# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 8, 9, and 11 August 1994.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marie-José Pérec France |
| Silver | Svetlana Goncharenko Russia |
| Bronze | Phylis Smith United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

11 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Marie-José Pérec | France | 50.33 |
| | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 51.24 |
| | Phylis Smith | United Kingdom | 51.30 |
| 4 | Yelena Andreyeva | Russia | 51.65 |
| 5 | Anja Rücker | Germany | 51.85 |
| 6 | Melanie Neef | United Kingdom | 52.10 |
| 7 | Daniela Spasova | Bulgaria | 52.25 |
| 8 | Francine Landre | France | 52.57 |

### Semi-finals

9 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 51.96 | Q |
| 2 | Yelena Andreyeva | Russia | 52.36 | Q |
| 3 | Daniela Spasova | Bulgaria | 52.43 | Q |
| 4 | Melanie Neef | United Kingdom | 52.55 | Q |
| 5 | Charlotta Johansson | Sweden | 52.89 | |
| 6 | Linda Keough | United Kingdom | 53.63 | |
| 7 | Nadezda Kostovalová | Czech Republic | 53.75 | |
| | Sandra Myers | Spain | DNF | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 51.84 | Q |
| 2 | Anja Rücker | Germany | 51.84 | Q |
| 3 | Phylis Smith | United Kingdom | 51.90 | Q |
| 4 | Francine Landre | France | 51.92 | Q |
| 5 | Sølvi Meinseth | Norway | 52.60 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Zakharova | Russia | 52.99 | |
| 7 | Évelyne Élien | France | 53.05 | |
| 8 | Hana Benešová | Czech Republic | 53.66 | |

### Heats

8 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Phylis Smith | United Kingdom | 51.87 | Q |
| 2 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 51.87 | Q |
| 3 | Daniela Spasova | Bulgaria | 52.56 | Q |
| 4 | Charlotta Johansson | Sweden | 52.91 | Q |
| 5 | Tatyana Zakharova | Russia | 53.18 | q |
| 6 | Elżbieta Kilińska | Poland | 53.19 | |
| 7 | Tamara Kupriyanovich | Belarus | 53.42 | |
| 8 | Dora Kyriacou | Cyprus | 53.75 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yelena Andreyeva | Russia | 51.73 | Q |
| 2 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 51.93 | Q |
| 3 | Melanie Neef | United Kingdom | 52.44 | Q |
| 4 | Évelyne Élien | France | 52.54 | Q |
| 5 | Nadezda Kostovalová | Czech Republic | 52.75 | q |
| 6 | Uta Rohländer | Germany | 53.30 | |
| 7 | Heidi Suomi | Finland | 53.50 | |
| 8 | Patrizia Spuri | Italy | 54.35 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francine Landre | France | 51.92 | Q |
| 2 | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 51.56 | Q |
| 3 | Anja Rücker | Germany | 52.09 | Q |
| 4 | Sølvi Meinseth | Norway | 52.49 | Q |
| 5 | Hana Benešová | Czech Republic | 52.87 | q |
| 6 | Linda Keough | United Kingdom | 52.95 | q |
| 7 | Danielle Perpoli | Italy | 53.81 | |
| 8 | Anna Kozak | Belarus | 53.83 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (3)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (3)