# 1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962.

## Medalists

| Gold | Robbie Brightwell Great Britain |
| Silver | Manfred Kinder West Germany |
| Bronze | Hans-Joachim Reske West Germany |

## Results
### Final

14 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Robbie Brightwell | Great Britain | 45.9 | CR |
| | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 46.1 | |
| | Hans-Joachim Reske | West Germany | 46.4 | |
| 4 | Adrian Metcalfe | Great Britain | 46.4 | |
| 5 | Barry Jackson | Great Britain | 46.6 | |
| 6 | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 47.4 | |

### Semi-finals

13 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robbie Brightwell | Great Britain | 46.4 | Q |
| 2 | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 46.5 | Q |
| 3 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 46.6 | |
| 4 | Jacques Pennewaert | Belgium | 46.8 | |
| 5 | Sergio Bello | Italy | 47.8 | |
| 6 | Viktor Bychkov | Soviet Union | 48.3 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hans-Joachim Reske | West Germany | 46.1 | CR Q |
| 2 | Adrian Metcalfe | Great Britain | 46.2 | Q |
| 3 | Jerzy Kowalski | Poland | 46.3 | |
| 4 | Vadym Arkhypchuk | Soviet Union | 46.7 | |
| 5 | Mario Fraschini | Italy | 47.0 | |
| 6 | Ronny Sunesson | Sweden | 47.4 | |

#### Semi-final 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 46.5 | Q |
| 2 | Barry Jackson | Great Britain | 46.5 | Q |
| 3 | Hans-Olof Johansson | Sweden | 46.7 | |
| 4 | Hansrüdi Bruder | Switzerland | 46.9 | |
| 5 | Vittorio Barberis | Italy | 47.9 | |
| | Jean Bertozzi | France | DNS | |

### Heats

12 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 48.3 | Q |
| 2 | Vittorio Barberis | Italy | 48.4 | Q |
| 3 | Jerzy Kowalski | Poland | 49.8 | Q |
| 4 | Rudi Matt | Liechtenstein | 50.5 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vadym Arkhypchuk | Soviet Union | 47.4 | Q |
| 2 | Jacques Pennewaert | Belgium | 47.4 | Q |
| 3 | Sergio Bello | Italy | 47.6 | Q |
| 4 | Bengt-Göran Fernström | Sweden | 47.7 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 47.1 | Q |
| 2 | Barry Jackson | Great Britain | 47.7 | Q |
| 3 | Viktor Bychkov | Soviet Union | 48.2 | Q |
| 4 | Vasilios Syllis | Greece | 48.4 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hans-Joachim Reske | West Germany | 46.9 | Q |
| 2 | Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 47.4 | Q |
| 3 | Jean Bertozzi | France | 47.6 | Q |
| 4 | Gürkan Çevik | Turkey | 50.0 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robbie Brightwell | Great Britain | 46.6 | Q |
| 2 | Hans-Olof Johansson | Sweden | 47.2 | Q |
| 3 | Mario Fraschini | Italy | 47.3 | Q |
| 4 | Miloje Grujić | Yugoslavia | 47.5 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hansrüdi Bruder | Switzerland | 47.5 | Q |
| 2 | Adrian Metcalfe | Great Britain | 47.6 | Q |
| 3 | Ronny Sunesson | Sweden | 47.6 | Q |
| 4 | Miroslav Bosnar | Yugoslavia | 48.0 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (3)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (2)