1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1958 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 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19 and 21 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold Mariya Itkina
 Soviet Union
Silver Yekaterina Parlyuk
 Soviet Union
Bronze Moyra Hiscox
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

21 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Mariya Itkina  Soviet Union 53.7 CR
2nd Yekaterina Parlyuk  Soviet Union 54.8
3rd Moyra Hiscox  United Kingdom 55.7
4 Shirley Pirie  United Kingdom 55.7
5 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 56.3
6 Ida Németh  Hungary 56.3

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mariya Itkina  Soviet Union 54.0 CR Q
2 Shirley Pirie  United Kingdom 56.2 Q
3 Ida Németh  Hungary 56.8 Q
4 Bärbel Reinnagel  East Germany 57.7
5 Lesley MacKinnon  United Kingdom 58.2
6 Gül Çıray  Turkey 60.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yekaterina Parlyuk  Soviet Union 55.4 Q
2 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 55.7 Q
3 Moyra Hiscox  United Kingdom 55.7 Q
4 Maria Jeibmann  West Germany 55.9
5 Beata Żbikowska  Poland 57.2
6 Jytte Kort  Denmark 57.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

References