Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metres

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The women's 400 metres was the second-longest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October, 16 October, and 17 October 1964. 23 athletes from 17 nations entered. The first round was held on 15 October, the semifinals on 16 October, and the final on 17 October.

The 1964 Summer Olympics were the first to feature the women's 400 metres.

Contents 1 Medallists 2 Results 2.1 First round 2.1.1 First round, heat 1 2.1.2 First round, heat 2 2.1.3 First round, heat 3 2.2 Semifinals 2.2.1 Semifinal 1 2.2.2 Semifinal 2 2.3 Final 3 References

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Betty Cuthbert Australia	Ann Packer Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Judy Amoore Australia

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

The top five runners in each of the 3 heats advanced, as well as the next fastest runner from across the heats.

[edit] First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Antonia Munkacsi	Hungary	54.4 seconds OR
2	M. C. van der Zwaard	Netherlands	54.8 seconds
3	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	56.0 seconds
4	Elizabeth Grieveson	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56.8 seconds
5	Ogawa Kiyoko	Japan	57.6 seconds
6	Stephie D'Souza	India	58.0 seconds
7	Erna Maisack	Unified Team of Germany	58.6 seconds
8	Aldaanish Ramazan	Mongolia	1:00.8

[edit] First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Maria Itkina	Soviet Union	54.9 seconds
2	Margret Buscher	Unified Team of Germany	55.3 seconds
3	Una Morris	Jamaica	55.3 seconds
4	Maeve Kyle	Ireland	55.4 seconds
5	Janell Smith	United States	55.5 seconds
6	Patricia Kippax	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55.5 seconds
7	Abigal Hoffman	Canada	55.9 seconds
8	Samroey Charanggool	Thailand	1:04.0

[edit] First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ann Packer	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53.1 seconds OR
2	Judy Amoore	Australia	53.8 seconds
3	Evelyne Lebret	France	54.8 seconds
4	Gertrud Schmidt	Unified Team of Germany	55.1 seconds
5	Olga Kazi	Hungary	56.5 seconds
6	M. Rajamani	Malaysia	57.8 seconds
7	Han Myung Hee	Korea	58.7 seconds

[edit] Semifinals

The fastest four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

[edit] Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ann Packer	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52.7 seconds OR
2	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	53.8 seconds
3	Antonia Munkacsi	Hungary	54.0 seconds
4	Evelyne Lebret	France	54.5 seconds
5	Elizabeth Grieveson	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54.8 seconds
6	Una Morris	Jamaica	54.9 seconds
7	Margret Buscher	Unified Team of Germany	55.2 seconds
8	Ogawa Kiyoko	Japan	57.1 seconds

[edit] Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Judy Amoore	Australia	53.3 seconds
2	Maria Itkina	Soviet Union	53.5 seconds
3	M. C. van der Zwaard	Netherlands	54.1 seconds
4	Gertrud Schmidt	Unified Team of Germany	54.2 seconds
5	Patricia Kippax	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54.4 seconds
6	Janell Smith	United States	54.5 seconds
7	Maeve Kyle	Ireland	55.3 seconds
—	Olga Kazi	Hungary	Did not start

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	52.0 seconds OR
2	Ann Packer	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52.2 seconds
3	Judy Amoore	Australia	53.4 seconds
4	Antonia Munkacsi	Hungary	54.4 seconds
5	Maria Itkina	Soviet Union	54.6 seconds
6	M. C. van der Zwaard	Netherlands	55.2 seconds
7	Gertrud Schmidt	Unified Team of Germany	55.4 seconds
8	Evelyne Lebret	France	55.5 seconds

[edit] References

• Official Report

The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's	100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase | 4x100 m | 4x400 m | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | decathlon | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer
Women's	100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 80 m hurdles | 4x100 m | pentathlon | long jump | high jump | shot put | discus | javelin