2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, August 8 and August 9.

Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yevgeniya Isakova Russia	Fani Chalkia Greece	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Ukraine

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Yevgeniya Isakova	Russia	55.21	Q
2	2	Fani Chalkia	Greece	55.42	Q
3	4	Anna Jesień	Poland	55.46	Q
4	1	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	Ukraine	55.47	Q
5	2	Natalia Ivanova	Russia	55.55	Q
6	3	Tasha Danvers-Smith	United Kingdom	55.64	Q
7	3	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	55.74	Q
8	4	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine	55.76	Q
9	2	Andri Sialou	Cyprus	55.87	Q, SB
10	2	Lee McConnell	United Kingdom	56.02	q
11	4	Claudia Marx	Germany	56.04	Q
12	1	Anastasiya Trifonova	Russia	56.10	Q
13	1	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	56.29	Q
14	4	Alena Rücklová	Czech Republic	56.44	q
15	2	Erica Mårtensson	Sweden	56.75	q, PB
16	1	Hristina Hantzi-Neag	Greece	56.80	q, SB
17	3	Marta Chrust-Rożej	Poland	56.90
18	1	Cora Olivero	Spain	57.08
19	4	Benedetta Ceccarelli	Italy	57.12
20	1	Sara Orešnik	Slovenia	57.50
21	3	Michelle Carey	Ireland	57.61
22	2	Agnieszka Karpiesiuk	Poland	57.65
23	4	Laia Forcadell	Spain	57.81
24	3	Nadja Petersen	Sweden	57.90
25	1	Dora Jémma	France	57.94
26	2	Nikolina Horvat	Croatia	57.95
27	4	Anneli Melin	Sweden	58.00
28	4	Emma Duck	United Kingdom	58.03
29	2	Martina Näf	Switzerland	58.08
30	1	Özge Gürler	Turkey	58.39
31	3	Zuzana Bergrová	Czech Republic	58.64
	3	Ilona Ranta	Finland		DNF

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Fani Chalkia	Greece	0.316	54.57	Q
2	7	Claudia Marx	Germany	0.171	54.80	Q, PB
3	3	Anna Jesień	Poland	0.200	54.87	Q
4	6	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine	0.181	55.25	Q
5	1	Lee McConnell	United Kingdom	0.235	55.61
6	2	Andri Sialou	Cyprus	0.297	55.75	SB
7	4	Anastasiya Trifonova	Russia	0.227	56.02
8	8	Alena Rücklová	Czech Republic	0.185	56.24	SB

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6	Yevgeniya Isakova	Russia	0.149	54.17	Q, PB
2	4	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	Ukraine	0.252	54.39	Q, SB
3	5	Tasha Danvers-Smith	United Kingdom	0.172	55.14	Q
4	3	Natalia Ivanova	Russia	0.209	55.34	Q
5	7	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	0.140	56.39
6	8	Erica Mårtensson	Sweden	0.145	56.91
7	1	Hristina Hantzi-Neag	Greece	0.257	57.31
8	2	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	0.254	57.78

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	6	Yevgeniya Isakova	Russia	0.174	53.93	PB
	4	Fani Chalkia	Greece	0.181	54.02
	3	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	Ukraine	0.196	54.55
4	5	Claudia Marx	Germany	0.216	54.99
5	2	Natalia Ivanova	Russia	0.282	55.04	PB
6	7	Anna Jesień	Poland	0.191	55.16
7	1	Tasha Danvers-Smith	United Kingdom	0.165	55.56
8	8	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk	Ukraine	0.183	55.74