Track and Field Statistics

Main > Women, 400 m > European Championships Records Progression

All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 54.0 Maria Itkina URS Stockholm Aug 19, 1958 • 53.7 Maria Itkina URS Stockholm Aug 21, 1958 • 53.4 Maria Itkina URS Belgrade Sep 14, 1962 • 52.9 Anna Chmelkova TCH Budapest Sep 01, 1966 • 52.1 Colette Besson FRA Athens Sep 16, 1969 • 51.7 Nicole Duclos FRA Athens Sep 18, 1969 • 51.7* Colette Besson FRA Athens Sep 18, 1969 • 51.40 Ellen Streidt GDR Rome Sep 03, 1974 • 50.14 Riitta Salin FIN Rome Sep 04, 1974 • 48.94 Marita Koch GDR Prague Aug 31, 1978 • 48.16 Marita Koch GDR Athens Sep 08, 1982