1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 400 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 19 and 21 August 1958. This was the first time that women competed in the 400 metres at the European Championships.

Medalists

Gold	Mariya Itkina Soviet Union
Silver	Yekaterina Parlyuk Soviet Union
Bronze	Moyra Hiscox Great Britain

Results

Final

21 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	53.7	CR
	Yekaterina Parlyuk	Soviet Union	54.8
	Moyra Hiscox	Great Britain	55.7
4	Shirley Pirie	Great Britain	55.7
5	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	56.3
6	Ida Németh	Hungary	56.3

Heats

19 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	54.0	CR Q
2	Shirley Pirie	Great Britain	56.2	Q
3	Ida Németh	Hungary	56.8	Q
4	Bärbel Reinnagel	East Germany	57.7
5	Lesley MacKinnon	Great Britain	58.2
6	Gül Çıray	Turkey	60.8

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yekaterina Parlyuk	Soviet Union	55.4	Q
2	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	55.7	Q
3	Moyra Hiscox	Great Britain	55.7	Q
4	Maria Jeibmann	West Germany	55.9
5	Beata Żbikowska	Poland	57.2
6	Jytte Kort	Denmark	57.9

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (1)