1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11, 12, and 13 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

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Gold David Jenkins
 Great Britain
Silver Marcello Fiasconaro
 Italy
Bronze Jan Werner
 Poland

Results

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Final

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13 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Jenkins  Great Britain 45.45 CR NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcello Fiasconaro  Italy 45.49 CR NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Werner  Poland 45.57
4 Markku Kukkoaho  Finland 45.74 NR
5 Thomas Jordan  West Germany 46.01
6 Hermann Köhler  West Germany 46.07
7 Aleksandr Bratchikov  Soviet Union 46.40
8 Klaus Hauke  East Germany 46.88

Semi-finals

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12 August

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Thomas Jordan  West Germany 46.29 Q
2 Hermann Köhler  West Germany 46.44 Q
3 Marcello Fiasconaro  Italy 46.44 Q
4 Aleksandr Bratchikov  Soviet Union 46.66 Q
5 Andrzej Badeński  Poland 46.80
6 Per Rom  Norway 46.92
7 Miroslav Tulis  Czechoslovakia 47.05
8 Michael Fredriksson  Sweden 48.4

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jan Werner  Poland 46.11 Q
2 David Jenkins  Great Britain 46.22 Q
3 Markku Kukkoaho  Finland 46.25 Q
4 Klaus Hauke  East Germany 46.38 Q
5 Martin Jellinghaus  West Germany 46.78
6 Gilles Bertould  France 47.23
7 Fanahan McSweeney  Ireland 47.69
Waldemar Korycki  Poland DNS

Heats

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11 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jan Werner  Poland 46.44 Q
2 Marcello Fiasconaro  Italy 46.49 Q
3 Gilles Bertould  France 46.81 Q
4 Miroslav Tulis  Czechoslovakia 46.83 Q
5 Semyon Kocher  Soviet Union 46.90

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Jenkins  Great Britain 46.66 Q
2 Andrzej Badeński  Poland 46.68 Q
3 Per Rom  Norway 46.73 Q
4 Hermann Köhler  West Germany 46.77 Q
5 Yevgeniy Borisenko  Soviet Union 47.12
6 Christian Nicolau  France 47.12
6 Miro Kocuvan  Yugoslavia 47.63
7 Anders Faager  Sweden 47.32

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Klaus Hauke  East Germany 46.84 Q
2 Martin Jellinghaus  West Germany 46.96 Q
3 Waldemar Korycki  Poland 47.10 Q
4 Michael Fredriksson  Sweden 47.44 Q
5 Giacomo Puosi  Italy 47.63
6 Hugues Roger  France 47.75
7 John Robertson  Great Britain 48.20

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Markku Kukkoaho  Finland 46.72 Q
2 Thomas Jordan  West Germany 46.98 Q
3 Aleksandr Bratchikov  Soviet Union 47.21 Q
4 Fanahan McSweeney  Ireland 47.34 Q
5 René Bervoets  Belgium 47.42
6 Martin Bilham  Great Britain 48.13

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 26 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. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014