1982 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 7 and 8 September 1982.^[1]

Gold	Marita Koch  East Germany
Silver	Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia

Rank	Final	Time
	Marita Koch (GDR)	48.16 WR
	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	48.85 NR
	Taťána Kocembová (TCH)	50.55
4.	Sabine Busch (GDR)	50.57
5.	Irina Baskakova (URS)	50.58
6.	Dagmar Rübsam (GDR)	50.76
7.	Gaby Bußmann (FRG)	50.93
8.	Judit Forgács (HUN)	52.49

Rank	Heat 1	Time
1.	Marita Koch (GDR)	50.22
2.	Irina Baskakova (URS)	51.03
3.	Taťána Kocembová (TCH)	51.69
4.	Judit Forgács (HUN)	51.88
5.	Erica Rossi (ITA)	52.01
6.	Grażyna Oliszewska (POL)	53.15
7.	Claudia Steger (FRG)	53.56
8.	Charlotte Holmström (SWE)	55.22

Rank	Heat 2	Time
1.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	50.38
2.	Dagmar Rübsam (GDR)	50.55
3.	Gaby Bußmann (FRG)	50.64
4.	Sabine Busch (GDR)	50.80
5.	Yelena Korban (URS)	50.83
6.	Linsey MacDonald (GBR)	52.09
7.	Michelle Scutt (GBR)	52.11
8.	Elżbieta Kapusta (POL)	53.83

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• 1978 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Prague)
• 1980 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Moscow)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships 400 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 400 metres (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 400 metres (Seoul)

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