1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

None Women's 400 metres European Athletics Championships Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium Athens, Greece 16, 17, and 18 September 1969 20 12 51.7 s WR Nicole Duclos FRA Colette Besson FRA Maria Sykora AUT 1966 1971 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. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 405–412 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Results Heats 16 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nicole Duclos FRA 53.2 Q 2 Karin Lundgren SWE 54.5 Q 3 Donata Govoni ITA 54.6 Q 4 Rosemary Stirling GBR 54.7 Q 5 Anna Dundare URS 1955 55.2 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Colette Besson FRA 52.1 CR Q 2 Maria Sykora AUT 53.6 NR Q 3 Janet Simpson GBR 54.1 Q 4 Hannelore Middecke GDR 54.2 Q 5 Elisabeth Randerz SWE 55.5 6 Eeva Haimi FIN 55.8 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jennifer Pawsey GBR 54.8 Q 2 Eliane Jacq FRA 54.9 Q 3 Olga Klein URS 1955 55.0 Q 4 Krystyna Hryniewicka POL 55.4 Q 5 Birgitte Jennes DEN 55.5 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Taysiya Kovalevskaya URS 1955 55.0 Q 2 Berit Berthelsen NOR 55.2 Q 3 Uschi Meyer SUI 55.5 Q 4 Elżbieta Skowrońska POL 55.6 Q Semi-finals 17 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Colette Besson FRA 52.2 Q 2 Hannelore Middecke GDR 53.3 NR Q 3 Janet Simpson GBR 53.6 Q 4 Donata Govoni ITA 53.7 NR Q 5 Taysiya Kovalevskaya URS 1955 54.1 6 Jennifer Pawsey GBR 54.8 7 Elżbieta Skowrońska POL 55.3 8 Berit Berthelsen NOR DNS Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maria Sykora AUT 53.2 NR Q 2 Nicole Duclos FRA 53.2 Q 3 Karin Lundgren SWE 54.2 Q 4 Rosemary Stirling GBR 54.3 Q 5 Krystyna Hryniewicka POL 54.7 6 Eliane Jacq FRA 54.7 7 Uschi Meyer SUI 54.9 8 Olga Klein URS 1955 56.3 Final 18 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nicole Duclos FRA 51.7 (51.72) WR Colette Besson FRA 51.7 (51.74) WR Maria Sykora AUT 53.0 NR 4 Hannelore Middecke GDR 53.1 NR 5 Karin Lundgren SWE 53.4 6 Donata Govoni ITA 53.6 7 Janet Simpson GBR 53.8 8 Rosemary Stirling GBR 54.6 References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships