1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

The women's 400 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held 28 February–1 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grit Breuer Germany	Ionela Târlea Romania	Helena Fuchsová Czech Republic

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	51.44	Q
2	3	Grit Breuer	Germany	51.83	Q
3	3	Irina Rosikhina	Russia	52.25	q
4	2	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	52.27	Q
5	1	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	52.38	q
6	2	Ester Goossens	Netherlands	52.52	q
7	3	Marie-Louise Bévis	France	52.81
8	1	Maria Carmo Tavares	Portugal	53.06
9	2	Patrizia Spuri	Italy	53.21
10	1	Gulnara Safiullina	Russia	53.28
11	2	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	53.45
12	3	Kristina Perica	Croatia	54.55
13	3	Žana Minina	Lithuania	55.82

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.45
	Ionela Târlea	Romania	50.56	NR
	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	51.22
4	Ester Goossens	Netherlands	51.82	NR
5	Irina Rosikhina	Russia	52.73
6	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	54.89