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 Silver Jacques Lunis Bronze Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt
Results Final 25 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Derek Pugh 47.3 CR Jacques Lunis 47.6 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt 47.9 4 Guðmundur Lárusson 48.1 5 Leslie Lewis 48.7 6 Luigi Paterlini 48.9
Semi-finals 24 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques Lunis 47.8 Q 2 Leslie Lewis 47.9 Q 3 Guðmundur Lárusson 48.0 NR Q 4 Gösta Brännström 48.5 5 Antonio Siddi 48.9 6 Ragnar Graeffe 49.5
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Pugh 48.6 Q 2 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt 48.8 Q 3 Luigi Paterlini 49.2 Q 4 Rolf Back 49.2 5 Oscar Soetewey 51.4 René Leroux DNS
Heats 23 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Leslie Lewis 49.8 Q 2 Ragnar Graeffe 50.1 Q
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Derek Pugh 49.5 Q 2 Guðmundur Lárusson 49.8 Q
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques Lunis 48.9 Q 2 Gösta Brännström 49.7 Q 3 Jean-Baptiste Peeters 50.8
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt 48.8 Q 2 Rolf Back 49.0 Q 3 Aleš Poděbrad 49.7
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Luigi Paterlini 49.0 Q 2 René Leroux 49.3 Q 3 Zvonko Sabolović 49.5
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antonio Siddi 49.7 Q 2 Oscar Soetewey 49.8 Q 3 Lazar Milosevski 50.6
Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.
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