1986 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 28, 29, and 30 August 1986.

Results

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marina Stepanova	Soviet Union	53.32	WR
	Sabine Busch	East Germany	53.60
	Cornelia Feuerbach	East Germany	54.13
4	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	54.15	NR
5	Genowefa Błaszak	Poland	54.74
6	Ellen Fiedler	East Germany	54.90
7	Cristieana Matei	Romania	55.23
8	Margarita Khromova	Soviet Union	55.56

Semi-finals

29 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cornelia Feuerbach	East Germany	54.72	Q
2	Ellen Fiedler	East Germany	54.76	Q
3	Genowefa Błaszak	Poland	54.83	Q
4	Margarita Khromova	Soviet Union	55.37	Q
5	Nicoleta Căruţaşu	Romania	55.95
6	Christina Wennberg	Sweden	56.69
7	Irmgard Trojer	Italy	58.20
	Gerda Haas	Austria	DNF

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marina Stepanova	Soviet Union	53.83	CR Q
2	Sabine Busch	East Germany	53.97	Q
3	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	54.93	Q
4	Cristieana Matei	Romania	55.67	Q
5	Tuija Helander	Finland	56.21
6	Gudrun Abt	West Germany	56.66
7	Caroline Plüss	Switzerland	57.15	NR
8	Monika Klebe	Sweden	57.18

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cristieana Matei	Romania	56.46	Q
2	Cornelia Feuerbach	East Germany	56.50	Q
3	Genowefa Błaszak	Poland	56.52	Q
4	Tuija Helander	Finland	56.87	Q
5	Christina Wennberg	Sweden	57.27	q
6	Anne Gundersen	Norway	58.01
7	Montserrat Pujol	Spain	58.14
8	Giuseppina Cirulli	Italy	58.37

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sabine Busch	East Germany	55.42	Q
2	Margarita Khromova	Soviet Union	55.69	Q
3	Nicoleta Căruţaşu	Romania	56.82	Q
4	Gerda Haas	Austria	56.95	NR Q
5	Caroline Plüss	Switzerland	57.23	NR q
6	Monika Klebe	Sweden	57.83	q
7	Beate Holzapfel	West Germany	58.52
8	Semra Aksu	Turkey	59.25

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marina Stepanova	Soviet Union	54.68	Q
2	Ellen Fiedler	East Germany	55.09	Q
3	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	56.56	Q
4	Gudrun Abt	West Germany	57.02	Q
5	Irmgard Trojer	Italy	57.81	q
6	Yvette Wray	United Kingdom	57.89
7	Cristina Pérez	Spain	58.19
8	Helga Halldórsdóttir	Iceland	58.24

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (1)
• Turkey (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (2)

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Moscow)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 400m Hurdles (Split)

References

• Results