2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	European Athletics Championships
Dates:	8 July (round 1) 9 July (semifinals) 10 July (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	23
Win Value:	55.12
Goldnoc:	DEN
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronzenoc:	SUI

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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		53.51	Eugene, United States	11 June 2016
European Leading		54.53	Doha, Qatar	6 May 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
8 July 2016	14:15	Round 1
9 July 2016	20:20	Semifinals
10 July 2016	17:05	Final

Results

Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 6 (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	6			56.32	Q, SB
2	4	7			56.43	Q, PB
3	3	2			56.69	Q
4	2	6			56.88	Q
5	4	3			56.95	Q
6	1	4			56.98	Q
7	2	5			57.14	Q, PB
8	1	2			57.38	Q
9	2	7			57.45	q
10	2	4			57.49	q
11	4	8			57.55	q
12	3	4			57.59	q, PB
13	4	6			57.73	q
14	1	3			57.84	q
15	1	6			57.91	SB
16	3	3			57.97
17	3	5			58.17
18	3	7			58.26
19	1	7			58.31
20	4	4			58.40
21	1	5			58.98
22	2	2			59.22
23	2	3
24	4	2
	4	5

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Sara Slott Petersen		55.59	Q
2	1	5	Léa Sprunger		55.72	Q
3	3	5	Joanna Linkiewicz		55.74	Q
4	2	8			55.79	Q, NR
5	3	6	Katsiaryna Belanovich		55.82	Q
6	1	6	Ayomide Folorunso		55.87	Q
7	3	8			56.03	q, SB
8	1	7			56.05	q, PB
9	2	4	Viktoriya Tkachuk		56.17
10	3	4	Anna Titimets		56.18
11	2	7			56.34	PB
12	2	3	Marzia Caravelli		56.45
13	2	6	Axelle Dauwens		56.62
14	1	4	Olena Kolesnychenko		56.84
15	3	7			56.87
16	3	3			57.05
17	2	2			57.11
18	2	1			57.24
19	3	1			57.42
20	1	2			57.50
21	1	8			57.63
22	1	1			57.76
23	3	2			57.86
24	1	3			57.92

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[4]

Final

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3			55.12	SB
	5			55.33
	4			55.41
4	7			55.50	PB
5	8			56.10
6	6			56.24
7	1			56.34
8	2			57.31

External links

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Programme – European Athletics Championships. amsterdam2016.org. 2016-06-30.
2. Web site: Heats results . 2016-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180919012807/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW044900_C74A.pdf . 2018-09-19 . dead .
3. Web site: Semifinals results . 2016-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180919012807/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW044200_C74A.pdf . 2018-09-19 . dead .
4. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/93/97/ECH2016-SprintEvents-ListofqualifiedathletesinSF_Neutral.pdf List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
5. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW044101_C73A.pdf Final results