2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

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

The women's 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August.

Medalists

Gold	Libania Grenot
Silver	Olha Zemlyak
Bronze	Indira Terrero

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record		48.12	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading		49.48	Sacramento, California, United States	28 June 2014
European Leading		50.55	Rovereto, Italy	19 July 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
12 August 2014	18:00	Round 1
13 August 2014	19:06	Semifinal
15 August 2014	19:10	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	4	5			51.16	Q
	2	6			51.40	Q, SB
	1	4			51.62	Q, SB
	1	3			51.77	Q, SB
	1	6			51.80	Q, SB
	4	6			51.86	Q
	2	7			51.90	Q
	3	7			51.95	Q, SB
	4	2			51.98	Q
10	3	3			52.00	Q
11	1	8			52.06	q
12	1	5			52.19	q, SB
13	3	4			52.42	Q
14	3	1			52.42	q
15	4	8			52.43	q
16	2	3			52.57	Q
17	2	4			52.73
18	2	5			52.87
19	2	8			53.25	PB
20	3	2			53.30
21	1	7			53.37	SB
22	4	4			53.41
22	3	8			53.41
22	4	3			53.41
25	4	7			54.27
26	2	2			54.89
27	1	2			55.87
28	3	6			56.49
29	3	5			57.47	PB

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	2	5			51.24	Q
	2	6			51.47	Q
	2	4			51.84	Q
	1	4			52.07	Q
	2	7			52.11	q
	2	3			52.22	q
	2	8			52.32
	1	6			52.56	Q
	1	5			52.58	Q
10	1	3			52.70
11	1	1			52.82
12	1	7			52.83
13	2	2			52.85
14	2	1			52.93
15	1	2			53.50
	1	8

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3			51.10
	4			51.36
	6			51.38	SB
4	5			51.38	SB
5	7			51.84	PB
6	1			51.95
7	2			52.14
8	8			52.39

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats results . 2014-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314170819/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW004200_C74A.pdf . 2017-03-14 . dead .
2. Web site: Semifinals results . 2014-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314170819/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW004200_C74A.pdf . 2017-03-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Final results . 2014-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203143637/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW004101_C73A.pdf . 2016-12-03 . dead .