1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 4 September 1938.^[1]

Gold	Prudent Joye  France
Silver	József Kovács  Hungary
Bronze	Kell Areskoug  Sweden

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Prudent Joye	France	53.1	CR
	József Kovács	Hungary	53.3
	Kell Areskoug	Sweden	53.6
4	Georg Glaw	Germany	54.2
5	Friedrich-Wilhelm Holling	Germany	54.6
6	Werner Kellerhals	Switzerland	55.0

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Prudent Joye	France	53.7	Q
2	Kell Areskoug	Sweden	56.1	Q
3	Per Riis	Norway	56.5
4	Jack Barnes	Great Britain	57.3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Werner Kellerhals	Switzerland	54.8	NR, Q
2	Georg Glaw	Germany	55.4	Q
3	Christos Mantikas	Greece	55.5
4	Jacques André	France	58.5
	Jules Bosmans	Belgium	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Friedrich-Wilhelm Holling	Germany	54.6	Q
2	József Kovács	Hungary	54.8	Q
3	Giuseppe Russo	Italy	54.8
4	Werner Christen	Switzerland	56.3

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.