| Final | | time | | | 1. Grit Breuer |  Germany | 50.45s | | | 2. Ionela Târlea |  Romania | 50.56s | NR | | 3. Helena Fuchsová |  Czechia | 51.22s | | | 4. Ester Goossens |  Netherlands | 51.82s | NR | | 5. Irina Rosikhina |  Russia | 52.73s | | | 6. Hana Benešová | Czechia | 54.89s | |
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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Ionela Târlea | Romania | 51.44s | Q | | 5. Hana Benešová | Czechia | 52.38s | q, SB | | 8. Maria Carmo Tavares |  Portugal | 53.06s | | | 10.Gulnara Safiullina | Russia | 53.28s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Helena Fuchsová | Czechia | 52.27s | Q | | 6. Ester Goossens | Netherlands | 52.52s | q | | 9. Patrizia Spuri |  Italy | 53.21s | | | 11.Karen Shinkins |  Ireland | 53.45s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Grit Breuer | Germany | 51.83s | Q | | 3. Irina Rosikhina | Russia | 52.25s | q, PB | | 7. Marie-Louise Bévis |  France | 52.81s | | | 12.Kristina Perica |  Croatia | 54.55s | PB | | 13.Žana Minina |  Lithuania | 55.82s | |
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