1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Grit Breuer	Olga Kotlyarova	Tatyana Chebykina

Results

Heats

The first 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			52.55	Q
2	5			53.08	Q
3	2			53.09	Q
4	1			53.19	Q
5	2			53.29	Q
6	3			53.49	Q
7	4			53.54	Q
8	3			53.64	Q
9	4			53.78	Q
10	2			53.89	q
11	3			54.13	q
12	5			54.52	q
13	5			55.40
	1
	1
	4

Semifinals

The winner of each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The subsequent 4 fastest qualified for the B final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			51.33	Q
2	2			52.03	q
3	3			52.29	Q
4	1			52.30	Q
5	1			52.35	qB
6	3			52.35	qB
7	3			52.35	qB
8	2			52.75	qB
9	2			53.47
10	3			53.63
11	1			53.85
12	1			53.91

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			50.81
			51.70
			51.71
4			52.90

B final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			52.17	NR
2			52.23
3			52.37
4			53.02

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results
2. http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1996/f96_08.html Semifinals results