1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the 5th and 6 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Petra Müller	Helga Arendt	Dagmar Neubauer

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			52.49	Q
2	1			52.51	Q
3	1			52.54	Q
4	2			52.68	Q
5	2			52.79	Q
6	2			52.81	Q
7	2			52.87	q
8	1			53.01	q
9	2			53.09	q
10	3			53.42	Q
11	3			53.59	Q
12	1			53.66
13	3			53.95	Q
14	3			54.19
15	3			54.58

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.40	Q
2	2			51.79	Q
3	2			51.95	Q
4	1			52.12	Q
5	2			52.22	Q
6	1			52.33	Q
7	1			52.47
8	2			52.48
9	2			53.01
10	2			53.16
11	1			53.17
12	1			53.22

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			50.28
	3			51.06
	4			51.57
4	6			51.77
5	1			52.46
6	2			53.89

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results