1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

1966 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 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]

Medalists[]

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

Results[]

Final[]

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[]

31 August

Semi-final 1[]

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		Netherlands	54.8
7	Deidre Watkinson	Great Britain	55.7
8		Poland	56.8

Semi-final 2[]

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		Netherlands	54.9
7		Norway	55.4
8	Paola Pigni	Italy	55.6

Heats[]

30 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paola Pigni	Italy	54.8	Q
2	Karin Wallgren	Sweden	55.3	Q
3		Poland	55.7	Q
4		Yugoslavia	55.8
5		Soviet Union	56.3
6		Albania	59.3	NR

Heat 2[]

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		East Germany	56.0

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	54.6	Q
2		Netherlands	54.9	Q
3		Norway	55.1	Q
4		Soviet Union	55.2
5		Yugoslavia	55.2
6		Belgium	57.6	NR

Heat 4[]

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

Heat 5[]

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		Czechoslovakia	55.3
6	Celina Gerwin	Poland	55.9

Participation[]

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

References[]