Final time 1. Salvatore Morale Italy 50.14s 2. Georgiy Chevychalov Soviet Union 51.80s 3. Elio Catalo Italy 52.33s 4. Wiesław Król Poland 52.76s 5. John Cooper Great Britain 53.3s 6. Valeriu Jurcă Romania 53.7s 17 athletes Venue: Vasil Levski stadium.

index Athletics Sofia 1961 Men 100m Men High Jump Women 100m Men 200m Men Pole Vault Women 200m Men 400m Men Long Jump Women 800m Men 800m Men Triple Jump Women 80m Hurdles Men 1500m Men Discus Throw Women High Jump Men 5000m Men Hammer Throw Women Long Jump Men 110m Hurdles Men Javelin Throw Women Discus Throw Men 400m Hurdles Men Shot Put Women Shot Put Men 4x100m Relay Men Decathlon Women Javelin Throw Men 4x400m Relay Women 4x100m Relay

Heat 1 time 1. Salvatore Morale Italy 51.65s Q 2. Wiesław Król Poland 52.74s Q 3. Albert Grawitz West Germany 52.87s 4. Michael Robinson Great Britain 53.17s 5. Jacques Pennewaert Belgium 53.25s 6. Raúl Fernández Cuba 55.3s Heat 2 time 1. Georgiy Chevychalov Soviet Union 53.07s Q 2. Elio Catalo Italy 53.65s Q 3. Miroslav Jaroš Czechoslovakia 53.9s 4. Janusz Wolf Poland 54.0s 5. Dimitar Dimitrov Bulgaria 54.2s 6. Aydin Tunali Turkey 57.9s

Heat 3 time 1. Valeriu Jurcă Romania 53.26s Q 2. John Cooper Great Britain 53.42s Q 3. Keiko Iijima Japan 53.47s 4. Jürgen Demmel West Germany 54.2s 5. Abdul Saleh Indonesia 55.9s

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