1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 and 2 March in Sindelfingen.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Elke Decker	Karoline Käfer	Tatyana Goyshchik

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			52.76	Q
2	2			53.23	Q
3	2			53.26	Q
4	2			53.45	q
5	3			53.49	Q
6	1			54.13	Q
7	3			54.30	q
8	1			54.33	Q
9	1			54.48	NR
10	2			55.58

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			52.30	Q
2	2			53.19	Q
3	2			53.31	Q
4	1			53.37	Q
5	2			53.52
6	1			53.70
7	2			53.74
8	1			54.00

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			52.28
			52.70
			52.71
4			53.06

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results