2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

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

Medalists

Gold	Irina Davydova
Silver	Denisa Rosolová Czech Republic
Bronze	Hanna Yaroshchuk Ukraine

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
European record	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
Championship record	52.92	Barcelona, Spain	30 July 2010
World Leading	53.87	Sochi, Russia	27 May 2012
European Leading	53.87	Sochi, Russia	27 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World Leading European Leading	53.77	Helsinki, Finland	29 June 2012

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	2	8	55.24	Q
2	1	2	55.37	Q
3	1	6	55.39	Q, SB
4	2	6	55.73	Q
5	1	7	55.80	Q, NR
6	3	6	55.98	Q
7	4	3	56.00	Q
8	3	4	56.08	Q
9	2	2	56.30	Q
9	1	3	56.30	q
11	3	5	56.33	Q
12	4	7	56.58	Q
12	2	3	56.58	q, PB
14	4	2	56.59	Q, SB
15	4	8	57.10	q
16	4	4	57.18	q
17	2	5	57.19
18	2	7	57.61	PB
18	3	3	57.61
20	1	5	57.74
21	3	8	57.83	PB
22	2	4	58.02
23	3	2	58.24
24	4	6	58.27
25	4	5	58.90
26	3	7	58.93
27	1	4	59.43

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	2	4	54.68	Q
2	1	6	54.69	Q, PB
3	1	5	54.71	Q
4	1	3	54.92	Q, SB
5	2	3	55.36	Q
6	2	5	55.77	Q
7	2	8	55.78	q, PB
8	1	8	55.93	q, PB
9	2	6	56.07
10	1	7	56.43
11	2	7	56.58
12	1	1	57.03
13	2	2	57.26
14	2	1	57.32
15	1	2	58.76
16	1	4	58.96