1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1966.[1]

Women's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Anna Chmelková
  Czechoslovakia
Silver Antónia Munkácsi
  Hungary
Bronze Monique Noirot
  France

Results

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Final

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1 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Anna Chmelková   Czechoslovakia 52.9 CR NR
  Antónia Munkácsi   Hungary 53.9
  Monique Noirot   France 54.0
4 Lyudmila Samotyosova   Soviet Union 54.0
5 Helga Henning   West Germany 54.1 NR
6 Berit Berthelsen   Norway 54.1 NR
7 Zsuzsa Szabó   Hungary 54.3
8 Lia Louer   Netherlands 55.0

Semi-finals

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31 August

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Zsuzsa Szabó   Hungary 54.0 Q
2 Anna Chmelková   Czechoslovakia 54.0 Q
3 Berit Berthelsen   Norway 54.2 NR Q
4 Lia Louer   Netherlands 54.4 Q
5 Karin Wallgren   Sweden 54.5 NR
6 Hilda Slaman   Netherlands 54.8
7 Deidre Watkinson   Great Britain 55.7
8 Grażyna Chodorek   Poland 56.8

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antónia Munkácsi   Hungary 53.9 Q
2 Monique Noirot   France 54.0 Q
3 Helga Henning   West Germany 54.2 Q
4 Lyudmila Samotyosova   Soviet Union 54.2 Q
5 Rosemary Stirling   Great Britain 54.5
6 Stans Brehm   Netherlands 54.9
7 Tove Bakkejord   Norway 55.4
8 Paola Pigni   Italy 55.6

Heats

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30 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paola Pigni   Italy 54.8 Q
2 Karin Wallgren   Sweden 55.3 Q
3 Grażyna Chodorek   Poland 55.7 Q
4 Ljiljana Petnjarić   Yugoslavia 55.8
5 Lilita Zāģere   Soviet Union 56.3
6 Adile Dani   Albania 59.3 NR

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anna Chmelková   Czechoslovakia 53.6 NR Q
2 Lia Louer   Netherlands 54.5 Q
3 Deidre Watkinson   Great Britain 54.9 Q
4 Sára Szenteleki   Hungary 54.9
5 Maeve Kyle   Ireland 55.4
6 Brigitte Flach   East Germany 56.0

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Zsuzsa Szabó   Hungary 54.6 Q
2 Stans Brehm   Netherlands 54.9 Q
3 Tove Bakkejord   Norway 55.1 Q
4 Natalya Runova   Soviet Union 55.2
5 Ika Maričić   Yugoslavia 55.2
6 Francine Peyskens   Belgium 57.6 NR

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rosemary Stirling   Great Britain 54.2 Q
2 Berit Berthelsen   Norway 54.4 Q
3 Hilda Slaman   Netherlands 54.7 Q
4 Évelyne Lebret   France 55.0
5 Libuše Macounová   Czechoslovakia 55.4
6 Donata Govoni   Italy 55.9

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antónia Munkácsi   Hungary 54.0 Q
2 Monique Noirot   France 54.4 Q
3 Helga Henning   West Germany 54.5 Q
4 Lyudmila Samotyosova   Soviet Union 54.6 Q
5 Libuše Eichlerová   Czechoslovakia 55.3
6 Celina Gerwin   Poland 55.9

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014