| Men's 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships |
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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.
Medalists
| Gold | Vyacheslav Skomorokhov Soviet Union
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| Silver | John Sherwood Great Britain
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| Bronze | Andy Todd Great Britain
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Results
Final
18 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | Soviet Union |
49.70 | |
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John Sherwood | Great Britain |
50.10 | |
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Andy Todd | Great Britain |
50.38 | |
| 4 | Hansjörg Wirz |  Switzerland |
50.8 | |
| 5 | François Huard |  France |
51.1 | |
| 6 | Wilhelm Weistand |  Poland |
51.2 | |
| 7 | Tadeusz Kulczycki | Poland |
51.3 | |
| 8 | Giorgio Ballati |  Italy |
52.4 |
Heats
16 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | Soviet Union |
50.9 | Q |
| 2 | François Huard | France |
51.6 | Q |
| 3 | Andy Todd | Great Britain |
51.6 | Q |
| 4 | Stavros Tziortzis |  Greece |
52.4 | |
| 5 | Zdzisław Serafin | Poland |
53.5 | |
| 6 | Alberto Matos |  Portugal |
53.6 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hansjörg Wirz | Switzerland |
51.3 | Q |
| 2 | John Sherwood | Great Britain |
51.4 | Q |
| 3 | Tadeusz Kulczycki | Poland |
51.4 | Q |
| 4 | Karel Brems |  Belgium |
52.5 | |
| 5 | Zoran Majstorović |  Yugoslavia |
52.8 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgio Ballati | Italy |
51.20 | Q |
| 2 | Wilhelm Weistand | Poland |
51.60 | Q |
| 3 | Zsoltan Ringhoffer |  Hungary |
51.80 | |
| 4 | Anatoliy Kazakov | Soviet Union |
52.20 | |
| 5 | Khristo Gergov |  Bulgaria |
53.40 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- France (1)
- Greece (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Italy (1)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014
| 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships | |
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| European Athletics Championships champions in men's 400 metres hurdles | |
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