The women's 400 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19, 20 and 21 August.
Results
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Round 1 Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Grit Breuer 51.60 Q 2 4 Helena Fuchsová 51.61 Q 3 3 Olga Kotlyarova 51.62 Q 4 2 Patrizia Spuri 51.82 Q 5 4 Allison Curbishley 52.05 Q 6 4 Karen Shinkins 52.13 Q 7 3 Donna Fraser 52.20 Q 8 1 Uta Rohländer 52.37 Q 9 4 Olena Rurak 52.49 q 10 2 Jitka Burianová 52.62 Q 11 2 Otilia Ruicu 52.66 q, PB 12 3 Annamaria Bori 52.69 Q, PB 13 2 Yekaterina Kulikova 52.83 q 14 3 Lana Jekabsone 52.84 q 15 4 Christina Panagou 52.89 16 1 Irina Rosikhina 52.97 Q 17 1 Fabienne Ficher 53.05 Q 18 1 Mariana Florea 53.22 SB 19 2 Anna Kozak 53.30 20 1 Carmo Tavares 53.32 21 3 Alina Ripanu 53.35 22 1 Virna De Angeli 53.42 23 4 Barbara Petráhn 53.43 24 3 Francesca Carbone 53.72 25 2 Kristina Perica 53.93 1 Dijana Kojić 3 Dora Kyriakou
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Grit Breuer 50.79 Q 2 2 Helena Fuchsová 50.87 Q 3 2 Uta Rohländer 51.04 Q 4 2 Olga Kotlyarova 51.08 Q 5 1 Allison Curbishley 51.43 Q 6 1 Patrizia Spuri 51.74 Q, SB 7 2 Donna Fraser 52.05 Q 8 1 Olena Rurak 52.36 Q 9 1 Karen Shinkins 52.40 10 1 Jitka Burianová 52.41 11 1 Lana Jekabsone 52.76 12 2 Fabienne Ficher 52.95 13 2 Annamaria Bori 53.11 14 2 Otilia Ruicu 53.17 15 2 Yekaterina Kulikova 53.25 16 1 Irina Rosikhina 53.62
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Grit Breuer 49.93 Helena Fuchsová 50.21 PB Olga Kotlyarova 50.38 PB 4 Uta Rohländer 50.48 5 Allison Curbishley 51.05 6 Donna Fraser 51.54 7 Olena Rurak 51.92 SB 8 Patrizia Spuri 51.94
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