1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
# 1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

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)
