European Athletics Championships 1994/400 m hurdles for women
16th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 24 athletes from 15 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 9th (preliminary) August 10th (semi-finals) August 12th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 was held from August 9 to 12, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
The British Olympic champion in 1992 , vice world champion in 1991 , world champion in 1993 and world record holder Sally Gunnell became European champion . The German Silvia Rieger won the silver medal. Third place went to Russian Anna Knoros .
Existing records
World record | 52.74 s |
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WM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany | 19th August 1993 |
European record | ||||
EM record | 53.32 s |
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EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany | August 30, 1986 |
European champion Sally Gunnell missed the existing EM record in the final on August 12th by a hundredth of a second.
Preliminary round
August 10, 1994, 5:35 p.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Olga Nazarova |
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55.71 |
2 | Heike Meissner |
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56.13 |
3 | Monika Warnicka |
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56.48 |
4th | Anita Protti |
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56.51 |
5 | Monica Westén |
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56.74 |
6th | Iina Pekkola |
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57.81 |
7th | Jacqui Parker |
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57.83 |
8th | Stefanie Zotter |
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58.32 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sally Gunnell |
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55.17 |
2 | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
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55.75 |
3 | Gesine Schmidt |
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55.96 |
4th | Michèle Schenk |
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56.50 |
5 | Wera Ordina |
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56.66 |
6th | Sylwia Pachut |
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56.76 |
7th | Tiia Eeskivi |
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58.06 |
8th | Carole Nelson |
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58.39 |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Tatiana Kurochkina |
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55.53 |
2 | Silvia Rieger |
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55.83 |
3 | Anna Knoros |
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55.95 |
4th | Gowry Retchakan |
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56.45 |
5 | Frida Svensson |
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57.06 |
6th | Ionela Târlea |
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57.79 |
7th | Lana Jekabesone |
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57.99 |
8th | Virna De Angeli |
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58.60 |
Semifinals
August 10, 1994
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Heike Meissner |
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55.16 |
2 | Tatiana Kurochkina |
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55.49 |
3 | Gowry Retchakan |
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55.78 |
4th | Olga Nazarova |
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55.90 |
5 | Gesine Schmidt |
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56.01 |
6th | Monica Westén |
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56.38 |
7th | Sylwia Pachut |
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56.57 |
8th | Michèle Schenk |
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57.67 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sally Gunnell |
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54.60 |
2 | Anna Knoros |
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54.82 |
3 | Silvia Rieger |
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55.69 |
4th | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
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55.79 |
5 | Anita Protti |
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56.15 |
6th | Wera Ordina |
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56.40 |
7th | Monika Warnicka |
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56.70 |
8th | Frida Svensson |
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57.54 |
final
August 12, 1994
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Sally Gunnell |
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53.33 |
2 | Silvia Rieger |
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54.68 |
3 | Anna Knoros |
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54.68 |
4th | Heike Meissner |
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54.79 |
5 | Tatiana Kurochkina |
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55.18 |
6th | Tetiana Tereshchuk |
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55.53 |
7th | Olga Nazarova |
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55.98 |
8th | Gowry Retchakan |
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56.05 |
Web links
- Women 400m Hurdles European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed October 3, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 3, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m Hurdles European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 467 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 3, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 400 m hurdles women on sportschau.de, accessed on October 3, 2019
- 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on October 3, 2019
Video
- Women's 400m Hurdles Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com (English), accessed October 3, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400 m hurdles women , accessed on October 3, 2019