2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The Women's 400 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Antonina Krivoshapka	Nataliya Pyhyda	Darya Safonova

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			51.56	Q
2	4			52.64	Q
3	2			52.67	Q
4	1			52.75	Q
5	2			53.06	Q
6	1			53.27	Q
7	3			53.50	Q
8	3			53.57	q
9	2			53.81	q
10	4			53.84	Q, PB
11	4			53.85	q, NR
12	1			53.94	q
13	4			54.00
14	1			54.04
15	3			54.36	PB
16	2			54.73
17	4			54.78
18	1			55.48	SB
19	3			55.65	PB
20	2			55.70

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			51.59	Q
2	1			52.63	Q
3	1			52.86	Q
4	2			52.90	Q
5	1			53.21	Q
6	1			53.43	SB
7	1			53.48
8	2			53.59	Q
9	2			53.92	PB
10	2			53.96
11	1			54.63
12	2			54.81

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.18
			51.44	PB
			51.85	PB
4			52.37	SB
5			53.11	SB
6			53.58

References

• Results