1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 20 and 21 August.

Medalists

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	22.91	Q, SB
2	2	Zhanna Pintusevich	Ukraine	23.02	Q
3	4	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	23.06	Q
4	2	Katharine Merry	Great Britain	23.23	Q
5	2	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	23.24	Q
5	4	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	23.24	Q
7	4	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	23.27	q
8	3	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	23.29	Q, SB
8	2	Gabi Rockmeier	Germany	23.29	q
10	1	Natalya Voronova	Russia	23.32	Q
10	4	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	23.32	q
12	3	Irina Privalova	Russia	23.34	Q
13	3	Melanie Paschke	Germany	23.43	Q
13	4	Fabe Dia	France	23.43	q
15	2	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	23.50
16	4	Tetyana Lukyanenko	Ukraine	23.51
17	1	Sabrina Mulrain	Germany	23.53	Q
18	2	Natallia Solohub	Belarus	23.54
19	1	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.56	Q
20	3	Kinga Leszczyńska	Poland	23.59
21	3	Katia Benth	France	23.69
22	4	Sanna Kyllönen	Finland	23.70	SB
23	1	Delphine Combe	France	23.82
24	3	Pavlina Vostatkova	Czech Republic	23.98
25	1	Manuela Levorato	Italy	24.01
26	2	Hana Benešová	Czech Republic	24.04
27	1	Johanna Manninen	Finland	24.10
28	1	Sarah Wilhelmy	Great Britain	24.11
29	3	Vukosava Đapić	Yugoslavia	24.33
30	3	Enikő Szabó	Hungary	24.39
31	2	Rahela Markt	Croatia	24.77
32	1	Tamara Shanidze	Georgia	24.91

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Zhanna Pintusevich	Ukraine	22.92	Q
2	2	Irina Privalova	Russia	23.02	Q
3	1	Natalya Voronova	Russia	23.09	Q
4	2	Melanie Paschke	Germany	23.14	Q
5	1	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	23.26	Q
6	2	Gabi Rockmeier	Germany	23.36	Q
7	2	Katharine Merry	Great Britain	23.38
8	1	Sabrina Mulrain	Germany	23.39	Q
9	2	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	23.42
10	1	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.43	Q
11	1	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	23.44
12	1	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	23.47
13	2	Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	23.60
14	1	Fabe Dia	France	23.66
15	2	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	23.68
16	1	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	23.74

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irina Privalova	Russia	22.62	SB
	Zhanna Pintusevich	Ukraine	22.74
	Melanie Paschke	Germany	22.78
4	Natalya Voronova	Russia	22.80
5	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	23.02
6	Sabrina Mulrain	Germany	23.04
7	Gabi Rockmeier	Germany	23.08
8	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.18