1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.[1]

Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Jean-Claude Nallet
  France
Silver Christian Rudolph
  East Germany
Bronze Dmitriy Stukalov
  Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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12 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jean-Claude Nallet   France 49.15 CR
  Christian Rudolph   East Germany 49.34 NR
  Dmitriy Stukalov   Soviet Union 50.04
4 Dieter Büttner   West Germany 50.09
5 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko   Soviet Union 50.51
6 Ari Salin   Finland 50.57
7 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov   Soviet Union 50.84
8 Ivan Danis   Czechoslovakia 51.78

Semi-finals

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11 August

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko   Soviet Union 50.15 Q
2 Jean-Claude Nallet   France 50.35 Q
3 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov   Soviet Union 50.42 Q
4 Ivan Danis   Czechoslovakia 50.63 NR Q
5 Gerd Hennige   West Germany 50.87
6 Jaakko Tuominen   Finland 51.13
7 Giorgio Ballati   Italy 51.50
8 Michel Montgermont   France 52.77

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christian Rudolph   East Germany 49.82 Q
2 Dieter Büttner   West Germany 50.21 Q
3 Dmitriy Stukalov   Soviet Union 50.34 Q
4 Ari Salin   Finland 50.41 Q
5 Werner Reibert   West Germany 50.45
6 Tadeusz Kulczycki   Poland 51.16
7 Heinz Hofer    Switzerland 51.56
8 Lucien Baggio   France 51.82

Heats

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10 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko   Soviet Union 50.79 Q
2 Heinz Hofer    Switzerland 51.08 Q
3 Ari Salin   Finland 51.28 Q
4 Lucien Baggio   France 51.29 Q
5 Zdzisław Serafin   Poland 51.53
6 Kenth Öhman   Sweden 51.92
7 Ladislav Kárský   Czechoslovakia 51.95

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov   Soviet Union 50.48 Q
2 Dieter Büttner   West Germany 50.64 Q
3 Ivan Danis   Czechoslovakia 50.74 Q
4 Giorgio Ballati   Italy 51.07 Q
5 Jürgen Laser   East Germany 51.38
6 Torsten Torstensson   Sweden 51.85
7 Witold Banaszak   Poland 51.91
8 John Sherwood   Great Britain 52.61

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christian Rudolph   East Germany 50.48 Q
2 Werner Reibert   West Germany 51.04 Q
3 Tadeusz Kulczycki   Poland 51.11 Q
4 Michel Montgermont   France 51.40 Q
5 Francisco Suárez   Spain 51.77
6 David Scharer   Great Britain 51.98
7 Daniele Giovanardi   Italy 52.00
8 Alberto Matos   Portugal 52.26

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean-Claude Nallet   France 50.69 Q
2 Dmitriy Stukalov   Soviet Union 50.78 Q
3 Jaakko Tuominen   Finland 51.21 Q
4 Gerd Hennige   West Germany 51.23 Q
5 Manuel Soriano   Spain 51.39
6 Håkan Öberg   Sweden 51.72
7 Ion Ratoi   Romania 52.10
8 John Dillon   Ireland 58.42

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014