1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

None Women's 400 metres 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships European Athletics Luis Puig Palace Valencia, Spain 28 February 1998 (heats) 1 March 1998 (final) 13 11 50.45 s Grit Breuer GER Ionela Târlea ROM Helena Fuchsová CZE 1996 2000 The women's 400 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at the Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, on 28 February and 1 March 1998."Statistics", European Athletics, pp. 558, 563. Archived 29 September 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2025. Results Heats The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final. + Results of the heats Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Time in seconds Notes 1 1 Ionela Târlea 51.44 Q 2 3 Grit Breuer 51.83 Q 3 3 Irina Rosikhina 52.25 q, PB 4 2 Helena Fuchsová 52.27 Q 5 1 Hana Benešová 52.38 q, SB 6 2 Ester Goossens 52.52 q 7 3 Marie-Louise Bévis 52.81 8 1 Maria Carmo Tavares 53.06 9 2 Patrizia Spuri 53.21 10 1 Gulnara Safiullina 53.28 11 2 Karen Shinkins 53.45 12 3 Kristina Perica 54.55 PB 13 3 Žana Minina Lithuania 1988 55.82 Final + Results of the final Rank Athlete Nation Time Time in seconds Notes Grit Breuer 50.45 Ionela Târlea 50.56 NR Romanian Helena Fuchsová 51.22 4 Ester Goossens 51.82 NR Dutch 5 Irina Rosikhina 52.73 6 Hana Benešová 54.89 References Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Women's events at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships