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

The men's 400 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23, 24, and 25 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Derek Pugh Great Britain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Jacques Lunis France |
| Bronze | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Sweden |

## Results

### Final

25 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Derek Pugh | Great Britain | 47.3 | CR |
| | Jacques Lunis | France | 47.6 | |
| | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | Sweden | 47.9 | |
| 4 | Guðmundur Lárusson | Iceland | 48.1 | |
| 5 | Leslie Lewis | Great Britain | 48.7 | |
| 6 | Luigi Paterlini | Italy | 48.9 | |

### Semi-finals

24 August

**Semi-final 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jacques Lunis | France | 47.8 | Q |
| 2 | Leslie Lewis | Great Britain | 47.9 | Q |
| 3 | Guðmundur Lárusson | Iceland | 48.0 | NR Q |
| 4 | Gösta Brännström | Sweden | 48.5 | |
| 5 | Antonio Siddi | Italy | 48.9 | |
| 6 | Ragnar Graeffe | Finland | 49.5 | |

**Semi-final 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Derek Pugh | Great Britain | 48.6 | Q |
| 2 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | Sweden | 48.8 | Q |
| 3 | Luigi Paterlini | Italy | 49.2 | Q |
| 4 | Rolf Back | Finland | 49.2 | |
| 5 | Oscar Soetewey | Belgium | 51.4 | |
| | René Leroux | France | DNS | |

### Heats

23 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Leslie Lewis | Great Britain | 49.8 | Q |
| 2 | Ragnar Graeffe | Finland | 50.1 | Q |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Derek Pugh | Great Britain | 49.5 | Q |
| 2 | Guðmundur Lárusson | Iceland | 49.8 | Q |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jacques Lunis | France | 48.9 | Q |
| 2 | Gösta Brännström | Sweden | 49.7 | Q |
| 3 | Jean-Baptiste Peeters | Belgium | 50.8 | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | Sweden | 48.8 | Q |
| 2 | Rolf Back | Finland | 49.0 | Q |
| 3 | Aleš Poděbrad | Czechoslovakia | 49.7 | |

**Heat 5**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luigi Paterlini | Italy | 49.0 | Q |
| 2 | René Leroux | France | 49.3 | Q |
| 3 | Zvonko Sabolović | Yugoslavia | 49.5 | |

**Heat 6**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Antonio Siddi | Italy | 49.7 | Q |
| 2 | Oscar Soetewey | Belgium | 49.8 | Q |
| 3 | Lazar Milosevski | Yugoslavia | 50.6 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (2)
