European Athletics Championships 2006/400 m women

19th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	26 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 8th (preliminary) August 9th (semi-finals) August 10th (final)
Medalists Vanya Stambolowa ( BUL )   Tatiana Weschkurowa ( RUS )   Olga Saizewa ( RUS )

The Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg during the 2006 European Championships

The 400-meter race of women in the 2006 European Athletics Championships was from 8 to 10 August 2006 at the Ullevi stadium of the city of Gothenburg held.

The Russian runners won two medals in this competition, silver and bronze. Bulgarian Wanja Stambolowa became European champion . She won ahead of Tatyana Weschkurowa . Bronze went to Olga Saizewa .

Existing records

World record	47.60 s	Marita Koch	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
European record
EM record	48.16 s		EM Athens , Greece	September 8, 1982

The European Championship record, which has existed since 1982 , was neither set nor improved at these European championships.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three 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

As a fifth of their race Jitka Bartoničková difference (right) from the lead

Phara Anacharsis finished seventh in her preliminary run and did not reach the semi-finals

August 8, 2006, 10:55 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Olga Saizewa	Russia	50.89
2	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	51.41
3	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain	52.02
4th	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	52.30
5	Jitka Bartoničková	Czech Republic	52.91
6th	Lena Aruhn	Sweden	53.28
7th	Phara Anacharsis	France	53.43

Forward 2

August 8, 2006, 11:03 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	50.39
2	Ilona Ussowitsch	Belarus	51.34 NO
3	Natalija Pyhyda	Ukraine	51.98
4th	Daniela Reina	Italy	52.07
5	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	52.21
6th	Klodiana Shala	Albania	52.86
7th	Beatrice Dahlgren	Sweden	53.52

Forward 3

August 8, 2006, 11:11 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	51.69
2	Marijana Dimitrova	Bulgaria	52.04
3	Solen Désert	France	52.32
4th	Claudia Hoffmann	Germany	52.55
5	Dímitra Dóva	Greece	53.24
6th	Kirsi Mykkänen	Finland	53.34

Thélia Sigères fifth place in the fourth heat was not enough for advancement

Forward 4

August 8, 2006, 11:19 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tatiana Weschkurowa	Russia	51.01
2	Nicola Sanders	Great Britain	51.80
3	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	52.15
4th	Romara van Noort	Netherlands	52.64
5	Thélia Sigère	France	53.52
6th	Nedjalka Nedkowa	Bulgaria	53.69

Semifinals

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  Claudia Hoffmann, later Claudia Grunwald, retired after reaching the semi-finals as sixth of her race

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  Natalija Pyhyda was seventh of her semi-final run and did not reach the final

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 9, 2006, 7:05 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	49.69
2	Ilona Ussowitsch	Belarus	50.74
3	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	50.96
4th	Nicola Sanders	Great Britain	51.25
5	Daniela Reina	Italy	52.13
6th	Claudia Hoffmann	Germany	52.27
7th	Natalija Pyhyda	Ukraine	52.36
8th	Solen Désert	France	53.06

As eighth of her semifinal race, Marilyn Okoro had no chance of making it into the final

Run 2

August 9, 2006, 7:12 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Olga Saizewa	Russia	50.49
2	Tatiana Weschkurowa	Russia	50.87
3	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	51.09
4th	Marijana Dimitrova	Bulgaria	51.23
5	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	52.00
6th	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	52.46
7th	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	52.66
8th	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain	52.94

European champion Vanya Stambolowa - in 2007 she received a two-year ban after a positive testosterone test, but then became vice European champion over 400 meter hurdles in 2010

final

August 10, 2006, 6:50 p.m.

As with the men, the 400-meter run was the first competition for women in which none of the 2002 finalists reached the final. However, there were experienced relay runners at the start. The winner Vanya Stambolowa had consolidated her role as one of the favorites in the previous rounds. The biggest surprise is that the other favorite, Olga Saizewa, “only” won bronze. The Belarusian Ilona Ussowitsch had already set a new national record with 50.74 seconds in the qualification and was fifth again in the final.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	49.85
2	Tatiana Weschkurowa	Russia	50.15
3	Olga Saizewa	Russia	50.28
4th	Marijana Dimitrova	Bulgaria	50.64
5	Ilona Ussowitsch	Belarus	50.69 NO
6th	Nicola Sanders	Great Britain	50.87
7th	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	50.90
8th	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	51.46

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  Tatiana Weschkurowa (right) became vice European champion

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  Ilona Ussowitsch reached number five

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  Nicola Sanders came in sixth place

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  Svetlana Pospelowa took seventh place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Göteborg 2006 at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 26, 2019
• Women 400m European Championship 2006 Göteborg on todor66.com, accessed November 26, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2006 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 26, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m European Championship 2006 Göteborg, p. 494 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 26, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2006, 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on November 26, 2019
• 19th European Athletics Championships 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on November 26, 2019

Video

• 2006 European Championships Women's 400m on youtube.com (English), accessed November 26, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 400m women , accessed November 26, 2019
2. ↑ Doping History. 2000 - 2008: Greek tragedy and Russian doping flood on sportschau.de, accessed on November 26, 2019