2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships takes place at the Olympic Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Championship record		48.16	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading		48.97	Monaco	20 July 2018
European Leading		50.52	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	1 July 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
European Leading		50.41	Berlin, Germany	11 August 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
8 August 2018	11:30	Round 1
9 August 2018	19:50	Semifinals
11 August 2018	20:12	Final

Results

Round 1

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	6			51.67	,
2	2	5			51.69	,
3	3	6			51.76	,
4	1	5			51.84	,
5	2	7			51.89
6	1	2			51.98
7	4	7			52.01
8	4	1			52.14	,
9	2	3			52.19	,
10	4	8			52.23
11	2	1			52.39
12	3	4			52.40
13	3	2			52.40
14	3	3			52.44
15	2	6			52.54
16	4	5			52.57
17	4	4			52.68
18	4	6			52.68
19	1	1			52.72
20	1	8			52.88
21	3	5			52.96
22	4	3			53.18
23	3	7			53.21
24	2	8			53.21
25	3	1			53.25
26	2	4			53.37
27	2	2			53.37
28	1	4			53.38
29	1	7			53.62
30	1	3			53.65
31	3	8			54.02
32	4	2			54.34

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	8			51.21	,
2	1	5	Maria Belimpasaki		51.23
3	3	4	Justyna Święty-Ersetic		51.23
4	1	4	Lisanne de Witte		51.24
5	3	5	Madiea Ghafoor		51.29
6	2	7			51.35	,
7	2	4	Agnė Šerkšnienė		51.41
8	1	6			51.50	,
9	3	3	Libania Grenot		51.54
10	3	7			51.60
11	3	8			51.65
12	1	3	Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik		51.74
13	2	5	Anyika Onuora		51.77
14	2	3	Anita Horvat		51.89
15	3	6	Amy Allcock		51.91
16	1	7			51.92
17	1	1			52.20
18	1	2			52.23
19	2	8			52.26
20	3	1			52.27
21	2	6			52.40
22	3	2			52.46
23	2	2			52.49
24	2	1			53.20

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3			50.41
	4			50.45
	2			50.77
4	5			51.21
5	6			51.24
6	7			51.42
7	1			51.57
8	8			51.57

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable . european-athletics.org . 15 March 2018 . 3 May 2018.
2. Web site: Round 1 results . 2 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825143218/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW004900_C74A.pdf . 25 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: Semifinals results . 2 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180815200623/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW004200_C74A.pdf . 15 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Web site: Final results . 2 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820133731/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW004101_C73A.pdf . 20 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .