2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Women's 400 metres ; at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
	Maria Belimpasaki, Justyna Święty-Ersetic, and Lisanne de Witte at the medal ceremony
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Berlin, Germany
Dates	8 August 2018 (round 1); 9 August 2018 (semifinals); 11 August 2018 (final);
Competitors	42 from 21 nations
Winning time	50.41 s
Medalists
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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	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)	48.16	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)	48.97	Monaco	20 July 2018
European Leading	Léa Sprunger (SUI)	50.52	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	1 July 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Justyna Święty-Ersetic (POL)	50.41	Berlin, Germany	11 August 2018

All times are local times (UTC+2)

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	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain	51.67	Q, PB
2	2	5	Cynthia Bolingo	Belgium	51.69	Q, PB
3	3	6	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy	51.76	Q, SB
4	1	5	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	51.84	Q, SB
5	2	7	Floria Gueï	France	51.89	Q
6	1	2	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare	Latvia	51.98	q
7	4	7	Polina Miller	Authorised Neutral Athletes	52.01	Q
8	4	1	Laura Bueno	Spain	52.14	Q, PB
9	2	3	Bianca Răzor	Romania	52.19	q, SB
10	4	8	Iga Baumgart-Witan	Poland	52.23	q
11	2	1	Tamara Salaški	Serbia	52.39	q
12	3	4	Camille Laus	Belgium	52.40	Q
13	3	2	Andrea Miklós	Romania	52.40	q
14	3	3	Tetyana Melnyk	Ukraine	52.44	q
15	2	6	Nadine Gonska	Germany	52.54
16	4	5	Laura de Witte	Netherlands	52.57
17	4	4	Matilda Hellqvist	Sweden	52.68	PB
18	4	6	Modesta Morauskaitė	Lithuania	52.68
19	1	1	Alyona Mamina	Authorised Neutral Athletes	52.72
20	1	8	Alexandra Bezeková	Slovakia	52.88
21	3	5	Despina Mourta	Greece	52.96	PB
22	4	3	Alina Lohvynenko	Ukraine	53.18
23	3	7	Iveta Putalová	Slovakia	53.21
24	2	8	Lada Vondrová	Czech Republic	53.21	PB
25	3	1	lena Symerská	Czech Republic	53.25
26	2	4	Irini Vasiliou	Greece	53.37
27	2	2	Kseniya Aksyonova	Authorised Neutral Athletes	53.37
28	1	4	Zdeňka Seidlová	Czech Republic	53.38
29	1	7	Anastasiia Bryzgina	Ukraine	53.62
30	1	3	Maja Ćirić	Serbia	53.65
31	3	8	Eva Misiūnaitė	Lithuania	54.02
32	4	2	Evelin Nádházy	Hungary	54.34

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	8	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain	51.21	Q, PB
2	1	5	Maria Belimpasaki*	Greece	51.23	Q
3	3	4	Justyna Święty-Ersetic*	Poland	51.23	Q
4	1	4	Lisanne de Witte*	Netherlands	51.24	q
5	3	5	Madiea Ghafoor*	Netherlands	51.29	Q
6	2	7	Iga Baumgart-Witan	Poland	51.35	Q, PB
7	2	4	Agnė Šerkšnienė*	Lithuania	51.41	Q
8	1	6	Floria Gueï	France	51.50	q, SB
9	3	3	Libania Grenot*	Italy	51.54
10	3	7	Gunta Latiševa-Čudare	Latvia	51.60	SB
11	3	8	Polina Miller	Authorised Neutral Athletes	51.65	EU20L
12	1	3	Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik*	Poland	51.74
13	2	5	Anyika Onuora*	Great Britain	51.77
14	2	3	Anita Horvat*	Slovenia	51.89
15	3	6	Amy Allcock*	Great Britain	51.91
16	1	7	Cynthia Bolingo	Belgium	51.92
17	1	1	Tetyana Melnyk	Ukraine	52.20	SB
18	1	2	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal	52.23
19	2	8	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy	52.26
20	3	1	Bianca Răzor	Romania	52.27
21	2	6	Camille Laus	Belgium	52.40
22	3	2	Laura Bueno	Spain	52.46
23	2	2	Andrea Miklós	Romania	52.49
24	2	1	Tamara Salaški	Serbia	53.20

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Poland	50.41	EL
	4	Maria Belimpasaki	Greece	50.45	NR
	2	Lisanne de Witte	Netherlands	50.77	NR
4	5	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain	51.21
5	6	Iga Baumgart-Witan	Poland	51.24	PB
6	7	Agnė Šerkšnienė	Lithuania	51.42
7	1	Floria Gueï	France	51.57
8	8	Madiea Ghafoor	Netherlands	51.57

^ "European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
^ "Round 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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