The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on 12 and 13 March.[1]
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Svetlana Goncharenko | Tatyana Alekseyeva | Viviane Dorsile |
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 52.14 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 52.19 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 52.28 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 53.15 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 53.50 | q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 53.62 | q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 53.67 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 53.71 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 54.07 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.62 | |||||
| 51.77 | |||||
| 51.92 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 53.13 | ||||
| 5 | 53.62 | ||||
| 6 | 54.06 |