1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 and 23 August 1946.

## Medalists

| Gold | Niels Holst-Sørensen Denmark |
| - | - |
| Silver | Jacques Lunis France |
| Bronze | Derek Pugh Great Britain |

## Results

### Final

23 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Niels Holst-Sørensen | Denmark | 47.9 |
| | Jacques Lunis | France | 48.3 |
| | Derek Pugh | Great Britain | 48.9 |
| 4 | Sven-Erik Nolinge | Sweden | 48.9 |
| 5 | William Roberts | Great Britain | 49.5 |
| | Herman Kunnen | Belgium | DNS |

### Heats

22 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jacques Lunis | France | 48.6 | Q |
| 2 | Derek Pugh | Great Britain | 48.9 | Q |
| 3 | Oskar Hardmeier | Switzerland | 49.5 | |
| 4 | Anton Blok | Netherlands | 49.6 | |
| 5 | Gunnar Bergsten | Denmark | 50.3 | |
| 6 | Kjartan Jóhannsson | Iceland | 50.7 | NR |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Niels Holst-Sørensen | Denmark | 48.2 | Q |
| 2 | William Roberts | Great Britain | 48.5 | Q |
| 3 | Stig Lindgård | Sweden | 48.7 | |
| 4 | Sergey Komarov | Soviet Union | 48.8 | |
| 5 | Adam Piaskowy | Poland | 52.6 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Herman Kunnen | Belgium | 48.9 | Q |
| 2 | Sven-Erik Nolinge | Sweden | 49.0 | Q |
| 3 | Luigi Paterlini | Italy | 49.1 | |
| 4 | Leopold Láznička | Czechoslovakia | 50.4 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (2)
* France (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (2)
