# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 9 and 10 August 1994.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sally Gunnell United Kingdom |
| Silver | Silvia Rieger Germany |
| Bronze | Anna Knoroz Russia |

## Results
### Final

10 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sally Gunnell | United Kingdom | 53.33 |
| | Silvia Rieger | Germany | 54.68 |
| | Anna Knoroz | Russia | 54.68 |
| 4 | Heike Meißner | Germany | 54.79 |
| 5 | Tatyana Kurochkina | Belarus | 55.18 |
| 6 | Tetyana Tereshchuk | Ukraine | 55.53 |
| 7 | Olga M. Nazarova | Russia | 55.98 |
| 8 | Gowry Retchakan | United Kingdom | 56.05 |

### Semi-finals

10 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heike Meißner | Germany | 55.16 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Kurochkina | Belarus | 55.49 | Q |
| 3 | Gowry Retchakan | United Kingdom | 55.78 | Q |
| 4 | Olga M. Nazarova | Russia | 55.90 | Q |
| 5 | Gesine Schmidt | Germany | 56.01 | |
| 6 | Monica Westén | Sweden | 56.38 | |
| 7 | Sylwia Pachut | Poland | 56.57 | |
| 8 | Michèle Schenk | Switzerland | 57.67 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sally Gunnell | United Kingdom | 54.60 | Q |
| 2 | Anna Knoroz | Russia | 54.82 | Q |
| 3 | Silvia Rieger | Germany | 55.69 | Q |
| 4 | Tetyana Tereshchuk | Ukraine | 55.79 | Q |
| 5 | Anita Protti | Switzerland | 56.15 | |
| 6 | Vera Ordina | Russia | 56.40 | |
| 7 | Monika Warnicka | Poland | 56.70 | |
| 8 | Frida Johansson | Sweden | 57.54 | |

### Heats

9 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olga M. Nazarova | Russia | 55.71 | Q |
| 2 | Heike Meißner | Germany | 56.13 | Q |
| 3 | Monika Warnicka | Poland | 56.48 | Q |
| 4 | Anita Protti | Switzerland | 56.51 | Q |
| 5 | Monica Westén | Sweden | 56.74 | q |
| 6 | Iina Pekkola | Finland | 57.81 | |
| 7 | Jacqui Parker | United Kingdom | 57.83 | |
| 8 | Stefanie Zotter | Austria | 58.32 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sally Gunnell | United Kingdom | 55.17 | Q |
| 2 | Tetyana Tereshchuk | Ukraine | 55.75 | Q |
| 3 | Gesine Schmidt | Germany | 55.96 | Q |
| 4 | Michèle Schenk | Switzerland | 56.50 | Q |
| 5 | Vera Ordina | Russia | 56.66 | q |
| 6 | Sylwia Pachut | Poland | 56.76 | q |
| 7 | Tiia Eeskivi | Estonia | 58.06 | |
| 8 | Carole Nelson | France | 58.39 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tatyana Kurochkina | Belarus | 55.53 | Q |
| 2 | Silvia Rieger | Germany | 55.83 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Knoroz | Russia | 55.95 | Q |
| 4 | Gowry Retchakan | United Kingdom | 56.45 | Q |
| 5 | Frida Johansson | Sweden | 57.06 | q |
| 6 | Ionela Tîrlea | Romania | 57.79 | |
| 7 | Lana Jekabsone | Latvia | 57.99 | |
| 8 | Virna De Angeli | Italy | 58.60 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (3)
* Italy (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (3)