1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the European Athletics Championships
VenueNépstadion
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates
  • 19 August 1998 (round 1)
  • 21 August 1998 (final)
Competitors24 from 18 nations
Winning time53.37 s NR
Medalists
gold medal    Romania
silver medal    Ukraine
bronze medal    Germany

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.

Results

Round 1

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

Final

Results of the final[2]
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ionela Târlea  Romania 53.37 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tetyana Tereshchuk  Ukraine 54.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References