1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6–7 March.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia	Dagmar Rübsam  East Germany	Gaby Bußmann  West Germany

Results[]

Heats[]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	52.54	Q
2	1	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	53.09	Q
3	1		Soviet Union	53.17	q
4	2	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	53.55	Q
5	2	Verona Elder	Great Britain	53.56	Q
5	3	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	53.56	Q
7	2		West Germany	53.94	q
8	3	Dagmar Rübsam	East Germany	53.94	Q
9	3	Yelena Korban	Soviet Union	54.14
10	1	Elke Decker	West Germany	54.37
11	2		France	55.01

Semifinals[]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	51.90	Q
2	2	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	52.43	Q
3	1	Dagmar Rübsam	East Germany	52.73	Q
4	2	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	52.85	Q
5	2	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	52.85
6	1		West Germany	52.89
7	1	Verona Elder	Great Britain	53.00
8	2		Soviet Union	53.17

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	49.59	WR
	Dagmar Rübsam	East Germany	51.18
	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	51.57	NR
4	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	51.62

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