1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mariya Pinigina Soviet Union	Gisela Kinzel West Germany	Cristina Pérez Spain

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mariya Pinigina	Soviet Union	52.09	Q
2	1	Helga Arendt	West Germany	52.61	Q
3	1	Judit Forgács	Hungary	52.61	q, NR
4	2	Gisela Kinzel	West Germany	52.76	Q
5	2	Marzena Wojdecka	Poland	52.77	Q, NR
6	1	Cristina Pérez	Spain	52.83	q, NR
7	2	Rositsa Stamenova	Bulgaria	53.18
8	1	Fabienne Ficher	France	53.86
9	2	Gerda Haas	Austria	53.89	NR
10	2	Nathalie Simon	France	54.22
11	1	Semra Aksu	Turkey	55.17
	2	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mariya Pinigina	Soviet Union	51.27
	Gisela Kinzel	West Germany	52.29
	Cristina Pérez	Spain	52.63	NR
4	Helga Arendt	West Germany	52.64
5	Judit Forgács	Hungary	52.87
6	Marzena Wojdecka	Poland	52.97