2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Women's 400 metres ; at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	July 6 (heats); July 7 (semifinals); July 8 (final);
Competitors	31 from 18 nations
Winning time	50.73
Medalists
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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	Shaunae Miller (BAH)	49.69	Nassau, The Bahamas	16 April 2016
European Leading	Floria Gueï (FRA)	50.84	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5 June 2016

All times are local times (UTC+2)

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Nicky van Leuveren	Netherlands	52.45	Q
2	1	4	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	52.69	Q
3	2	3	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland	52.79	Q
4	3	2	Lisanne de Witte	Netherlands	52.84	Q
5	2	6	Adelina Pastor	Romania	53.03	Q, SB
6	2	8	Benedicte Hauge	Norway	53.13	q, PB
7	1	6	Gunta Latiševa-Cudare	Latvia	53.36	Q, SB
8	1	5	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	53.46	Q
9	1	7	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy	53.51	q
10	3	6	Irini Vasiliou	Greece	53.86	Q
11	3	4	Sinead Denny	Ireland	53.95	Q
12	1	8	Iveta Putálová	Slovakia	53.96	q
13	2	4	Anna Vasiliou	Greece	53.98	q
14	2	7	Laura Bueno	Spain	54.01
15	1	2	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	54.33
16	3	5	Ilona Usovich	Belarus	54.58
17	3	3	Marta Milani	Italy	54.85
18	1	3	Claire Mooney	Ireland	55.66
19	2	2	Vijona Kryeziu	Kosovo	56.04	SB
	3	7	Indira Terrero	Spain	DNF

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	3	Libania Grenot*	Italy	50.43	Q, EL
2	1	4	Floria Gueï*	France	51.01	Q
3	1	5	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.35	Q, SB
4	3	6	Małgorzata Hołub*	Poland	51.67	Q, PB
5	2	5	Anyika Onuora*	Great Britain	51.84	Q
6	1	7	Nicky van Leuveren	Netherlands	52.02	q, PB
7	2	6	Tamara Salaški*	Serbia	52.27	Q
8	1	3	Justyna Święty*	Poland	52.34	q
9	2	7	Lisanne de Witte	Netherlands	52.37
10	3	7	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	52.39	SB
11	2	3	Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer*	Germany	52.40
12	3	4	Cátia Azevedo*	Portugal	52.46
13	3	5	Yuliya Olishevska*	Ukraine	52.54
14	2	4	Olha Zemlyak*	Ukraine	52.58
14	3	8	Irini Vasiliou	Greece	52.58
16	1	8	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy	52.69
17	3	2	Adelina Pastor	Romania	52.90	SB
18	2	8	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland	52.92
19	1	6	Olha Bibik*	Ukraine	53.02
20	1	2	Gunta Latiševa-Cudare	Latvia	53.11	SB
21	3	1	Sinead Denny	Ireland	53.27
22	1	1	Anna Vasiliou	Greece	53.77
23	2	2	Iveta Putálová	Slovakia	54.04
24	2	1	Benedicte Hauge	Norway	54.50

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[4]

The final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6	Libania Grenot	Italy	50.73
	4	Floria Gueï	France	51.21
	3	Anyika Onuora	Great Britain	51.47	SB
4	5	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.55
5	8	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.89
6	2	Justyna Święty	Poland	51.96
7	7	Tamara Salaški	Serbia	52.23
8	1	Nicky van Leuveren	Netherlands	52.76

^ "Programme – European Athletics Championships". amsterdam2016.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
^ Heats results Archived 2016-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
^ List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2016-07-09.