The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962.
Medalists Gold Salvatore Morale Silver Jörg Neumann Bronze Helmut Janz
Results Final 14 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Salvatore Morale 49.2 WR Jörg Neumann 50.3 Helmut Janz 50.5 4 Jussi Rintamäki 50.8 5 Boris Kryunov 51.3 6 Vasyl Anisimov 54.2
Semi-finals 13 September
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Salvatore Morale 50.0 CR Q 2 Jörg Neumann 50.6 Q 3 Boris Kryunov 50.9 Q 4 Edmond Van Praagh 51.3 NR 5 Bruno Galliker 51.3 6 Joachim Singer 51.4
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vasyl Anisimov 51.0 Q 2 Jussi Rintamäki 51.0 Q 3 Helmut Janz 51.1 Q 4 Georgiy Chevychalov 51.6 5 Chris Surety 52.0 6 Valeriu Jurcă 52.8
Heats 12 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Helmut Janz 51.0 Q 2 Boris Kryunov 51.7 Q 3 Valeriu Jurcă 52.0 Q 4 Helmut Haid 52.7 5 Hannu Ehoniemi 52.8 6 Fahir Özgüden 54.4
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Salvatore Morale 51.4 Q 2 Jussi Rintamäki 52.4 Q 3 Chris Surety 52.8 Q 4 Dimitar Dimitrov 53.1 5 François Van Cauwenbergh 53.5 6 Athanasios Mylonopoulos 54.9
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Edmond Van Praagh 51.4 NR Q 2 Georgiy Chevychalov 52.0 Q 3 Joachim Singer 52.0 Q 4 John Cooper 52.4 5 Zdzisław Kumiszcze 52.6
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vasyl Anisimov 51.8 Q 2 Bruno Galliker 52.2 Q 3 Jörg Neumann 52.8 Q 4 Robin Woodland 53.1 5 Jan Gulbrandsen 53.8
Participation According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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