1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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[]

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

Results[]

Final[]

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Jenkins	Great Britain	45.45	CR NR
	Marcello Fiasconaro	Italy	45.49	CR NR
	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		East Germany	46.88

Semi-finals[]

12 August

Semi-final 1[]

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		Sweden	48.4

Semi-final 2[]

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		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[]

11 August

Heat 1[]

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		Soviet Union	46.90

Heat 2[]

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		Soviet Union	47.12
6	Christian Nicolau	France	47.12
6	Miro Kocuvan	Yugoslavia	47.63
7	Anders Faager	Sweden	47.32

Heat 3[]

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

Heat 4[]

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		Belgium	47.42
6	Martin Bilham	Great Britain	48.13

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[]