1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Grenoble. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christel Frese   West Germany	Inge Bödding   West Germany	Erika Weinstein   West Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Held on 11 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Colette Besson	France	54.74	Q
2	2	Christel Frese	West Germany	54.83	Q
3	1	Erika Weinstein	West Germany	54.90	Q
4	2	Verona Bernard	Great Britain	55.11	Q
5	1	Margaretha Larsson	Sweden	55.43	q
6	2	Bernadette Martin	France	55.88	q
7	3	Lyubov Zavyalova	Soviet Union	55.96	Q
8	3	Inge Bödding	West Germany	55.96	Q
9	3	Birgitte Jennes	Denmark	57.37

Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Held on 11 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Christel Frese	West Germany	54.57	Q
2	1	Colette Besson	France	54.61	Q
3	2	Inge Bödding	West Germany	54.85	Q
4	1	Erika Weinstein	West Germany	55.06	Q
5	1	Lyubov Zavyalova	Soviet Union	55.12
6	1	Verona Bernard	Great Britain	55.25
7	2	Margaretha Larsson	Sweden	55.75
8	2	Bernadette Martin	France	56.75

Final

Held on 12 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christel Frese	West Germany	53.36
	Inge Bödding	West Germany	54.60
	Erika Weinstein	West Germany	54.73
4	Colette Besson	France	55.64

References

1. "Competitions - European Athletics Indoor Championships - History". European Athletics. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
2. Results (p. 446)