2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

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  Italy
Silver	Olha Zemlyak  Ukraine
Bronze	Indira Terrero  Spain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record	Marita Koch (GDR)	48.12	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading	Francena McCorory (USA)	49.48	Sacramento, California, United States	28 June 2014
European Leading	Libania Grenot (ITA)	50.55	Rovereto, Italy	19 July 2014

Schedule

All times are local times (UTC+2)

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
1	4	5	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	51.16	Q
2	2	6	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.40	Q, SB
3	1	4	Indira Terrero	Spain	51.62	Q, SB
4	1	3	Bianca Răzor	Romania	51.77	Q, SB
5	1	6	Marie Gayot	France	51.80	Q, SB
6	4	6	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	51.86	Q
7	2	7	Libania Grenot	Italy	51.90	Q
8	3	7	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	51.95	Q, SB
9	4	2	Esther Cremer	Germany	51.98	Q
10	3	3	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	52.00	Q
11	1	8	Tatyana Veshkurova	Russia	52.06	q
12	1	5	Chiara Bazzoni	Italy	52.19	q, SB
13	3	4	Agnė Šerkšnienė	Lithuania	52.42	Q
14	3	1	Floria Gueï	France	52.42	q
15	4	8	Justyna Święty	Poland	52.43	q
16	2	3	Kseniya Zadorina	Russia	52.57	Q
17	2	4	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland	52.73
18	2	5	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	52.87
19	2	8	Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	53.25	PB
20	3	2	Adelina Pastor	Romania	53.30
21	1	7	Gunta Latiševa-Cudare	Latvia	53.37	SB
22	4	4	Tamara Marković	Serbia	53.41
22	3	8	Katri Mustola	Finland	53.41
22	4	3	Maria Enrica Spacca	Italy	53.41
25	4	7	Line Kloster	Norway	54.27
26	2	2	Tara Marie Norum	Norway	54.89
27	1	2	Modesta Morauskaitė	Lithuania	55.87
28	3	6	Amaliya Sharoyan	Armenia	56.49
29	3	5	Hristina Risteska	Macedonia	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
1	2	5	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	51.24	Q
2	2	6	Libania Grenot	Italy	51.47	Q
3	2	4	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	51.84	Q
4	1	4	Indira Terrero	Spain	52.07	Q
5	2	7	Marie Gayot	France	52.11	q
6	2	3	Bianca Răzor	Romania	52.22	q
7	2	8	Agnė Šerkšnienė	Lithuania	52.32
8	1	6	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	52.56	Q
9	1	5	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	52.58	Q
10	1	3	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	52.70
11	1	1	Floria Gueï	France	52.82
12	1	7	Esther Cremer	Germany	52.83
13	2	2	Justyna Święty	Poland	52.85
14	2	1	Tatyana Veshkurova	Russia	52.93
15	1	2	Chiara Bazzoni	Italy	53.50
	1	8	Kseniya Zadorina	Russia	DNF

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Libania Grenot	Italy	51.10
	4	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	51.36
	6	Indira Terrero	Spain	51.38	SB
4	5	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.38	SB
5	7	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.84	PB
6	1	Bianca Răzor	Romania	51.95
7	2	Marie Gayot	France	52.14
8	8	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	52.39

References