1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

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.

Medalists

Gold	Yuriy Lituyev
Silver	Per-Ove Trollsås
Bronze	Bruno Galliker

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		51.1
	align=left		align=left		51.6
	align=left		align=left		51.8	NR
4	align=left		align=left		52.0
5	align=left		align=left		52.3
6	align=left		align=left		53.6

Semi-finals

21 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		51.0	Q
2	align=left		align=left		51.8	NR Q
3	align=left		align=left		52.0	Q
4	align=left		align=left		52.5
5	align=left		align=left		53.2
6	align=left		align=left		53.7

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		51.0	NR Q
2	align=left		align=left		51.3	Q
3	align=left		align=left		51.8	Q
4	align=left		align=left		51.8
5	align=left		align=left		53.3
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heats

20 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		52.7	Q
2	align=left		align=left		53.0	Q
3	align=left		align=left		53.1	Q
4	align=left		align=left		53.3

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		52.5	Q
2	align=left		align=left		52.8	Q
3	align=left		align=left		53.4	Q
4	align=left		align=left		53.6
5	align=left		align=left		54.5

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		52.2	Q
2	align=left		align=left		52.6	Q
3	align=left		align=left		53.0	Q
4	align=left		align=left		53.6
5	align=left		align=left		54.8

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		52.1	Q
2	align=left		align=left		52.5	Q
3	align=left		align=left		53.0	Q
4	align=left		align=left		53.2
5	align=left		align=left		53.6

Participation

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

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