2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, August 8 and August 9.

Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Yevgeniya Isakova	Fani Chalkia	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2006	11:40	Round 1
August 8, 2006	19:15	Semifinals
August 9, 2006	20:10	Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			55.21	Q
	2			55.42	Q
	4			55.46	Q
	1			55.47	Q
	2			55.55	Q
	3			55.64	Q
	3			55.74	Q
	4			55.76	Q
	2			55.87	Q, SB
10	2			56.02	q
11	4			56.04	Q
12	1			56.10	Q
13	1			56.29	Q
14	4			56.44	q
15	2			56.75	q, PB
16	1			56.80	q, SB
17	3			56.90
18	1			57.08
19	4			57.12
20	1			57.50
21	3			57.61
22	2			57.65
23	4			57.81
24	3			57.90
25	1			57.94
26	2			57.95
27	4			58.00
28	4			58.03
29	2			58.08
30	1			58.39
31	3			58.64
	3				DNF

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5			0.316	54.57	Q
2	7			0.171	54.80	Q, PB
3	3			0.200	54.87	Q
4	6			0.181	55.25	Q
5	1			0.235	55.61
6	2			0.297	55.75	SB
7	4			0.227	56.02
8	8			0.185	56.24	SB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6			0.149	54.17	Q, PB
2	4			0.252	54.39	Q, SB
3	5			0.172	55.14	Q
4	3			0.209	55.34	Q
5	7			0.140	56.39
6	8			0.145	56.91
7	1			0.257	57.31
8	2			0.254	57.78

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	6			0.174	53.93	PB
	4			0.181	54.02
	3			0.196	54.55
4	5			0.216	54.99
5	2			0.282	55.04	PB
6	7			0.191	55.16
7	1			0.165	55.56
8	8			0.183	55.74

External links

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