1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 7 and 8 September 1934.

Medalists

Gold	Adolf Metzner Germany
Silver	Pierre Skawinski France
Bronze	Bertil von Wachenfeldt Sweden

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Adolf Metzner	Germany	47.9	CR
	Pierre Skawinski	France	48.0
	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	48.0	NR
4	Ettore Tavernari	Italy	48.6	NR
5	Raymond Boisset	France	48.9
6	Mario Rabaglino	Italy	NT

Heats

7 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adolf Metzner	Germany	48.3	CR, Q
2	Mario Rabaglino	Italy	49.0	Q
3	Karel Knenický	Czechoslovakia	49.1	NR
4	Sven Strömberg	Sweden	49.4

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Raymond Boisset	France	48.9	Q
2	Ettore Tavernari	Italy	49.0	Q
3	László Barsi	Hungary	49.3
4	Miroslav Hruska	Czechoslovakia	50.4
5	Vladas Bakunas	Lithuania	NT

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Skawinski	France	48.5	Q
2	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	49.1	Q
3	Börje Strandvall	Finland	49.2
4	Jean Krombach	Luxembourg	50.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Finland (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (2)
• Lithuania (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Sweden (2)