The women's 400 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 June.

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record47.60Canberra, Australia6 October 1985European record47.60Canberra, Australia6 October 1985Championship record48.16Athens, Greece8 September 1982World Leading49.28Eugene, United States24 June 2012European Leading49.43Krasnodar, Russia 8 June 2012

Schedule Date Time Round 27 June 2012 17:50 Round 1 28 June 2012 17:15 Semifinals 29 June 2012 22:25 Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 4 3 Ilona Vusovich 51.98 Q 2 4 4 Muriel Hurtis 52.11 Q, SB 3 1 4 Ksenia Zadorina 52.18 Q 4 1 2 Moa Hjelmer 52.33 Q 5 3 2 Marie Gayot 52.46 Q 6 2 6 Olha Zemlyak 52.48 Q 7 3 8 Lee McConnell 52.58 Q 8 2 8 Esther Cremer 52.76 Q 9 2 2 Agnė Šerkšnienė 52.89 Q 10 2 5 Libania Grenot 53.09 q 3 3 Pınar Saka 53.13 Q, Doping 11 4 7 Jitka Bartoničková 53.15 Q 12 1 8 Darya Prystupa 53.16 Q 13 2 3 Agata Bednarek 53.22 q 14 1 1 Aauri Bokesa 53.23 q 15 3 4 Maria Enrica Spacca 53.26 q 16 2 7 Sanda Belgyan 53.32 17 3 1 Olessa Cojuhari 53.52 18 3 5 Justyna Święty 53.68 19 1 7 Magdalena Gorzkowska 53.74 20 4 6 Chiara Bazzoni 53.92 2 4 Meliz Redif 53.99 Doping 21 3 6 Adelina Pastor 54.35 22 1 3 Kelly Massey 54.44 23 4 8 Ella Räsänen 54.52 SB 24 4 2 Josefin Magnusson 55.01 25 1 5 Anita Banović 55.50 26 1 6 Birsen Engen 55.82 4 1 Nicola Sanders 3 7 Maris Mägi 4 5 Joanne Cuddihy

Semifinals First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 1 4 Ksenia Zadorina 51.35 Q, SB 2 1 3 Moa Hjelmer 51.40 Q, NR 3 1 6 Lee McConnell 51.98 Q, SB 4 2 2 Libania Grenot 52.02 Q 5 2 5 Olha Zemlyak 52.10 Q 6 2 4 Ilona Vusovich 52.10 Q 7 2 3 Muriel Hurtis 52.13 q 8 1 8 Darya Prystupa 52.15 q 9 1 5 Marie Gayot 52.17 10 1 1 Aauri Lorena Bokesa 52.47 PB 11 2 6 Esther Cremer 52.77 12 2 7 Jitka Bartoničková 52.78 1 7 Pınar Saka 52.84 Doping 13 1 2 Maria Enrica Spacca 53.02 14 2 8 Agnė Šerkšnienė 53.07 2 1 Agata Bednarek

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 6 Moa Hjelmer 51.13 NR 4 Ksenia Zadorina 51.26 SB 7 Ilona Vusovich 51.94 4 5 Olha Zemlyak 52.01 5 8 Lee McConnell 52.20 6 3 Libania Grenot 52.57 7 1 Darya Prystupa 53.03 8 2 Muriel Hurtis 54.50

References

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