1962 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
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
20 km walk	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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962.^[1]

Gold	Robbie Brightwell  Great Britain
Silver	Manfred Kinder  West Germany
Bronze	Hans-Joachim Reske  West Germany

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Robbie Brightwell	Great Britain	45.9	CR
	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	46.1
	Hans-Joachim Reske	West Germany	46.4
4	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	46.4
5	Barry Jackson	Great Britain	46.6
6	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	47.4

13 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robbie Brightwell	Great Britain	46.4	Q
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	46.5	Q
3	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	46.6
4	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	46.8
5	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.8
6	Viktor Bychkov	Soviet Union	48.3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Joachim Reske	West Germany	46.1	CR Q
2	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	46.2	Q
3	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	46.3
4	Vadym Arkhypchuk	Soviet Union	46.7
5	Mario Fraschini	Italy	47.0
6	Ronny Sunesson	Sweden	47.4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	46.5	Q
2	Barry Jackson	Great Britain	46.5	Q
3	Hans-Olof Johansson	Sweden	46.7
4	Hansrüdi Bruder	Switzerland	46.9
5	Vittorio Barberis	Italy	47.9
	Jean Bertozzi	France	DNS

12 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	48.3	Q
2	Vittorio Barberis	Italy	48.4	Q
3	Jerzy Kowalski	Poland	49.8	Q
4	Rudi Matt	Liechtenstein	50.5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vadym Arkhypchuk	Soviet Union	47.4	Q
2	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	47.4	Q
3	Sergio Bello	Italy	47.6	Q
4	Bengt-Göran Fernström	Sweden	47.7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	47.1	Q
2	Barry Jackson	Great Britain	47.7	Q
3	Viktor Bychkov	Soviet Union	48.2	Q
4	Vasilios Syllis	Greece	48.4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Joachim Reske	West Germany	46.9	Q
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	47.4	Q
3	Jean Bertozzi	France	47.6	Q
4	Gürkan Çevik	Turkey	50.0

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robbie Brightwell	Great Britain	46.6	Q
2	Hans-Olof Johansson	Sweden	47.2	Q
3	Mario Fraschini	Italy	47.3	Q
4	Miloje Grujić	Yugoslavia	47.5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hansrüdi Bruder	Switzerland	47.5	Q
2	Adrian Metcalfe	Great Britain	47.6	Q
3	Ronny Sunesson	Sweden	47.6	Q
4	Miroslav Bosnar	Yugoslavia	48.0

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.