1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
# 1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1976 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February in Munich.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Rita Wilden West Germany | Jelica Pavličić Yugoslavia | Inta Kļimoviča Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Rita Wilden | West Germany | 54.00 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Inta Kļimoviča | Soviet Union | 54.09 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jelica Pavličić | Yugoslavia | 54.44 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Lyubov Aksenova | Soviet Union | 54.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | West Germany | 54.57 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Rosine Wallez | Belgium | 54.61 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Éva Tóth | Hungary | 54.96 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Patricia Darbonville | France | 55.69 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Catherine Delachanal | France | 55.71 | |
| 10 | 3 | Helen Ritter | Liechtenstein | 59.53 | NR |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Jelica Pavličić | Yugoslavia | 53.31 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Inta Kļimoviča | Soviet Union | 53.31 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | West Germany | 53.36 | |
| 4 | 1 | Éva Tóth | Hungary | 53.99 | |
| 5 | 2 | Rita Wilden | West Germany | 54.17 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Lyubov Aksenova | Soviet Union | 54.37 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Rosine Wallez | Belgium | 55.39 | |
| 8 | 2 | Patricia Darbonville | France | 57.30 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Rita Wilden | West Germany | 52.26 | WR |
| | Jelica Pavličić | Yugoslavia | 52.47 | NR |
| | Inta Kļimoviča | Soviet Union | 52.80 | NR |
| 4 | Lyubov Aksenova | Soviet Union | 53.60 | |
