1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The wpmen's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 21 August.

Medalists

Gold	Ionela Târlea  Romania
Silver	Tetyana Tereshchuk  Ukraine
Bronze	Silvia Rieger  Germany

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Round 1

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	Silvia Rieger	Germany	54.50	Q, SB
2	1	Tetyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	54.65	Q
3	1	Ester Goossens	Netherlands	54.85	q, SB
4	2	Ionela Târlea	Romania	54.89	Q
5	2	Guðrún Arnardóttir	Iceland	55.21	Q, SB
6	2	Ulrike Urbansky	Germany	55.63	q, PB
7	3	Susan Smith	Ireland	55.65	Q
8	3	Anna Knoroz	Russia	55.68	Q
9	2	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	55.69
10	3	Judit Szekeres	Hungary	55.86
11	1	Petra Söderström	Finland	56.23	PB
12	3	Gesine Schmidt	Germany	56.40
13	2	Frida Svensson	Sweden	56.55	SB
14	3	Monika Niederstätter	Italy	56.74
15	1	Tatyana Kurochkina	Belarus	57.05
16	3	Tasha Danvers	Great Britain	57.19
17	1	Meta Mačus	Slovenia	57.28
18	2	Ann Mercken	Belgium	57.39
19	2	Lara Rocco	Italy	57.51
20	3	Mari Bjone	Norway	58.13
21	1	Yuliya Nosova	Russia	58.26
22	2	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	58.55
23	1	Orsolya Dóczi	Hungary	58.76
24	3	Florence Delaune	France	59.01

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ionela Târlea	Romania	53.37	NR
	Tetyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	54.07
	Silvia Rieger	Germany	54.45	SB
4	Guðrún Arnardóttir	Iceland	54.59	NR
5	Ester Goossens	Netherlands	54.62	NR
6	Ulrike Urbansky	Germany	55.38	PB
7	Anna Knoroz	Russia	55.47
8	Susan Smith	Ireland	55.61

References

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