1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Népstadion
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	19 August 1998 (round 1) 21 August 1998 (final)
Competitors	24 from 18 nations
Winning time	53.37 s NR
Medalists
Ionela Târlea    Romania   Tetyana Tereshchuk    Ukraine   Silvia Rieger    Germany

1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion in Budapest, Hungary, on 19 and 21 August 1998.

The first two athletes in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest athletes overall (q) advanced to the final.

Results of round 1^[1]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nation	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

Results of the final^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	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