

• 50.0 s - 1st semifinals, September 13
• 49.2 s - final, September 14th

With his winning time, Morale equalized the existing world record.

Preliminary round

September 12, 1962, 4:50 p.m.

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

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Helmut Janz	Germany	51.0
2	Boris Kryunov	Soviet Union	51.7
3	Valeriu Jurcă	Romania	52.0
4th	Helmut Haid	Austria	52.7
5	Hannu Ehoniemi	Finland	52.8
6th	Fahir Özgüden	Turkey	54.4

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Salvatore Morale	Italy	51.4
2	Jussi Rintamäki	Finland	52.4
3	Chris Surety	Great Britain	52.8
4th	Dimitar Dimitrov	Bulgaria	53.1
5	François Van Cauwenbergh	Belgium	53.5
6th	Athanasios Mylonopoulos	Greece	54.9

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Edmond Van Praagh	France	51.4 NO
2	Georgi Chevichalov	Soviet Union	52.0
3	Joachim Singer	Germany	52.0
4th	John Cooper	Great Britain	52.4
5	Zdzisław Kumiszcze	Poland	52.6
DNS	Roberto Frinolli	Italy

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Wassyl Anissimow	Soviet Union	51.8
2	Bruno Galliker	Switzerland	52.2
3	Jörg Neumann	Germany	52.8
4th	Robin Woodland	Great Britain	53.1
5	Jan Gulbrandsen	Norway	53.8

Semifinals

September 13, 1962

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

Run 1

Joachim Singer reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there in sixth place in his race

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Salvatore Morale	Italy	50.0 CR
2	Jörg Neumann	Germany	50.6
3	Boris Kryunov	Soviet Union	50.9
4th	Edmond Van Praagh	France	51.3 NO
5	Bruno Galliker	Switzerland	51.3
6th	Joachim Singer	Germany	51.4

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Wassyl Anissimow	Soviet Union	51.0
2	Jussi Rintamäki	Finland	51.0
3	Helmut Janz	Germany	51.1
4th	Georgi Chevichalov	Soviet Union	51.6
5	Chris Surety	Great Britain	52.0
6th	Valeriu Jurcă	Romania	52.8

final

September 14, 1962, 8:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Salvatore Morale	Italy	49.2 WRe
2	Jörg Neumann	Germany	50.3
3	Helmut Janz	Germany	50.5
4th	Jussi Rintamäki	Finland	50.8
5	Boris Kryunov	Soviet Union	51.3
6th	Wassyl Anissimow	Soviet Union	54.2

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 from european-athletics.org, accessed on May 9, 2019
• Men 400m Hurdles European Championship 1962 Beograd on todor66.com, accessed May 9, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 9, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1962, 400 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 9, 2019
• 7th European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on May 9, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m hurdles men , accessed on May 9, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 400 m Hurdles Men , p. 18 (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on May 9, 2019 (French / English)