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.

Results Heats 30 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paola Pigni 54.8 Q 2 Karin Wallgren 55.3 Q 3 Grażyna Chodorek 55.7 Q 4 Ljiljana Petnjarić 55.8 5 Lilita Zāģere 56.3 6 Adile Dani 59.3 NR

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anna Chmelková 53.6 NR Q 2 Lia Louer 54.5 Q 3 Deidre Watkinson 54.9 Q 4 Sára Szenteleki 54.9 5 Maeve Kyle 55.4 6 Brigitte Flach 56.0

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Zsuzsa Szabó 54.6 Q 2 Stans Brehm 54.9 Q 3 Tove Bakkejord 55.1 Q 4 Natalya Runova 55.2 5 Ika Maričić 55.2 6 Francine Peyskens 57.6 NR

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rosemary Stirling 54.2 Q 2 Berit Berthelsen 54.4 Q 3 Hilda Slaman 54.7 Q 4 Évelyne Lebret 55.0 5 Libuše Macounová 55.4 6 Donata Govoni 55.9

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antónia Munkácsi 54.0 Q 2 Monique Noirot 54.4 Q 3 Helga Henning 54.5 Q 4 Lyudmila Samotyosova 54.6 Q 5 Libuše Eichlerová 55.3 6 Celina Gerwin 55.9

Semi-finals 31 August

Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Zsuzsa Szabó 54.0 Q 2 Anna Chmelková 54.0 Q 3 Berit Berthelsen 54.2 NR Q 4 Lia Louer 54.4 Q 5 Karin Wallgren 54.5 NR 6 Hilda Slaman 54.8 7 Deidre Watkinson 55.7 8 Grażyna Chodorek 56.8

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antónia Munkácsi 53.9 Q 2 Monique Noirot 54.0 Q 3 Helga Henning 54.2 Q 4 Lyudmila Samotyosova 54.2 Q 5 Rosemary Stirling 54.5 6 Stans Brehm 54.9 7 Tove Bakkejord 55.4 8 Paola Pigni 55.6

Final 1 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Anna Chmelková 52.9 CR NR Antónia Munkácsi 53.9 Monique Noirot 54.0 4 Lyudmila Samotyosova 54.0 5 Helga Henning 54.1 NR 6 Berit Berthelsen 54.1 NR 7 Zsuzsa Szabó 54.3 8 Lia Louer 55.0

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