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

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
01 !	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	53.7	CR
02 !	Yekaterina Parlyuk	Soviet Union	54.8
03 !	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