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 Silver John Salisbury Bronze Karl-Friedrich Haas

Results Final 21 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes John Wrighton 46.3 CR NR John Salisbury 46.5 Karl-Friedrich Haas 47.0 4 Carl Kaufmann 47.0 5 Alf Petersson 47.5 6 Stanisław Swatowski 47.8

Semi-finals 20 August

Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 John Wrighton 46.9 Q 2 Karl-Friedrich Haas 47.5 Q 3 Bernard Dibonda 48.0 4 Csaba Csutorás 48.0 5 Pentti Rekola 48.1 6 Gerard Mach 48.5

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 John Salisbury 46.8 Q 2 Carl Kaufmann 47.2 Q 3 Voitto Hellstén 47.2 4 Bruno Urben 47.5 5 Lennart Jonsson 47.7 6 Valentin Rakhmanov 48.5

Semi-final 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Stanisław Swatowski 47.1 Q 2 Alf Petersson 47.4 NR Q 3 René Weber 47.4 4 Viktor Šnajder 47.5 NR 5 Traian Sudrigean 48.0 6 Mikhail Nikolskiy 48.1

Heats 19 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 John Salisbury 47.8 Q 2 Csaba Csutorás 47.9 Q 3 René Weber 48.2 Q 4 Renato Panciera 49.0

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Carl Kaufmann 48.0 Q 2 Gerard Mach 48.3 Q 3 Traian Sudrigean 48.8 Q 4 Mario Fraschini 49.0

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lennart Jonsson 48.3 Q 2 Mikhail Nikolskiy 48.3 Q 3 Stanisław Swatowski 48.4 Q 4 Louis De Clerck 48.9

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alf Petersson 47.8 Q 2 Viktor Šnajder 47.9 Q 3 John Wrighton 47.9 Q 4 Michael Gialanze 53.4

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Karl-Friedrich Haas 48.2 Q 2 Bruno Urben 48.4 Q 3 Pentti Rekola 48.4 Q 4 Jaroslav Jirásek 48.6 5 Richard Stiger 49.0

Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valentin Rakhmanov 48.1 Q 2 Bernard Dibonda 48.7 Q 3 Voitto Hellstén 48.9 Q 4 Vasilios Syllis 49.2 5 Fahir Özgüden 49.8

Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

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