1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6–7 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Jarmila Kratochvílová	Dagmar Rübsam	Gaby Bußmann

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			52.54	Q
2	1			53.09	Q
3	1			53.17	q
4	2			53.55	Q
5	2			53.56	Q
5	3			53.56	Q
7	2			53.94	q
8	3			53.94	Q
9	3			54.14
10	1			54.37
11	2			55.01

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.90	Q
2	2			52.43	Q
3	1			52.73	Q
4	2			52.85	Q
5	2			52.85
6	1			52.89
7	1			53.00
8	2			53.17

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			49.59	WR
			51.18
			51.57	NR
4			51.62

Notes and References

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