1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 19 and 21 August.Medalists
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advance to the [|Final].
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Silvia Rieger | | 54.50 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Tetyana Tereshchuk | | 54.65 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ester Goossens | | 54.85 | q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Ionela Târlea | | 54.89 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | | 55.21 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Ulrike Urbansky | | 55.63 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Susan Smith | | 55.65 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Anna Knoroz | | 55.68 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | | 55.69 | |
| 10 | 3 | Judit Szekeres | | 55.86 | |
| 11 | 1 | Petra Söderström | | 56.23 | PB |
| 12 | 3 | Gesine Schmidt | | 56.40 | |
| 13 | 2 | Frida Svensson | | 56.55 | SB |
| 14 | 3 | Monika Niederstätter | | 56.74 | |
| 15 | 1 | Tatyana Kurochkina | | 57.05 | |
| 16 | 3 | Tasha Danvers | | 57.19 | |
| 17 | 1 | Meta Mačus | | 57.28 | |
| 18 | 2 | Ann Mercken | | 57.39 | |
| 19 | 2 | Lara Rocco | | 57.51 | |
| 20 | 3 | Mari Bjone | | 58.13 | |
| 21 | 1 | Yuliya Nosova | | 58.26 | |
| 22 | 2 | Rikke Rønholt | | 58.55 | |
| 23 | 1 | Orsolya Dóczi | | 58.76 | |
| 24 | 3 | Florence Delaune | | 59.01 | |
Final
