Final | | time | | 1. Svetlana Pospelova | Russia | 51.66s | PB | 2. Natalya Nazarova | Russia | 51.69s | | 3. Helena Fuchsová | Czechia | 52.32s | | 4. Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 53.15s | | -. Daniela Georgieva | Bulgaria | DQ | | -. Claudia Marx | Germany | DNF | |
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| First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | | time | | 1. Natalya Nazarova | Russia | 51.79s | Q | 4. Helena Fuchsová | Czechia | 52.45s | Q | 5. Claudia Marx | Germany | 52.65s | Q | 8. Irina Rosikhina | Russia | 53.05s | | 10.Virna De Angeli | Italy | 53.37s | | 11.Otilia Ruicu | Romania | 53.44s | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 2. Svetlana Pospelova | Russia | 52.24s | Q | 3. Daniela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 52.32s | Q | 6. Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 52.80s | Q, NR | 7. Jitka Burianová | Czechia | 52.96s | | 9. Gudrun Arnardóttir | Iceland | 53.14s | | -. Anja Rücker | Germany | DNF | |
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| First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 2. Natalya Nazarova | Russia | 52.07s | Q | 4. Daniela Georgieva | Bulgaria | 52.67s | Q | 5. Claudia Marx | Germany | 52.76s | Q | 10.Virna De Angeli | Italy | 53.30s | q | 11.Otilia Ruicu | Romania | 53.40s | q, PB |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 6. Helena Fuchsová | Czechia | 52.88s | Q | 7. Irina Rosikhina | Russia | 52.97s | Q | 9. Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 53.20s | Q | 13.Žana Minina | Lithuania | 53.82s | | 14.Francesca Carbone | Italy | 53.86s | | 16.Georgeta Lazar | Romania | 54.49s | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 1. Svetlana Pospelova | Russia | 51.84s | Q, PB | 3. Anja Rücker | Germany | 52.39s | Q | 8. Jitka Burianová | Czechia | 53.10s | Q | 12.Gudrun Arnardóttir | Iceland | 53.60s | q, SB | 14.Marie-Louise Bévis | France | 53.86s | | 17.Andrea Burlacu | Romania | 55.20s | |
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