1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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.^[1]

Medalists

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anatoliy Yulin	Soviet Union	50.5	CR
	Yuriy Lituyev	Soviet Union	50.8
	Sven-Oswald Mildh	Finland	51.5	NR
4	Guy Cury	France	51.8
5	Bob Shaw	Great Britain	52.3	NR
6	Antal Lippay	Hungary	52.4	NR

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anatoliy Yulin	Soviet Union	51.6	Q
2	Guy Cury	France	51.7	Q
3	Sven-Oswald Mildh	Finland	51.8	NR Q
4	Sven Olov Eriksson	Sweden	52.0
5	Armando Filiput	Italy	52.3
6	Kurt Bonah	West Germany	53.4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yuriy Lituyev	Soviet Union	52.3	Q
2	Bob Shaw	Great Britain	52.5	Q
3	Antal Lippay	Hungary	52.6	Q
4	Robert Bart	France	52.7
5	Ilie Savel	Romania	53.3
6	Lars Ylander	Sweden	54.9

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sven Olov Eriksson	Sweden	53.1	Q
2	Armando Filiput	Italy	54.0	Q
3	Jan Borgersen	Norway	54.8
4	José Fórmiga	Spain	55.3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yuriy Lituyev	Soviet Union	51.1	CR Q
2	Kurt Bonah	West Germany	54.0	Q
3	Gerald Wicher	Austria	55.9
4	Aydin Tunali	Turkey	60.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anatoliy Yulin	Soviet Union	52.1	Q
2	Robert Bart	France	52.7	Q
3	Harry Kane	Great Britain	52.7
4	Karl Borgula	Switzerland	55.3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bob Shaw	Great Britain	53.4	Q
2	Ilie Savel	Romania	54.0	Q
3	Josef Kost	Switzerland	54.4
4	Gianfranco Fantuzzi	Italy	55.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sven-Oswald Mildh	Finland	53.6	Q
2	Lars Ylander	Sweden	53.8	Q
3	Wolfgang Fischer	West Germany	53.9
4	Gheorghe Stanel	Romania	55.3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Guy Cury	France	52.9	Q
2	Antal Lippay	Hungary	53.2	Q
3	Dirk Stoclet	Belgium	54.5
4	Rudolf Haidegger	Austria	55.3

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.