title: 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
text: # 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)
  