title: 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
text: # 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
  
  The women's 200 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held 28 February–1 March.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Svetlana Goncharenko Russia | Melanie Paschke Germany | Katerina Koffa Greece |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.86 | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 22.88 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.90 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 22.96 | Q, NR |
  | 5 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.05 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.11 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.18 | Q |
  | 8 | 4 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.21 | Q, NR |
  | 9 | 1 | Karin Mayr | Austria | 23.22 | q |
  | 10 | 5 | Donna Fraser | Great Britain | 23.32 | Q |
  | 11 | 5 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.35 | q |
  | 12 | 3 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.41 | Q |
  | 13 | 4 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 23.51 | q |
  | 14 | 3 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 23.72 | q |
  | 15 | 3 | Kinga Leszczyńska | Poland | 24.17 | q |
  | 16 | 1 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 24.24 | |
  | 17 | 5 | Tamara Shanidze | Georgia | 24.30 | |
  | 18 | 5 | Ellen De Meyere | Belgium | 24.33 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Mami Awuah-Asante | Netherlands | 24.36 | |
  | 20 | 3 | Saša Prokofjev | Slovenia | 24.38 | |
  | 21 | 4 | Elena Córcoles | Spain | 24.44 | |
  | 22 | 4 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 24.45 | |
  | 23 | 1 | Lena Barry | Ireland | 24.64 | |
  | 24 | 2 | Hana Benešová | Czech Republic | 29.03 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 2 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.73 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 22.79 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.89 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.05 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.07 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.16 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.37 | |
  | 8 | 3 | Donna Fraser | Great Britain | 23.39 | Q |
  | 9 | 1 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 23.81 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Fabé Dia | France | 23.92 | |
  | 11 | 3 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.94 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 24.03 | |
  | 13 | 2 | Kinga Leszczyńska | Poland | 24.25 | |
  | 14 | 3 | Karin Mayr | Austria | 24.33 | |
  | | 3 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | DQ | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Svetlana Goncharenko | Russia | 22.46 |
  | | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 22.50 |
  | | Katerina Koffa | Greece | 22.86 |
  | 4 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.24 |
  | 5 | Donna Fraser | Great Britain | 23.53 |
  | 6 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 24.29 |
  