1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

1962 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
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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.^[1]

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

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

13 September

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

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

12 September

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

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

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

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

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.