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

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Grit Breuer Germany | Ionela Târlea Romania | Helena Fuchsová Czech Republic |

## 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 | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 51.44 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Grit Breuer | Germany | 51.83 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Irina Rosikhina | Russia | 52.25 | q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 52.27 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Hana Benešová | Czech Republic | 52.38 | q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Ester Goossens | Netherlands | 52.52 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Marie-Louise Bévis | France | 52.81 | |
| 8 | 1 | Maria Carmo Tavares | Portugal | 53.06 | |
| 9 | 2 | Patrizia Spuri | Italy | 53.21 | |
| 10 | 1 | Gulnara Safiullina | Russia | 53.28 | |
| 11 | 2 | Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 53.45 | |
| 12 | 3 | Kristina Perica | Croatia | 54.55 | PB |
| 13 | 3 | Žana Minina | Lithuania | 55.82 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Grit Breuer | Germany | 50.45 | |
| | Ionela Târlea | Romania | 50.56 | NR |
| | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 51.22 | |
| 4 | Ester Goossens | Netherlands | 51.82 | NR |
| 5 | Irina Rosikhina | Russia | 52.73 | |
| 6 | Hana Benešová | Czech Republic | 54.89 | |
