1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6–7 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia	Dagmar Rübsam East Germany	Gaby Bußmann West Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	52.54	Q
2	1	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	53.09	Q
3	1	Lyudmila Belova	Soviet Union	53.17	q
4	2	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	53.55	Q
5	2	Verona Elder	Great Britain	53.56	Q
5	3	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	53.56	Q
7	2	Mary Wagner	West Germany	53.94	q
8	3	Dagmar Rübsam	East Germany	53.94	Q
9	3	Yelena Korban	Soviet Union	54.14
10	1	Elke Decker	West Germany	54.37
11	2	Marie-Christine Champenois	France	55.01

Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	51.90	Q
2	2	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	52.43	Q
3	1	Dagmar Rübsam	East Germany	52.73	Q
4	2	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	52.85	Q
5	2	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	52.85
6	1	Mary Wagner	West Germany	52.89
7	1	Verona Elder	Great Britain	53.00
8	2	Lyudmila Belova	Soviet Union	53.17

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	49.59	WR
	Dagmar Rübsam	East Germany	51.18
	Gaby Bußmann	West Germany	51.57	NR
4	Taťána Kocembová	Czechoslovakia	51.62