1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 and 31 August, and 1 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Anna Chmelková Czechoslovakia
Silver	Antónia Munkácsi Hungary
Bronze	Monique Noirot France

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anna Chmelková	Czechoslovakia	52.9	CR NR
	Antónia Munkácsi	Hungary	53.9
	Monique Noirot	France	54.0
4	Lyudmila Samotyosova	Soviet Union	54.0
5	Helga Henning	West Germany	54.1	NR
6	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	54.1	NR
7	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	54.3
8	Lia Louer	Netherlands	55.0

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	54.0	Q
2	Anna Chmelková	Czechoslovakia	54.0	Q
3	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	54.2	NR Q
4	Lia Louer	Netherlands	54.4	Q
5	Karin Wallgren	Sweden	54.5	NR
6	Hilda Slaman	Netherlands	54.8
7	Deidre Watkinson	Great Britain	55.7
8	Grażyna Chodorek	Poland	56.8

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antónia Munkácsi	Hungary	53.9	Q
2	Monique Noirot	France	54.0	Q
3	Helga Henning	West Germany	54.2	Q
4	Lyudmila Samotyosova	Soviet Union	54.2	Q
5	Rosemary Stirling	Great Britain	54.5
6	Stans Brehm	Netherlands	54.9
7	Tove Bakkejord	Norway	55.4
8	Paola Pigni	Italy	55.6

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paola Pigni	Italy	54.8	Q
2	Karin Wallgren	Sweden	55.3	Q
3	Grażyna Chodorek	Poland	55.7	Q
4	Ljiljana Petnjarić	Yugoslavia	55.8
5	Lilita Zāģere	Soviet Union	56.3
6	Adile Dani	Albania	59.3	NR

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anna Chmelková	Czechoslovakia	53.6	NR Q
2	Lia Louer	Netherlands	54.5	Q
3	Deidre Watkinson	Great Britain	54.9	Q
4	Sára Szenteleki	Hungary	54.9
5	Maeve Kyle	Ireland	55.4
6	Brigitte Flach	East Germany	56.0

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	54.6	Q
2	Stans Brehm	Netherlands	54.9	Q
3	Tove Bakkejord	Norway	55.1	Q
4	Natalya Runova	Soviet Union	55.2
5	Ika Maričić	Yugoslavia	55.2
6	Francine Peyskens	Belgium	57.6	NR

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rosemary Stirling	Great Britain	54.2	Q
2	Berit Berthelsen	Norway	54.4	Q
3	Hilda Slaman	Netherlands	54.7	Q
4	Évelyne Lebret	France	55.0
5	Libuše Macounová	Czechoslovakia	55.4
6	Donata Govoni	Italy	55.9

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antónia Munkácsi	Hungary	54.0	Q
2	Monique Noirot	France	54.4	Q
3	Helga Henning	West Germany	54.5	Q
4	Lyudmila Samotyosova	Soviet Union	54.6	Q
5	Libuše Eichlerová	Czechoslovakia	55.3
6	Celina Gerwin	Poland	55.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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