1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 20, 21, and 22 August 1958.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Yuriy Lituyev
 Soviet Union
Silver Per-Ove Trollsås
 Sweden
Bronze Bruno Galliker
  Switzerland

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

22 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yuriy Lituyev  Soviet Union 51.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per-Ove Trollsås  Sweden 51.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruno Galliker   Switzerland 51.8 NR
4 Tom Farrell  Great Britain 52.0
5 Anatoliy Yulin  Soviet Union 52.3
6 Chris Goudge  Great Britain 53.6

Semi-finals[edit]

21 August

Semi-final 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yuriy Lituyev  Soviet Union 51.0 Q
2 Bruno Galliker   Switzerland 51.8 NR Q
3 Chris Goudge  Great Britain 52.0 Q
4 Helmut Janz  West Germany 52.5
5 Janusz Kotliński  Poland 53.2
6 Moreno Martini  Italy 53.7

Semi-final 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Per-Ove Trollsås  Sweden 51.0 NR Q
2 Anatoliy Yulin  Soviet Union 51.3 Q
3 Tom Farrell  Great Britain 51.8 Q
4 Sven-Oswald Mildh  Finland 51.8
5 Hans Dittner  East Germany 53.3
Ilie Savel  Romania DQ

Heats[edit]

20 August

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sven-Oswald Mildh  Finland 52.7 Q
2 Hans Dittner  East Germany 53.0 Q
3 Chris Goudge  Great Britain 53.1 Q
4 Germano Gimelli  Italy 53.3

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anatoliy Yulin  Soviet Union 52.5 Q
2 Per-Ove Trollsås  Sweden 52.8 Q
3 Janusz Kotliński  Poland 53.4 Q
4 Ioannis Kambadellis  Greece 53.6
5 Jussi Rintamäki  Finland 54.5

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ilie Savel  Romania 52.2 Q
2 Moreno Martini  Italy 52.6 Q
3 Yuriy Lituyev  Soviet Union 53.0 Q
4 Jan Guldbrandsen  Norway 53.6
5 Emil Weber   Switzerland 54.8

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Helmut Janz  West Germany 52.1 Q
2 Tom Farrell  Great Britain 52.5 Q
3 Bruno Galliker   Switzerland 53.0 Q
4 Kai Sjøberg  Norway 53.2
5 Hans Lindgren  Sweden 53.6

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014