1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women'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]

Women's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Mariya Itkina
  Soviet Union
Silver Joy Grieveson
  Great Britain
Bronze Tilly van der Zwaard
  Netherlands

Results

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Final

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14 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mariya Itkina   Soviet Union 53.4 WR
  Joy Grieveson   Great Britain 53.9 NR
  Tilly van der Zwaard   Netherlands 54.4 NR
4 Helga Henning   West Germany 54.6 NR
5 Yekaterina Parlyuk   Soviet Union 54.9
6 Maeve Kyle   Ireland 57.5

Semi-finals

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13 September

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mariya Itkina   Soviet Union 54.3 Q
2 Tilly van der Zwaard   Netherlands 54.6 NR Q
3 Maeve Kyle   Ireland 55.4 Q
4 Bärbel Reinnagel   East Germany 55.7
5 Janina Hasse   Poland 56.1
6 Pam Piercy   Great Britain 57.4

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joy Grieveson   Great Britain 54.2 NR Q
2 Yekaterina Parlyuk   Soviet Union 54.3 Q
3 Helga Henning   West Germany 54.7 NR Q
4 Antónia Munkácsi   Hungary 55.3 NR
5 Vera Kummerfeld   West Germany 55.6
6 Nadja Simic   Yugoslavia 56.4 NR
7 Jean Sorrell   Great Britain 56.9

Heats

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12 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yekaterina Parlyuk   Soviet Union 54.9 Q
2 Maeve Kyle   Ireland 55.1 Q
3 Vera Kummerfeld   West Germany 55.7 Q
4 Evelyne Lebret   France 56.2 NR
5 Libuše Králíčková   Czechoslovakia 56.3 NR

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joy Grieveson   Great Britain 54.8 Q
2 Bärbel Reinnagel   East Germany 55.5 Q
3 Janina Hasse   Poland 55.7 Q
4 Vera Mukhanova   Soviet Union 55.8
5 Tsvetana Isaeva   Bulgaria 57.1

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mariya Itkina   Soviet Union 54.4 Q
2 Tilly van der Zwaard   Netherlands 55.4 Q
3 Nadja Simic   Yugoslavia 56.5 Q
3 Pam Piercy   Great Britain 56.5 Q

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean Sorrell   Great Britain 55.5 Q
2 Helga Henning   West Germany 55.7 Q
3 Antónia Munkácsi   Hungary 55.8 Q
4 Delma Savorelli   Italy 56.9

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014