1968 European Indoor Games – Women's 400 metres

1968 European Indoor Games
Track events
50 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
3000 m	men
50 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 182 m relay		women
4 × 364 m relay	men
Medley relay	men	women
3 × 1000 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1968 European Indoor Games was held on 9 March in Madrid.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Natalya Chistyakova  Soviet Union	Gisela Ahlemeyer  West Germany	Tatyana Arnautova  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gisela Ahlemeyer	West Germany	56.38	Q
2	1	Tatyana Arnautova	Soviet Union	56.4	Q
3	1	Rita Kühne	East Germany	57.3
1	2	Natalya Chistyakova	Soviet Union	55.87	Q
2	2	Ika Maričić	Yugoslavia	56.4	Q
3	2	Libuše Macounová	Czechoslovakia	56.7
4	2	Josefina Salgado	Spain	58.1

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalya Chistyakova	Soviet Union	55.24	WB
	Gisela Ahlemeyer	West Germany	56.2
	Tatyana Arnautova	Soviet Union	56.3
4	Ika Maričić	Yugoslavia	56.5

References