# 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)