The men's 400 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11, 12, and 13 August 1971.
Medalists Gold David Jenkins Silver Marcello Fiasconaro Bronze Jan Werner
Results Final 13 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Jenkins 45.45 CR NR Marcello Fiasconaro 45.49 CR NR Jan Werner 45.57 4 Markku Kukkoaho 45.74 NR 5 Thomas Jordan 46.01 6 Hermann Köhler 46.07 7 Aleksandr Bratchikov 46.40 8 Klaus Hauke 46.88
Semi-finals 12 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Thomas Jordan 46.29 Q 2 Hermann Köhler 46.44 Q 3 Marcello Fiasconaro 46.44 Q 4 Aleksandr Bratchikov 46.66 Q 5 Andrzej Badeński 46.80 6 Per Rom 46.92 7 Miroslav Tulis 47.05 8 Michael Fredriksson 48.4
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jan Werner 46.11 Q 2 David Jenkins 46.22 Q 3 Markku Kukkoaho 46.25 Q 4 Klaus Hauke 46.38 Q 5 Martin Jellinghaus 46.78 6 Gilles Bertould 47.23 7 Fanahan McSweeney 47.69 Waldemar Korycki DNS
Heats 11 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jan Werner 46.44 Q 2 Marcello Fiasconaro 46.49 Q 3 Gilles Bertould 46.81 Q 4 Miroslav Tulis 46.83 Q 5 Semyon Kocher 46.90
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Jenkins 46.66 Q 2 Andrzej Badeński 46.68 Q 3 Per Rom 46.73 Q 4 Hermann Köhler 46.77 Q 5 Yevgeniy Borisenko 47.12 6 Christian Nicolau 47.12 6 Miro Kocuvan 47.63 7 Anders Faager 47.32
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Klaus Hauke 46.84 Q 2 Martin Jellinghaus 46.96 Q 3 Waldemar Korycki 47.10 Q 4 Michael Fredriksson 47.44 Q 5 Giacomo Puosi 47.63 6 Hugues Roger 47.75 7 John Robertson 48.20
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Markku Kukkoaho 46.72 Q 2 Thomas Jordan 46.98 Q 3 Aleksandr Bratchikov 47.21 Q 4 Fanahan McSweeney 47.34 Q 5 René Bervoets 47.42 6 Martin Bilham 48.13
Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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