1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
# 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 and 3 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Sabine Busch East Germany | Dagmar Neubauer East Germany | Alena Bulířová Czechoslovakia |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Dagmar Neubauer | East Germany | 52.50 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sabine Busch | East Germany | 52.92 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Erika Rossi | Italy | 53.34 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alena Bulířová | Czechoslovakia | 53.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Regine Berg | Belgium | 53.80 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Blanca Lacambra | Spain | 54.34 | |
| 7 | 1 | Fabienne Lise | France | 54.49 | |
| 8 | 1 | Semra Aksu | Turkey | 54.54 | |
| 9 | 2 | Antonella Ratti | Italy | 54.98 | |
| 10 | 2 | Patricia Amond | Ireland | 56.86 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sabine Busch | East Germany | 51.35 |
| | Dagmar Neubauer | East Germany | 51.40 |
| | Alena Bulířová | Czechoslovakia | 52.54 |
| 4 | Erika Rossi | Italy | 52.59 |
| 5 | Regine Berg | Belgium | 53.15 |
