2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	2021 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Dates:	8–10 July
Competitors:	37
Nations:	19
Win Value:	54.28
Gold:	Emma Zapletalová
Goldnoc:	SVK
Silver:	Sara Gallego
Silvernoc:	ESP
Bronze:	Yasmin Giger
Bronzenoc:	SUI
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		53.58	Kyiv, Soviet Union	22 June 1984
Championship U23 record		54.50	Debrecen, Hungary	14 July 2007

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals.^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	align=left		align=left		56.84	Q
2	1	align=left		align=left		56.87	Q
3	4	align=left		align=left		57.14	Q, PB
4	2	align=left		align=left		57.17	Q, PB
5	5	align=left		align=left		57.45	Q
6	3	align=left		align=left		57.57	Q
7	3	align=left		align=left		57.71	Q
8	2	align=left		align=left		57.76	Q
9	2	align=left		align=left		57.92	Q, SB
10	4	align=left		align=left		58.04	Q
11	2	align=left		align=left		58.05	Q
12	5	align=left		align=left		58.06	Q
13	5	align=left		align=left		58.18	Q, PB
14	1	align=left		align=left		58.18	Q
15	4	align=left		align=left		58.22	Q, SB
16	5	align=left		align=left		58.35	Q
17	3	align=left		align=left		58.59	Q
18	3	align=left		align=left		58.94	Q
19	5	align=left		align=left		58.97	q, SB
20	5	align=left		align=left		58.98	q
21	4	align=left		align=left		59.03	q
22	2	align=left		align=left		59.03	q, PB
23	3	align=left		align=left		59.33
24	1	align=left		align=left		59.36	Q
25	3	align=left		align=left		59.58
26	1	align=left		align=left		59.60	Q
26	5	align=left		align=left		59.60	SB
28	2	align=left		align=left			PB
29	1	align=left		align=left
30	1	align=left		align=left			SB
31	2	align=left		align=left
32	4	align=left		align=left
33	3	align=left		align=left
34	1	align=left		align=left			NR
35	4	align=left		align=left
36	3	align=left		align=left			NR
	1	align=left		align=left

Semifinals

Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		55.99	Q, SB
2	3	align=left		align=left		56.37	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		56.46	Q
4	2	align=left		align=left		56.48	Q
5	2	align=left		align=left		56.67	Q, PB
6	1	align=left		align=left		56.80	q
7	2	align=left		align=left		56.82	q, PB
8	3	align=left		align=left		56.89	Q, PB
9	3	align=left		align=left		57.01	PB
10	1	align=left		align=left		57.41	PB
11	3	align=left		align=left		57.70
12	2	align=left		align=left		57.96
13	1	align=left		align=left		58.24
14	1	align=left		align=left		58.28
15	3	align=left		align=left		58.49
16	3	align=left		align=left		58.59
17	1	align=left		align=left		58.65
18	3	align=left		align=left		58.72	SB
19	2	align=left		align=left		58.80
20	2	align=left		align=left		58.84
21	1	align=left		align=left		59.28	PB
22	3	align=left		align=left		59.34
23	2	align=left		align=left		59.98
24	2	align=left		align=left

Final

^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	align=left		align=left		54.28	CR, NR
	6	align=left		align=left		55.20	NR
	3	align=left		align=left		55.25	NU23R
4	4	align=left		align=left		55.42	NU23R
5	1	align=left		align=left		56.63
6	8	align=left		align=left		56.90
7	7	align=left		align=left		56.91
8	2	align=left		align=left		57.30

Notes and References

1. https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/event-schedule-women-s-400m-hurdles.htm Women's 400 metres hurdles
2. Web site: Round 1 Summary Results . 2021-07-13 . dead . 2021-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210713193735/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C74A_ATHW400MHURD----------RND1--------.pdf .
3. Web site: Round 1 Results . 2021-07-13 . dead . 2021-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210713193735/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73B_ATHW400MHURD----------RND1--------.pdf .
4. Web site: Semifinals Summary Results . 2021-07-13 . dead . 2021-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210713193736/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C74A_ATHW400MHURD----------SFNL--------.pdf .
5. Web site: Semifinals Results . 2021-07-13 . dead . 2021-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210713193738/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73B_ATHW400MHURD----------SFNL--------.pdf .
6. Web site: Final Results . 2021-07-13 . dead . 2021-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210712120725/https://tallinn21-u23results.european-athletics.com/resEU23CH-/pdf/EU23CH-/ATH/EU23CH-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400MHURD----------FNL-000100--.pdf .