# 1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19, 20, and 21 August 1958.

## Medalists

| Gold | John Wrighton Great Britain |
| Silver | John Salisbury Great Britain |
| Bronze | Karl-Friedrich Haas West Germany |

## Results
### Final

21 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | John Wrighton | Great Britain | 46.3 | CR NR |
| | John Salisbury | Great Britain | 46.5 | |
| | Karl-Friedrich Haas | West Germany | 47.0 | |
| 4 | Carl Kaufmann | West Germany | 47.0 | |
| 5 | Alf Petersson | Sweden | 47.5 | |
| 6 | Stanisław Swatowski | Poland | 47.8 | |

### Semi-finals

20 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Wrighton | Great Britain | 46.9 | Q |
| 2 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | West Germany | 47.5 | Q |
| 3 | Bernard Dibonda | France | 48.0 | |
| 4 | Csaba Csutorás | Hungary | 48.0 | |
| 5 | Pentti Rekola | Finland | 48.1 | |
| 6 | Gerard Mach | Poland | 48.5 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Salisbury | Great Britain | 46.8 | Q |
| 2 | Carl Kaufmann | West Germany | 47.2 | Q |
| 3 | Voitto Hellstén | Finland | 47.2 | |
| 4 | Bruno Urben | Switzerland | 47.5 | |
| 5 | Lennart Jonsson | Sweden | 47.7 | |
| 6 | Valentin Rakhmanov | Soviet Union | 48.5 | |

#### Semi-final 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stanisław Swatowski | Poland | 47.1 | Q |
| 2 | Alf Petersson | Sweden | 47.4 | NR Q |
| 3 | René Weber | Switzerland | 47.4 | |
| 4 | Viktor Šnajder | Yugoslavia | 47.5 | NR |
| 5 | Traian Sudrigean | Romania | 48.0 | |
| 6 | Mikhail Nikolskiy | Soviet Union | 48.1 | |

### Heats

19 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Salisbury | Great Britain | 47.8 | Q |
| 2 | Csaba Csutorás | Hungary | 47.9 | Q |
| 3 | René Weber | Switzerland | 48.2 | Q |
| 4 | Renato Panciera | Italy | 49.0 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carl Kaufmann | West Germany | 48.0 | Q |
| 2 | Gerard Mach | Poland | 48.3 | Q |
| 3 | Traian Sudrigean | Romania | 48.8 | Q |
| 4 | Mario Fraschini | Italy | 49.0 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lennart Jonsson | Sweden | 48.3 | Q |
| 2 | Mikhail Nikolskiy | Soviet Union | 48.3 | Q |
| 3 | Stanisław Swatowski | Poland | 48.4 | Q |
| 4 | Louis De Clerck | Belgium | 48.9 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alf Petersson | Sweden | 47.8 | Q |
| 2 | Viktor Šnajder | Yugoslavia | 47.9 | Q |
| 3 | John Wrighton | Great Britain | 47.9 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Gialanze | Malta | 53.4 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | West Germany | 48.2 | Q |
| 2 | Bruno Urben | Switzerland | 48.4 | Q |
| 3 | Pentti Rekola | Finland | 48.4 | Q |
| 4 | Jaroslav Jirásek | Czechoslovakia | 48.6 | |
| 5 | Richard Stiger | Austria | 49.0 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Valentin Rakhmanov | Soviet Union | 48.1 | Q |
| 2 | Bernard Dibonda | France | 48.7 | Q |
| 3 | Voitto Hellstén | Finland | 48.9 | Q |
| 4 | Vasilios Syllis | Greece | 49.2 | |
| 5 | Fahir Özgüden | Turkey | 49.8 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (2)
* Malta (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)