1986 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 400 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 26, 27, and 28 August 1986.

Medalists

Gold	Marita Koch East Germany
Silver	Olga Vladykina Soviet Union
Bronze	Petra Müller East Germany

Results

Final

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marita Koch	East Germany	48.22
	Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	49.67
	Petra Müller	East Germany	49.88
4	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	50.43
5	Ute Thimm	West Germany	51.15
6	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	51.50
7	Fabienne Ficher	France	51.91
8	Karin Lix	West Germany	52.89

Semi-finals

27 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Petra Müller	East Germany	49.84	Q
2	Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	50.23	Q
3	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	50.79	Q
4	Ute Thimm	West Germany	51.60	Q
5	Olga Nazarova	Soviet Union	52.11
6	Marzena Wojdecka	Poland	53.26
7	Cosetta Campana	Italy	53.89
8	Anne Gundersen	Norway	53.98

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marita Koch	East Germany	50.74	Q
2	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	51.91	Q
3	Fabienne Ficher	France	52.14	Q
4	Karin Lix	West Germany	52.46	Q
5	Helen Barnett	United Kingdom	52.47
6	Erika Rossi	Italy	53.22
	Gisela Kinzel	West Germany	DQ
	Mariya Pinigina	Soviet Union	DNS

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marita Koch	East Germany	52.34	Q
2	Mariya Pinigina	Soviet Union	52.43	Q
3	Karin Lix	West Germany	52.86	Q
4	Fabienne Ficher	France	52.91	Q
5	Blanca Lacambra	Spain	54.51
6	Patricia Walsh	Ireland	54.65

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marzena Wojdecka	Poland	52.79	Q
2	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	52.81	Q
3	Olga Vladykina	Soviet Union	52.92	Q
4	Gisela Kinzel	West Germany	53.02	Q
5	Cosetta Campana	Italy	53.30	q
6	Anne Gundersen	Norway	54.35	q

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Nazarova	Soviet Union	52.26	Q
2	Petra Müller	East Germany	52.36	Q
3	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	52.39	Q
4	Ute Thimm	West Germany	52.39	Q
5	Helen Barnett	United Kingdom	52.46	q
6	Erika Rossi	Italy	53.31	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (3)
• France (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (3)