1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
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The men's 400 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.[1]
The winning margin was 0.63 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 400 metres has been won by more than 0.6 seconds at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing, although the winning margin in the 1938 European Athletics Championships was a hand-timed 0.8 seconds.
Medalists
Gold | Karl Honz![]() |
Silver | David Jenkins![]() |
Bronze | Bernd Herrmann![]() |
Results
Final
4 September
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Karl Honz | ![]() | 45.04 | CR |
![]() | David Jenkins | ![]() | 45.67 | |
![]() | Bernd Herrmann | ![]() | 45.78 | |
4 | Markku Kukkoaho | ![]() | 45.84 | |
5 | Ossi Karttunen | ![]() | 45.87 | |
6 | Michael Fredriksson | ![]() | 46.12 | |
7 | Erik Carlgren | ![]() | 46.15 | |
8 | Francis Demarthon | ![]() | 46.90 |
Semi-finals
3 September
Semi-final 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Karl Honz | ![]() | 46.24 | Q |
2 | Francis Demarthon | ![]() | 46.28 | Q |
3 | Markku Kukkoaho | ![]() | 46.29 | Q |
4 | Erik Carlgren | ![]() | 46.51 | Q |
5 | Jürgen Utikal | ![]() | 46.62 | |
6 | Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske | ![]() | 46.64 | |
7 | Per-Olof Sjöberg | ![]() | 46.68 | |
8 | Roger Jenkins | ![]() | 47.30 |
Semi-final 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | David Jenkins | ![]() | 45.93 | Q |
2 | Ossi Karttunen | ![]() | 46.36 | Q |
3 | Michael Fredriksson | ![]() | 46.39 | Q |
4 | Bernd Herrmann | ![]() | 46.40 | Q |
5 | Alfons Brijdenbach | ![]() | 46.43 | |
6 | Milorad Čikić | ![]() | 47.04 | |
7 | Andreas Scheibe | ![]() | 47.24 | |
8 | Toine van den Goolberg | ![]() | 47.40 |
Heats
2 September
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske | ![]() | 45.92 | Q |
2 | Alfons Brijdenbach | ![]() | 46.00 | Q |
3 | Francis Demarthon | ![]() | 46.11 | Q |
4 | Andreas Scheibe | ![]() | 46.38 | Q |
5 | Per-Olof Sjöberg | ![]() | 46.63 | q |
6 | Roger Jenkins | ![]() | 46.78 | q |
7 | Roman Siedlecki | ![]() | 47.35 |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bernd Herrmann | ![]() | 46.30 | Q |
2 | Markku Kukkoaho | ![]() | 46.38 | Q |
3 | Jürgen Utikal | ![]() | 46.44 | Q |
4 | Toine van den Goolberg | ![]() | 46.46 | Q |
5 | Milorad Čikić | ![]() | 46.68 | q |
6 | Michael Fredriksson | ![]() | 47.01 | q |
7 | Stephen Marlow | ![]() | 48.71 |
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ossi Karttunen | ![]() | 46.50 | Q |
2 | David Jenkins | ![]() | 46.60 | Q |
3 | Erik Carlgren | ![]() | 46.97 | Q |
4 | Karl Honz | ![]() | 46.98 | Q |
5 | Josip Alebić | ![]() | 47.41 | |
6 | Pasqualino Abeti | ![]() | 47.80 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
Belgium (1)
East Germany (2)
Finland (2)
France (1)
Italy (1)
Netherlands (1)
Poland (1)
Sweden (3)
Great Britain (3)
West Germany (3)
Yugoslavia (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014