1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 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
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 4 September 1938.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Prudent Joye  France
Silver	József Kovács  Hungary
Bronze	Kell Areskoug  Sweden

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Prudent Joye	France	53.1	CR
02 !	József Kovács	Hungary	53.3
03 !	Kell Areskoug	Sweden	53.6
4	Georg Glaw	Germany	54.2
5	Friedrich-Wilhelm Holling	Germany	54.6
6	Werner Kellerhals	Switzerland	55.0

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Prudent Joye	France	53.7	Q
2	Kell Areskoug	Sweden	56.1	Q
3	Per Riis	Norway	56.5
4	John Barnes	United Kingdom	57.3

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Werner Kellerhals	Switzerland	54.8	NR Q
2	Georg Glaw	Germany	55.4	Q
3	Christos Mantikas	Greece	55.5
4	Jacques André	France	58.5
9	Jules Bosmans	Belgium	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Friedrich-Wilhelm Holling	Germany	54.6	Q
2	József Kovács	Hungary	54.8	Q
3	Giuseppe Russo	Italy	54.8
4	Werner Christen	Switzerland	56.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References