1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16, 17, and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Jan Werner
 Poland
Silver Jean-Claude Nallet
 France
Bronze Stanisław Grędziński
 Poland

Results

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Final

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18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jan Werner  Poland 45.75 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean-Claude Nallet  France 45.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stanisław Grędziński  Poland 45.83
4 Jacques Carette  France 45.92
5 Aleksandr Bratchikov  Soviet Union 45.94 NR
6 Andrzej Badeński  Poland 46.09
7 Boris Savchuk  Soviet Union 46.38
8 Sergio Bello  Italy 46.63

Semi-finals

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17 September

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrzej Badeński  Poland 46.4 Q
2 Jean-Claude Nallet  France 46.6 Q
3 Jacques Carette  France 46.7 Q
4 Boris Savchuk  Soviet Union 46.7 Q
5 Claudio Trachelio  Italy 46.9
6 John Robertson  Great Britain 47.0
7 Martin Winbolt-Lewis  Great Britain 47.2
8 Yuriy Zorin  Soviet Union 47.8

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stanisław Grędziński  Poland 46.4 Q
2 Aleksandr Bratchikov  Soviet Union 46.5 Q
3 Jan Werner  Poland 46.5 Q
4 Sergio Bello  Italy 47.0 Q
5 Colin Campbell  Great Britain 47.2
6 Gilles Bertould  France 47.2
7 Ulf Rönner  Sweden 47.4
8 Manuel Gayoso  Spain 47.6

Heats

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16 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrzej Badeński  Poland 46.9 Q
2 Claudio Trachelio  Italy 47.0 Q
3 Boris Savchuk  Soviet Union 47.3 Q
4 Gilles Bertould  France 47.6 Q
5 Luciano Sušanj  Yugoslavia 48.4
6 Georgi Bozhkov  Bulgaria 48.5

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Claude Nallet  France 47.8 Q
2 Jan Werner  Poland 47.8 Q
3 John Robertson  Great Britain 47.8 Q
4 Manuel Gayoso  Spain 48.1 Q
5 Emile Jung  Luxembourg 48.6

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stanisław Grędziński  Poland 46.6 Q
2 Aleksandr Bratchikov  Soviet Union 46.7 Q
3 Colin Campbell  Great Britain 46.8 Q
4 Sergio Bello  Italy 47.2 Q
5 Willy Vandenwyngaerden  Belgium 47.5
6 Richard Simonsen  Norway 47.8
7 Haris Dimitriou  Greece 48.8

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yuriy Zorin  Soviet Union 46.5 Q
2 Jacques Carette  France 46.7 Q
3 Martin Winbolt-Lewis  Great Britain 46.7 Q
4 Ulf Rönner  Sweden 46.9 Q
5 Barcelo de Carvalho  Portugal 47.2
6 Ramon Magarinos  Spain 48.0

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014