1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

The women's 400 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 and 23 February.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sabine Busch  East Germany	Petra Müller  East Germany	Ann-Louise Skoglund  Sweden

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Petra Müller	East Germany	52.47	Q
2	1	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	53.16	q
3	4	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	53.98	Q
4	2	Sabine Busch	East Germany	54.03	Q
5	4	Gisela Kinzel	West Germany	54.08	q
6	2	Astrid Ortel	West Germany	54.21	q
7	2	Erica Rossi	Italy	54.25	q
8	4	Cristina Pérez	Spain	54.25
9	3	Ute Thimm	West Germany	54.86	Q
10	4	Gerda Haas	Austria	54.94
11	1	Fabienne Lise	France	54.97
12	3	Angela Piggford	Great Britain	55.07
13	3	Pepa Pavlova	Bulgaria	55.34
14	2	Semra Aksu	Turkey	56.13
	3	Cristieana Cojocaru	Romania	DNS

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sabine Busch	East Germany	52.17	Q
2	2	Petra Müller	East Germany	52.91	Q
3	1	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	53.27	Q
4	2	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	53.39	Q
5	2	Erica Rossi	Italy	53.67
6	1	Ute Thimm	West Germany	54.24
7	1	Gisela Kinzel	West Germany	55.09
8	2	Astrid Ortel	West Germany	56.68

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sabine Busch	East Germany	51.40
	Petra Müller	East Germany	51.59
	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	52.40	NR
4	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	53.16