1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Benito Mussolini
Location	Turin
Dates	7 September (heats) 8 September (final)
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	47.9
Medalists
Adolf Metzner    Germany   Pierre Skawinski    France   Bertil von Wachenfeldt    Sweden

1934 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men
200 m	men
400 m
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
4 × 100 m relay	men
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's 400 metres at the 1934 European Athletics Championships was held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini on 7 and 8 September 1934.^[1]

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Adolf Metzner	Germany	47.9	CR
	Pierre Skawinski	France	48.0
	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	48.0	NR
4	Ettore Tavernari	Italy	48.6	NR
5	Raymond Boisset	France	48.9
6	Mario Rabaglino	Italy	NT

7 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adolf Metzner	Germany	48.3	CR, Q
2	Mario Rabaglino	Italy	49.0	Q
3	Karel Knenický	Czechoslovakia	49.1	NR
4	Sven Strömberg	Sweden	49.4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Raymond Boisset	France	48.9	Q
2	Ettore Tavernari	Italy	49.0	Q
3	László Barsi	Hungary	49.3
4	Miroslav Hruska	Czechoslovakia	50.4
5	Vladas Bakunas	Lithuania	NT

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Skawinski	France	48.5	Q
2	Bertil von Wachenfeldt	Sweden	49.1	Q
3	Börje Strandvall	Finland	49.2
4	Jean Krombach	Luxembourg	50.2

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.