1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

1994 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
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 8, 9, and 11 August 1994.^[1]

Gold	Marie-José Pérec  France
Silver	Svetlana Goncharenko  Russia
Bronze	Phylis Smith  United Kingdom

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.33
	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.24
	Phylis Smith	United Kingdom	51.30
4	Yelena Andreyeva	Russia	51.65
5	Anja Rücker	Germany	51.85
6	Melanie Neef	United Kingdom	52.10
7	Daniela Spasova	Bulgaria	52.25
8	Francine Landre	France	52.57

9 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.96	Q
2	Yelena Andreyeva	Russia	52.36	Q
3	Daniela Spasova	Bulgaria	52.43	Q
4	Melanie Neef	United Kingdom	52.55	Q
5	Charlotta Johansson	Sweden	52.89
6	Linda Keough	United Kingdom	53.63
7	Nadezda Kostovalová	Czech Republic	53.75
	Sandra Myers	Spain	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.84	Q
2	Anja Rücker	Germany	51.84	Q
3	Phylis Smith	United Kingdom	51.90	Q
4	Francine Landre	France	51.92	Q
5	Sølvi Meinseth	Norway	52.60
6	Tatyana Zakharova	Russia	52.99
7	Évelyne Élien	France	53.05
8	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	53.66

8 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Phylis Smith	United Kingdom	51.87	Q
2	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.87	Q
3	Daniela Spasova	Bulgaria	52.56	Q
4	Charlotta Johansson	Sweden	52.91	Q
5	Tatyana Zakharova	Russia	53.18	q
6	Elżbieta Kilińska	Poland	53.19
7	Tamara Kupriyanovich	Belarus	53.42
8	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	53.75

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yelena Andreyeva	Russia	51.73	Q
2	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.93	Q
3	Melanie Neef	United Kingdom	52.44	Q
4	Évelyne Élien	France	52.54	Q
5	Nadezda Kostovalová	Czech Republic	52.75	q
6	Uta Rohländer	Germany	53.30
7	Heidi Suomi	Finland	53.50
8	Patrizia Spuri	Italy	54.35

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Francine Landre	France	51.92	Q
2	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.56	Q
3	Anja Rücker	Germany	52.09	Q
4	Sølvi Meinseth	Norway	52.49	Q
5	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	52.87	q
6	Linda Keough	United Kingdom	52.95	q
7	Danielle Perpoli	Italy	53.81
8	Anna Kozak	Belarus	53.83

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.