1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
# 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held 28 February–1 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Svetlana Goncharenko Russia | Melanie Paschke Germany | Katerina Koffa Greece |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.86 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 22.88 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.90 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 22.96 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.05 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.11 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.18 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.21 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 1 | Karin Mayr | Austria | 23.22 | q |
| 10 | 5 | Donna Fraser | Great Britain | 23.32 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.35 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.41 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 23.51 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 23.72 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Kinga Leszczyńska | Poland | 24.17 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 24.24 | |
| 17 | 5 | Tamara Shanidze | Georgia | 24.30 | |
| 18 | 5 | Ellen De Meyere | Belgium | 24.33 | |
| 19 | 2 | Mami Awuah-Asante | Netherlands | 24.36 | |
| 20 | 3 | Saša Prokofjev | Slovenia | 24.38 | |
| 21 | 4 | Elena Córcoles | Spain | 24.44 | |
| 22 | 4 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 24.45 | |
| 23 | 1 | Lena Barry | Ireland | 24.64 | |
| 24 | 2 | Hana Benešová | Czech Republic | 29.03 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.73 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 22.79 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.89 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.05 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.07 | |
| 6 | 2 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.16 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.37 | |
| 8 | 3 | Donna Fraser | Great Britain | 23.39 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 23.81 | |
| 10 | 2 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.92 | |
| 11 | 3 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.94 | |
| 12 | 1 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 24.03 | |
| 13 | 2 | Kinga Leszczyńska | Poland | 24.25 | |
| 14 | 3 | Karin Mayr | Austria | 24.33 | |
| | 3 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.46 |
| | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 22.50 |
| | Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.86 |
| 4 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.24 |
| 5 | Donna Fraser | Great Britain | 23.53 |
| 6 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 24.29 |
