The men's 400 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16, 17, and 18 September 1969.
Medalists Gold Jan Werner Silver Jean-Claude Nallet Bronze Stanisław Grędziński
Results Final 18 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jan Werner 45.75 CR Jean-Claude Nallet 45.81 Stanisław Grędziński 45.83 4 Jacques Carette 45.92 5 Aleksandr Bratchikov 45.94 NR 6 Andrzej Badeński 46.09 7 Boris Savchuk 46.38 8 Sergio Bello 46.63
Semi-finals 17 September
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrzej Badeński 46.4 Q 2 Jean-Claude Nallet 46.6 Q 3 Jacques Carette 46.7 Q 4 Boris Savchuk 46.7 Q 5 Claudio Trachelio 46.9 6 John Robertson 47.0 7 Martin Winbolt-Lewis 47.2 8 Yuriy Zorin 47.8
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Stanisław Grędziński 46.4 Q 2 Aleksandr Bratchikov 46.5 Q 3 Jan Werner 46.5 Q 4 Sergio Bello 47.0 Q 5 Colin Campbell 47.2 6 Gilles Bertould 47.2 7 Ulf Rönner 47.4 8 Manuel Gayoso 47.6
Heats 16 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andrzej Badeński 46.9 Q 2 Claudio Trachelio 47.0 Q 3 Boris Savchuk 47.3 Q 4 Gilles Bertould 47.6 Q 5 Luciano Sušanj 48.4 6 Georgi Bozhkov 48.5
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean-Claude Nallet 47.8 Q 2 Jan Werner 47.8 Q 3 John Robertson 47.8 Q 4 Manuel Gayoso 48.1 Q 5 Emile Jung 48.6
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Stanisław Grędziński 46.6 Q 2 Aleksandr Bratchikov 46.7 Q 3 Colin Campbell 46.8 Q 4 Sergio Bello 47.2 Q 5 Willy Vandenwyngaerden 47.5 6 Richard Simonsen 47.8 7 Haris Dimitriou 48.8
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yuriy Zorin 46.5 Q 2 Jacques Carette 46.7 Q 3 Martin Winbolt-Lewis 46.7 Q 4 Ulf Rönner 46.9 Q 5 Barcelo de Carvalho 47.2 6 Ramon Magarinos 48.0
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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