1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

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]

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Medalists

Gold Nicole Duclos
Flag of France.svg  France
Silver Colette Besson
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze Maria Sykora
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Results

Final

18 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Nicole Duclos Flag of France.svg  France 51.7 (51.72)WR
Silver medal icon.svg Colette Besson Flag of France.svg  France 51.7 (51.74)WR
Bronze medal icon.svg Maria Sykora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.0NR
4 Hannelore Middecke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 53.1NR
5 Karin Lundgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 53.4
6 Donata Govoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53.6
7 Janet Simpson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 53.8
8 Rosemary Stirling Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.6

Semi-finals

17 September

Semi-final 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Colette Besson Flag of France.svg  France 52.2Q
2 Hannelore Middecke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 53.3NR Q
3 Janet Simpson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 53.6Q
4 Donata Govoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53.7NR Q
5 Taysiya Kovalevskaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 54.1
6 Jennifer Pawsey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.8
7 Elżbieta Skowrońska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.3
Berit Berthelsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS

Semi-final 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Maria Sykora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.2NR Q
2 Nicole Duclos Flag of France.svg  France 53.2Q
3 Karin Lundgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.2Q
4 Rosemary Stirling Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.3Q
5 Krystyna Hryniewicka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 54.7
6 Eliane Jacq Flag of France.svg  France 54.7
7 Uschi Meyer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 54.9
8 Olga Klein Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 56.3

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Nicole Duclos Flag of France.svg  France 53.2Q
2 Karin Lundgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.5Q
3 Donata Govoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 54.6Q
4 Rosemary Stirling Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.7Q
5 Anna Dundare Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Colette Besson Flag of France.svg  France 52.1CR Q
2 Maria Sykora Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53.6NR Q
3 Janet Simpson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.1Q
4 Hannelore Middecke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 54.2Q
5 Elisabeth Randerz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 55.5
6 Eeva Haimi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.8

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jennifer Pawsey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54.8Q
2 Eliane Jacq Flag of France.svg  France 54.9Q
3 Olga Klein Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.0Q
4 Krystyna Hryniewicka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.4Q
5 Birgitte Jennes Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 55.5

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Taysiya Kovalevskaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 55.0Q
2 Berit Berthelsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 55.2Q
3 Uschi Meyer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 55.5Q
4 Elżbieta Skowrońska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55.6Q

Participation

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

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014