1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12, 13, and 14 September 1962.

Women's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Mariya Itkina Soviet Union
Silver	Joy Grieveson Great Britain
Bronze	Tilly van der Zwaard Netherlands

Results

Final

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	53.4	WR
	Joy Grieveson	Great Britain	53.9	NR
	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	Great Britain	57.4

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joy Grieveson	Great Britain	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	Great Britain	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	Great Britain	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	Great Britain	56.5	Q

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean Sorrell	Great Britain	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.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)