1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grit Breuer Germany	Olga Kotlyarova Russia	Tatyana Chebykina Russia

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Grit Breuer	Germany	52.55	Q
2	5	Virna De Angeli	Italy	53.08	Q
3	2	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	53.09	Q
4	1	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	53.19	Q
5	2	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	53.29	Q
6	3	Ionela Târlea	Romania	53.49	Q
7	4	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	53.54	Q
8	3	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.64	Q
9	4	Öznur Dursun	Turkey	53.78	Q
10	2	Marina Živković	Yugoslavia	53.89	q
11	3	Emma Nicholson	Ireland	54.13	q
12	5	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	54.52	q
13	5	Žana Minina	Lithuania	55.40
	1	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	DQ
	1	Marie-Louise Bévis	France	DQ
	4	Yana Manuylova	Ukraine	DQ

Semifinals

The winner of each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The subsequent 4 fastest qualified for the B final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Grit Breuer	Germany	51.33	Q
2	2	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	52.03	q
3	3	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	52.29	Q
4	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	52.30	Q
5	1	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	52.35	qB
6	3	Virna De Angeli	Italy	52.35	qB
7	3	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	52.35	qB
8	2	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	52.75	qB
9	2	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	53.47
10	3	Emma Nicholson	Ireland	53.63
11	1	Marina Živković	Yugoslavia	53.85
12	1	Öznur Dursun	Turkey	53.91

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Grit Breuer	Germany	50.81
	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	51.70
	Tatyana Chebykina	Russia	51.71
4	Ionela Târlea	Romania	52.90

B final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Virna De Angeli	Italy	52.17	NR
2	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	52.23
3	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	52.37
4	Naděžda Koštovalová	Czech Republic	53.02