1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the
1969 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 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 women
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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16, 17, and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Nicole Duclos
 France
Silver Colette Besson
 France
Bronze Maria Sykora
 Austria

Results

Final

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Nicole Duclos  France 51.77 WR
2nd Colette Besson  France 51.79 WR
3rd Maria Sykora  Austria 53.0 NR
4 Hannelore Middecke  East Germany 53.1 NR
5 Karin Lundgren  Sweden 53.4
6 Donata Govoni  Italy 53.6
7 Janet Simpson  United Kingdom 53.8
8 Rosemary Stirling  United Kingdom 54.6

Semi-finals

17 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Colette Besson  France 52.2 Q
2 Hannelore Middecke  East Germany 53.3 NR Q
3 Janet Simpson  United Kingdom 53.6 Q
4 Donata Govoni  Italy 53.7 NR Q
5 Taysiya Kovalevskaya  Soviet Union 54.1
6 Jennifer Pawsey  United Kingdom 54.8
7 Elżbieta Skowrońska  Poland 55.3
8 Berit Berthelsen  Norway DNS

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maria Sykora  Austria 53.2 NR Q
2 Nicole Duclos  France 53.2 Q
3 Karin Lundgren  Sweden 54.2 Q
4 Rosemary Stirling  United Kingdom 54.3 Q
5 Krystyna Hryniewicka  Poland 54.7
6 Eliane Jacq  France 54.7
7 Uschi Meyer   Switzerland 54.9
8 Olga Klein  Soviet Union 56.3

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nicole Duclos  France 53.2 Q
2 Karin Lundgren  Sweden 54.5 Q
3 Donata Govoni  Italy 54.6 Q
4 Rosemary Stirling  United Kingdom 54.7 Q
5 Anna Dundare  Soviet Union 55.2

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Colette Besson  France 52.1 CR Q
2 Maria Sykora  Austria 53.6 NR Q
3 Janet Simpson  United Kingdom 54.1 Q
4 Hannelore Middecke  East Germany 54.2 Q
5 Elisabeth Randerz  Sweden 55.5
6 Eeva Haimi  Finland 55.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jennifer Pawsey  United Kingdom 54.8 Q
2 Eliane Jacq  France 54.9 Q
3 Olga Klein  Soviet Union 55.0 Q
4 Krystyna Hryniewicka  Poland 55.4 Q
5 Birgitte Jennes  Denmark 55.5

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Taysiya Kovalevskaya  Soviet Union 55.0 Q
2 Berit Berthelsen  Norway 55.2 Q
3 Uschi Meyer   Switzerland 55.5 Q
4 Elżbieta Skowrońska  Poland 55.6 Q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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