1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.

Medalists

Gold	Jean-Claude Nallet
Silver	Christian Rudolph
Bronze	Dmitriy Stukalov

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		49.15	CR
	align=left		align=left		49.34	NR
	align=left		align=left		50.04
4	align=left		align=left		50.09
5	align=left		align=left		50.51
6	align=left		align=left		50.57
7	align=left		align=left		50.84
8	align=left		align=left		51.78

Semi-finals

11 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		50.15	Q
2	align=left		align=left		50.35	Q
3	align=left		align=left		50.42	Q
4	align=left		align=left		50.63	NR Q
5	align=left		align=left		50.87
6	align=left		align=left		51.13
7	align=left		align=left		51.50
8	align=left		align=left		52.77

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		49.82	Q
2	align=left		align=left		50.21	Q
3	align=left		align=left		50.34	Q
4	align=left		align=left		50.41	Q
5	align=left		align=left		50.45
6	align=left		align=left		51.16
7	align=left		align=left		51.56
8	align=left		align=left		51.82

Heats

10 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		50.79	Q
2	align=left		align=left		51.08	Q
3	align=left		align=left		51.28	Q
4	align=left		align=left		51.29	Q
5	align=left		align=left		51.53
6	align=left		align=left		51.92
7	align=left		align=left		51.95

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		50.48	Q
2	align=left		align=left		50.64	Q
3	align=left		align=left		50.74	Q
4	align=left		align=left		51.07	Q
5	align=left		align=left		51.38
6	align=left		align=left		51.85
7	align=left		align=left		51.91
8	align=left		align=left		52.61

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		50.48	Q
2	align=left		align=left		51.04	Q
3	align=left		align=left		51.11	Q
4	align=left		align=left		51.40	Q
5	align=left		align=left		51.77
6	align=left		align=left		51.98
7	align=left		align=left		52.00
8	align=left		align=left		52.26

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		50.69	Q
2	align=left		align=left		50.78	Q
3	align=left		align=left		51.21	Q
4	align=left		align=left		51.23	Q
5	align=left		align=left		51.39
6	align=left		align=left		51.72
7	align=left		align=left		52.10
8	align=left		align=left		58.42

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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