European Athletics Championships 1994/400 m women

16th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	24 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 8th (preliminary) August 9th (semi-finals) August 11th (final)
Medalists Marie-José Pérec ( FRA )   Svetlana Goncharenko ( RUS )   Phylis Smith ( GBR )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's 400-meter run at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held from August 8 to 11, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

The French Olympic champion in 1992 , world champion in 1991 and European championship third in 1990, Marie-José Pérec became European champion . She won ahead of the Russian Swetlana Goncharenko . Bronze went to the British Phylis Smith .

Existing records

World record	47.60 s	Marita Koch	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
European record
EM record	48.16 s		EM Athens , Greece	September 8, 1982

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 8, 1994

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	51.87
2	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.87
3	Daniela Spassowa	Bulgaria	52.56
4th	Charlotta Johansson	Sweden	52.91
5	Tatiana Sakharova	Russia	53.18
6th	Elzbieta Kilinska	Poland	53.19
7th	Tamara Kupriyanovich	Belarus	53.42
8th	Dora Kyriakou	Cyprus	53.75

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Elena Andreyeva	Russia	51.73
2	Sandra Myers	Spain	51.93
3	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	52.44
4th	Evelyne Elien	France	52.54
5	Nadezda Kostovalová	Czech Republic	52.75
6th	Uta Rohländer	Germany	53.30
7th	Heidi Suomi	Finland	53.50
8th	Patrizia Spuri	Italy	54.35

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Francine Landre	France	51.92
2	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.96
3	Anja Rücker	Germany	52.09
4th	Solvi Meinseth	Norway	52.49
5	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	52.87
6th	Linda Keough	Great Britain	52.95
7th	Danielle Perpoli	Italy	53.81
8th	Hanna Kosak	Belarus	53.83

Semifinals

August 9, 1994

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marie-José Pérec	France	51.96
2	Elena Andreyeva	Russia	52.36
3	Daniela Spassowa	Bulgaria	52.43
4th	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	52.55
5	Charlotta Johansson	Sweden	52.89
6th	Linda Keough	Great Britain	53.63
7th	Nadezda Kostovalová	Czech Republic	53.75
DNF	Sandra Myers	Spain

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.84
2	Anja Rücker	Germany	51.84
3	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	51.90
4th	Francine Landre	France	51.92
5	Solvi Meinseth	Norway	52.60
6th	Tatiana Sakharova	Russia	52.99
7th	Evelyne Elien	France	53.05
8th	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	53.66

After finishing third in 1990 , the 1992 Olympic champion and 1991 world champion Marie-José Pérec also won the European Championship - she continued her successful streak in the years to come

final

August 11, 1994

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marie-José Pérec	France	50.33
2	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	51.24
3	Phylis Smith	Great Britain	51.30
4th	Elena Andreyeva	Russia	51.65
5	Anja Rücker	Germany	52.85
6th	Melanie Neef	Great Britain	52.10
7th	Daniela Spassowa	Bulgaria	52.25
8th	Francine Landre	France	52.67

Web links

• Women 400m European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed October 1, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed October 1, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 466 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 1, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on October 1, 2019
• 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on October 1, 2019

Video

• Women's 400m Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com (English), accessed October 1, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m women , accessed October 1, 2019