1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women'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 |
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### 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 | |
