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.
Medalists Gold Anatoliy Yulin Silver Yuriy Lituyev Bronze Sven-Oswald Mildh
Results Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Anatoliy Yulin 50.5 CR Yuriy Lituyev 50.8 Sven-Oswald Mildh 51.5 NR 4 Guy Cury 51.8 5 Bob Shaw 52.3 NR 6 Antal Lippay 52.4 NR
Semi-finals 28 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anatoliy Yulin 51.6 Q 2 Guy Cury 51.7 Q 3 Sven-Oswald Mildh 51.8 NR Q 4 Sven Olov Eriksson 52.0 5 Armando Filiput 52.3 6 Kurt Bonah 53.4
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yuriy Lituyev 52.3 Q 2 Bob Shaw 52.5 Q 3 Antal Lippay 52.6 Q 4 Robert Bart 52.7 5 Ilie Savel 53.3 6 Lars Ylander 54.9
Heats 26 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sven Olov Eriksson 53.1 Q 2 Armando Filiput 54.0 Q 3 Jan Borgersen 54.8 4 José Fórmiga 55.3
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yuriy Lituyev 51.1 CR Q 2 Kurt Bonah 54.0 Q 3 Gerald Wicher 55.9 4 Aydin Tunali 60.2
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anatoliy Yulin 52.1 Q 2 Robert Bart 52.7 Q 3 Harry Kane 52.7 4 Karl Borgula 55.3
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bob Shaw 53.4 Q 2 Ilie Savel 54.0 Q 3 Josef Kost 54.4 4 Gianfranco Fantuzzi 55.2
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sven-Oswald Mildh 53.6 Q 2 Lars Ylander 53.8 Q 3 Wolfgang Fischer 53.9 4 Gheorghe Stanel 55.3
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Guy Cury 52.9 Q 2 Antal Lippay 53.2 Q 3 Dirk Stoclet 54.5 4 Rudolf Haidegger 55.3
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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