1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1962 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

The women's 400 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Mariya Itkina
 Soviet Union
Silver Joy Grieveson
 United Kingdom
Bronze Tilly van der Zwaard
 Netherlands

Results

Final

14 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Mariya Itkina  Soviet Union 53.4 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Joy Grieveson  United Kingdom 53.9 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

13 September

Semi-final 1

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  United Kingdom 57.4

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joy Grieveson  United Kingdom 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  United Kingdom 56.9

Heats

12 September

Heat 1

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joy Grieveson  United Kingdom 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

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  United Kingdom 56.5 Q

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean Sorrell  United Kingdom 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

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

References

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