| Event: | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26, 28, and 29 August 1954.
| Gold | Anatoliy Yulin | |
| Silver | Yuriy Lituyev | |
| Bronze | Sven-Oswald Mildh |
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 50.5 | CR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 50.8 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 51.5 | NR | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.8 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 52.3 | NR | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 52.4 | NR |
28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 51.6 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 51.7 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 51.8 | NR Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 52.0 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 52.3 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 53.4 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 52.3 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 52.5 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 52.6 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 52.7 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 53.3 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 54.9 |
26 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 53.1 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 54.0 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 54.8 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 55.3 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 51.1 | CR Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 54.0 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 55.9 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 60.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 52.1 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 52.7 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 52.7 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 55.3 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 53.4 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 54.0 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 54.4 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 55.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 53.6 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 53.8 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 53.9 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 55.3 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 52.9 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 53.2 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 54.5 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 55.3 |
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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