2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	51.84	Q, PB
2	1	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	52.07	Q
3	3	Anja Rücker	Germany	52.39	Q
4	1	Daniela Georgieva	Bulgaria	52.67	Q
5	1	Claudia Marx	Germany	52.76	Q
6	2	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	52.88	Q
7	2	Irina Rosikhina	Russia	52.97	Q
8	3	Jitka Burianová	Czech Republic	53.10	Q
9	2	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	53.20	Q
10	1	Virna De Angeli	Italy	53.30	q
11	1	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	53.40	q, PB
12	3	Gudrun Arnardóttir	Iceland	53.60	q, SB
13	2	Žana Minina	Lithuania	53.82
14	2	Francesca Carbone	Italy	53.86
14	3	Marie-Louise Bévis	France	53.86
16	2	Georgeta Lazar	Romania	54.49
17	3	Andrea Burlacu	Romania	55.20

First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	51.79	Q
2	2	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	52.24	Q
3	2	Daniela Georgieva	Bulgaria	52.32	Q
4	1	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	52.45	Q
5	1	Claudia Marx	Germany	52.65	Q
6	2	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	52.80	Q, NR
7	2	Jitka Burianová	Czech Republic	52.96
8	1	Irina Rosikhina	Russia	53.05
9	2	Gudrun Arnardóttir	Iceland	53.14
10	1	Virna De Angeli	Italy	53.37
11	1	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	53.44
	2	Anja Rücker	Germany	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	51.66	PB
	Natalya Nazarova	Russia	51.69
	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	52.32
4	Karen Shinkins	Ireland	53.15
	Daniela Georgieva	Bulgaria	DQ
	Claudia Marx	Germany	DNF

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