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

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

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

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

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