The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 12 August 1971.

Medalists Gold Jean-Claude Nallet Silver Christian Rudolph Bronze Dmitriy Stukalov

Results Final 12 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jean-Claude Nallet 49.15 CR Christian Rudolph 49.34 NR Dmitriy Stukalov 50.04 4 Dieter Büttner 50.09 5 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko 50.51 6 Ari Salin 50.57 7 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov 50.84 8 Ivan Danis 51.78

Semi-finals 11 August

Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko 50.15 Q 2 Jean-Claude Nallet 50.35 Q 3 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov 50.42 Q 4 Ivan Danis 50.63 NR Q 5 Gerd Hennige 50.87 6 Jaakko Tuominen 51.13 7 Giorgio Ballati 51.50 8 Michel Montgermont 52.77

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Rudolph 49.82 Q 2 Dieter Büttner 50.21 Q 3 Dmitriy Stukalov 50.34 Q 4 Ari Salin 50.41 Q 5 Werner Reibert 50.45 6 Tadeusz Kulczycki 51.16 7 Heinz Hofer 51.56 8 Lucien Baggio 51.82

Heats 10 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yevgeniy Gavrilenko 50.79 Q 2 Heinz Hofer 51.08 Q 3 Ari Salin 51.28 Q 4 Lucien Baggio 51.29 Q 5 Zdzisław Serafin 51.53 6 Kenth Öhman 51.92 7 Ladislav Kárský 51.95

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov 50.48 Q 2 Dieter Büttner 50.64 Q 3 Ivan Danis 50.74 Q 4 Giorgio Ballati 51.07 Q 5 Jürgen Laser 51.38 6 Torsten Torstensson 51.85 7 Witold Banaszak 51.91 8 John Sherwood 52.61

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Rudolph 50.48 Q 2 Werner Reibert 51.04 Q 3 Tadeusz Kulczycki 51.11 Q 4 Michel Montgermont 51.40 Q 5 Francisco Suárez 51.77 6 David Scharer 51.98 7 Daniele Giovanardi 52.00 8 Alberto Matos 52.26

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean-Claude Nallet 50.69 Q 2 Dmitriy Stukalov 50.78 Q 3 Jaakko Tuominen 51.21 Q 4 Gerd Hennige 51.23 Q 5 Manuel Soriano 51.39 6 Håkan Öberg 51.72 7 Ion Ratoi 52.10 8 John Dillon 58.42

Participation According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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