2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	33
Nations:	19
Win Value:	54.33
Gold:	Léa Sprunger
Silver:	Hanna Ryzhykova
Bronze:	Meghan Beesley
Gold Nation:	SUI
Silver Nation:	UKR
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2018 European Athletics Championships takes place at the Olympic Stadium on 7, 8 and 10 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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		52.75	Knoxville, United States	13 May 2018
European Leading		54.79	Lausanne, Switzerland	5 July 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
European Leading		54.33	Berlin, Germany	10 August 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 August 2018	10:00	Round 1
8 August 2018	19:05	Semifinals
10 August 2018	20:50	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2] 12 fastest entrants awarded bye to Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	6			56.24
2	3	8			56.35
3	3	7			56.39
4	1	2			56.66
5	2	5			56.68	,
6	2	7			56.70
7	1	8			56.78
8	3	4			56.94
9	1	5			57.08
10	3	6			57.18
11	2	3			57.24
12	1	3			57.40
13	1	4			57.53
14	3	3			57.55	=
15	3	2			57.76
16	1	7			57.81
17	2	8			58.43
18	2	4			58.46
19	1	6			58.47
20	3	5			58.56
21	2	2

Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	3	Hanna Ryzhykova		54.82	,
2	2	3	Léa Sprunger		55.04
3	3	4	Yadisleidy Pedroso		55.13
4	1	4	Eilidh Doyle		55.16
5	3	6	Meghan Beesley		55.21	,
6	3	8			55.24	,
7	2	5	Viktoriya Tkachuk		55.37
8	2	4	Ayomide Folorunso		55.69
9	1	3	Hanne Claes		55.75
10	2	6	Line Kloster		55.78
11	1	6	Amalie Iuel		55.81
12	1	7			55.89
13	3	5	Zuzana Hejnová		56.03
14	2	8			56.06
15	2	7			56.19
16	1	8			56.35
17	3	1			56.81
18	1	5	Sara Petersen		56.91
19	3	2			57.25
20	2	2			57.33
21	2	1			57.40
22	1	1			57.51
23	1	2			57.71
	3	7

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3			54.33
	5			54.51
	1			55.31
4	7			55.75
5	4			55.80
6	2			55.89
7	8			56.15
8	6			56.23

Notes and References

1. Web site: 400m Hurdles Women. European Athletic Association.
2. Web site: Round 1 results. European Athletic Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20180918230958/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW044900_C74A.pdf. 18 September 2018. dead. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Semifinals results. European Athletic Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20181007045859/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW044200_C74A.pdf. 7 October 2018. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Final results . 3 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820133851/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW044101_C73A.pdf . 20 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .