2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

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

The women's 400 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Tatyana Firova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Kseniya Ustalova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Antonina Krivoshapka Russia (RUS)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record		48.16	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading		49.64	Des Moines, United States	26 June 2010
European Leading		50.16		29 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
European Leading		49.89	Barcelona, Spain	30 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 July 2010	18:35	Round 1
30 July 2010	19:35	Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6			0.211	51.52	Q
2	7			0.222	52.34	Q
3	2			0.288	52.85
4	3			0.284	53.15
5	5			0.318	53.48
6	8			0.218	54.16
	4				54.33	Doping
7	1			0.274	55.97

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	7			0.198	51.11	Q
2	8				51.67	Q
3	2			0.202	52.36	q
4	1			0.216	52.37
5	5			0.274	53.78
6	6			0.183	53.78
7	3			0.257	54.19
8	4			0.260	54.65

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	8			0.219	50.96	Q
2	4			0.231	51.03	Q, SB
3	7			0.181	51.97	q
4	5			0.193	52.58
5	6				53.18
6	2			0.283	54.16
	3			0.227

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	3	8				50.96	Q
2	3	4				51.03	Q, SB
3	2	7				51.11	Q
4	1	6				51.52	Q
5	2	8				51.67	Q
6	3	7				51.97	q
7	1	7				52.34	Q
8	2	2				52.36	q
9	2	1				52.37
10	3	5				52.58
11	1	2				52.85
12	1	3				53.15
13	3	6				53.18
14	1	5				53.48
15	2	5				53.78
16	2	6				53.78
17	3	2				54.16
17	1	8				54.16
19	2	3				54.19
	1	4				54.33	Doping
20	2	4				54.65
21	1	1				55.97
	3	3					DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
DQ	5			0.200	49.89	EL
	4			0.229	49.92	PB
	3			0.205	50.10	SB
	6			0.323	50.43	SB
4	7			0.319	50.90
5	8				51.67
6	1			0.185	51.87	PB
7	2			0.194	52.05

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results
• Full results