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
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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
01 !	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	53.4	WR
02 !	Joy Grieveson	United Kingdom	53.9	NR
03 !	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