1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24, 26, and 27 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Armando Filiput Italy |
| - | - |
| Silver | Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Harry Whittle Great Britain |

## Results

### Final

27 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Armando Filiput | Italy | 51.9 | CR NR |
| | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 52.4 | NR |
| | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 52.7 | |
| 4 | Ottavio Missoni | Italy | 53.6 | |
| 5 | Lars Ylander | Sweden | 53.9 | |
| 6 | Georges Elloy | France | 54.3 | |

### Semi-finals

26 August

**Semi-final 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 53.1 | Q |
| 2 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 53.1 | Q |
| 3 | Ottavio Missoni | Italy | 53.6 | Q |
| 4 | Rune Larsson | Sweden | 53.6 | |
| 5 | Yves Cros | France | 54.1 | |
| 6 | Torben Johannesen | Denmark | 54.5 | |

**Semi-final 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Armando Filiput | Italy | 52.0 | CR NR Q |
| 2 | Georges Elloy | France | 53.2 | Q |
| 3 | Lars Ylander | Sweden | 53.3 | Q |
| 4 | Timofey Lunev | Soviet Union | 53.4 | |
| 5 | Angus Scott | Great Britain | 53.7 | |
| 6 | Marcel Dits | Belgium | 54.0 | |

### Heats

24 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yves Cros | France | 54.0 | Q |
| 2 | Ottavio Missoni | Italy | 54.2 | Q |
| 3 | Timofey Lunev | Soviet Union | 54.2 | Q |
| 4 | Kemal Horulu | Turkey | 55.1 | |
| 5 | Fotios Kosmas | Greece | 55.7 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Armando Filiput | Italy | 53.6 | Q |
| 2 | Georges Elloy | France | 54.3 | Q |
| 3 | Torben Johannesen | Denmark | 54.5 | Q |
| 4 | Franz Fritz | Austria | 54.5 | |
| 5 | Reidar Nilsen | Norway | 55.8 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 53.4 | Q |
| 2 | Lars Ylander | Sweden | 54.0 | Q |
| 3 | Angus Scott | Great Britain | 54.3 | Q |
| 4 | Jacques De Moor | Belgium | 54.8 | |
| 5 | Doğan Acarbay | Turkey | 55.3 | |
| 6 | Igor Zupančič | Yugoslavia | 55.4 | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 54.3 | Q |
| 2 | Marcel Dits | Belgium | 54.8 | Q |
| 3 | Rune Larsson | Sweden | 55.2 | Q |
| 4 | Frans Buys | Netherlands | 55.6 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Denmark (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Turkey (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)
