| Event: | Men's 400 metres hurdles |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.
| Gold | Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | |
| Silver | John Sherwood | |
| Bronze | Andy Todd |
18 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 49.70 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 50.10 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 50.38 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 50.8 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.1 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.2 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 51.3 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 52.4 |
16 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 50.9 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 51.6 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 51.6 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 52.4 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 53.5 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 53.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 51.3 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 51.4 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 51.4 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 52.5 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 52.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 51.20 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 51.60 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.80 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 52.20 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 53.40 |
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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