1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 and 2 March in Sindelfingen.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Elke Decker West Germany	Karoline Käfer Austria	Tatyana Goyshchik Soviet Union

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Elke Decker	West Germany	52.76	Q
2	2	Tatyana Goyshchik	Soviet Union	53.23	Q
3	2	Ilona Pál	Hungary	53.26	Q
4	2	Rositsa Stamenova	Bulgaria	53.45	q
5	3	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	53.49	Q
6	1	Karoline Käfer	Austria	54.13	Q
7	3		France	54.30	q
8	1	Svobodka Damyanova	Bulgaria	54.33	Q
9	1		Netherlands	54.48	NR
10	2		Norway	55.58

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Elke Decker	West Germany	52.30	Q
2	2	Tatyana Goyshchik	Soviet Union	53.19	Q
3	2	Karoline Käfer	Austria	53.31	Q
4	1	Rositsa Stamenova	Bulgaria	53.37	Q
5	2	Svobodka Damyanova	Bulgaria	53.52
6	1	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	53.70
7	2	Ilona Pál	Hungary	53.74
8	1		France	54.00

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Elke Decker	West Germany	52.28
	Karoline Käfer	Austria	52.70
	Tatyana Goyshchik	Soviet Union	52.71
4	Rositsa Stamenova	Bulgaria	53.06

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1980 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
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
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