| Event: | Women's 400 metres hurdles |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 21 August.
| Gold | Ionela Târlea | |
| Silver | Tetyana Tereshchuk | |
| Bronze | Silvia Rieger |
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 54.50 | Q, SB | |||
| 2 | 1 | 54.65 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 54.85 | q, SB | |||
| 4 | 2 | 54.89 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 55.21 | Q, SB | |||
| 6 | 2 | 55.63 | q, PB | |||
| 7 | 3 | 55.65 | Q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 55.68 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 55.69 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 55.86 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 56.23 | PB | |||
| 12 | 3 | 56.40 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 56.55 | SB | |||
| 14 | 3 | 56.74 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 57.05 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 57.19 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 57.28 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 57.39 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 57.51 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 58.13 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | 58.26 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 58.55 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 58.76 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 59.01 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53.37 | NR | ||||
| 54.07 | |||||
| 54.45 | SB | ||||
| 4 | 54.59 | NR | |||
| 5 | 54.62 | NR | |||
| 6 | 55.38 | PB | |||
| 7 | 55.47 | ||||
| 8 | 55.61 |