1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 31 July 1999. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Otilia Ruicu   Romania
Silver	Jitka Burianová   Czech Republic
Bronze	Grażyna Prokopek   Poland

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	51.93
	Jitka Burianová	Czech Republic	52.01
	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	52.28
4	Claudia Marx	Germany	52.46
5	Andrea Burlacu	Romania	52.53
6	Kristina Perica	Croatia	53.00
7	Nicole Marahrens	Germany	53.20
8	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	53.26

Heats

29 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nicole Marahrens	Germany	52.77	Q
2	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	52.97	Q
3	Zana Minina	Lithuania	53.59
4	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	54.05
5	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	54.12
6	Katiana René	France	54.25
7	Ramona Popovici	Romania	54.64
7	Louretta Thorne	United Kingdom	54.64

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Otilia Ruicu	Romania	52.61	Q
2	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	53.12	Q
3	Kristina Perica	Croatia	53.52	q
4	Lotte Visschers	Netherlands	53.68
5	Martina Morawska	Czech Republic	54.20
6	Carey Easton	United Kingdom	54.95
7	Sylvanie Morandais	France	55.10
8	Biljana Mitrović	Yugoslavia	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrea Burlacu	Romania	52.73	Q
2	Claudia Marx	Germany	52.78	Q
3	Jitka Burianová	Czech Republic	53.03	q
4	Marina Grishakova	Russia	53.97
5	Lesley Owusu	United Kingdom	55.00
6	Jovana Miljković	Yugoslavia	55.36
7	Dado Kamissoko	France	55.77
8	Fiona Nonwood	Ireland	57.09

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•   Bulgaria (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Czech Republic (2)
•   France (3)
•   Germany (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (3)
•   Russia (2)
•   United Kingdom (3)
•   Yugoslavia (2)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships - Göteborg, Sweden 29.7.-1.8. 1999 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 17–29, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Göteborg/SWE () - 29.07.-01.08.99 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 27 October 2014