1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 and 3 March.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sabine Busch  East Germany	Dagmar Neubauer  East Germany	Alena Bulířová  Czechoslovakia

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Dagmar Neubauer	East Germany	52.50	Q
2	2	Sabine Busch	East Germany	52.92	Q
3	1	Erika Rossi	Italy	53.34	Q
4	2	Alena Bulířová	Czechoslovakia	53.53	Q
5	2	Regine Berg	Belgium	53.80	q
6	1	Blanca Lacambra	Spain	54.34
7	1	Fabienne Lise	France	54.49
8	1	Semra Aksu	Turkey	54.54
9	2	Antonella Ratti	Italy	54.98
10	2	Patricia Amond	Ireland	56.86

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sabine Busch	East Germany	51.35
	Dagmar Neubauer	East Germany	51.40
	Alena Bulířová	Czechoslovakia	52.54
4	Erika Rossi	Italy	52.59
5	Regine Berg	Belgium	53.15