1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held 28 February–1 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Grit Breuer	Ionela Târlea	Helena Fuchsová

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.44	Q
2	3			51.83	Q
3	3			52.25	q, PB
4	2			52.27	Q
5	1			52.38	q, SB
6	2			52.52	q
7	3			52.81
8	1			53.06
9	2			53.21
10	1			53.28
11	2			53.45
12	3			54.55	PB
13	3			55.82

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			50.45
			50.56	NR
			51.22
4			51.82	NR
5			52.73
6			54.89

Notes and References

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