European Athletics Championships 2010/400 m hurdles for women

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	32 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 27th (preliminary) July 28th (semi-finals) July 30th (final)
Medalists Natalja Antjuch ( RUS )   Vanya Stambolowa ( BUL )   Perri Shakes-Drayton ( GBR )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The 400-meter hurdles for women in the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held from 27 to 30 July 2010 at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys the city of Barcelona held.

The European champion was the Russian Natalja Antjuch . She won ahead of Bulgarian Vanya Stambolowa . Bronze went to the British Perri Shakes-Drayton .

Records

Existing records

World record	52.34 s	Julia Pechonkina	Tula , Russia	August 8, 2003
European record
EM record	53.32 s	Marina Stepanova	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 30, 1986

Record improvement

European champion Natalja Antjuch improved the existing EM record in the final on July 30th by four tenths of a second to 52.92 seconds.

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

July 27, 2010, 10:00 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	55.11
2	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	55.35
3	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine	55.58
4th	Manuela Gentili	Italy	56.16
5	Nikolina Horvat	Croatia	56.64
6th	Stine Tomb	Norway	57.10
7th	Sofie Persson	Sweden	57.23
8th	Justine Kinney	Ireland	57.39

Forward 2

Michelle Carey (left) missed the next round as fifth of her prelim

July 27, 2010, 10:08 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	55.36
2	Yevgenia Isakova	Russia	55.64
3	Élodie Ouédraogo	Belgium	55.80
4th	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	55.88
5	Michelle Carey	Ireland	57.59
6th	Birsen Engin	Turkey	58.19
7th	Kristín Birna Ólafsdóttir-Johnson	Iceland	58.34
8th	Laia Forcadell	Spain	58.80

Ilona Ranta (left) was eliminated in sixth place in her run

Forward 3

July 27, 2010, 10:16 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	54.77
2	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	55.82
3	Natalia Ivanova	Russia	55.83
4th	Zuzana Bergrová	Czech Republic	56.55
5	Patrícia Lopes	Portugal	56.78
6th	Ilona Ranta	Finland	56.94
7th	Brona Furlong	Ireland	58.13
8th	Özge Gürler	Turkey	58.98

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  Sara Slott Petersen, 2016 European Champion, failed as fifth in her preliminary run

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  Seventh place in the second preliminary run was too little for Kristina Volfová (No. 190) to make it into the final

Forward 4

July 27, 2010, 10:24 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Natalja Antjuch	Russia	54.29
2	Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany	55.69
3	Ieva Zunda	Latvia	56.02
4th	Marzena Kościelniak	Poland	56.52
5	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	57.28
6th	Anastasija Rabchenyuk	Ukraine	57.72
7th	Kristina Volfová	Czech Republic	58.48
8th	Amaliya Sharoyan	Armenia	63.37

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

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  Hanna Yaroshchuk did not reach the final as sixth of the first semi-final run

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  Zuzana Bergrová was seventh in her semifinal race and was eliminated

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  Élodie Ouédraogo - beaten eighth in the first semifinals

Run 1

July 28, 2010, 10:00 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	54.67
2	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	54.73
3	Yevgenia Isakova	Russia	54.81
4th	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	55.27
5	Natalia Ivanova	Russia	55.31
6th	Hanna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	56.29
7th	Zuzana Bergrová	Czech Republic	57.41
8th	Élodie Ouédraogo	Belgium	58.60

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  As fourth of her semifinal run Fabienne Kohlmann failed in the semifinals by one place

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  Hanna Titimez was eliminated as fifth in her semifinal race

Run 2

July 28, 2010, 10:08 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Natalja Antjuch	Russia	54.28
2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.61
3	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	54.73
4th	Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany	55.49
5	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine	55.84
6th	Ieva Zunda	Latvia	56.37
7th	Manuela Gentili	Italy	56.56
8th	Marzena Kościelniak	Poland	56.72

final

Target curve of the final
over 400 m hurdles

July 30, 2010, 9:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Natalja Antjuch	Russia	52.92 CR
2	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	53.82 NO
3	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	54.18
4th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.30
5	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	54.58
6th	Yevgenia Isakova	Russia	54.59
7th	Natalia Ivanova	Russia	55.51
8th	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	55.51

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  Natalja Antjuch - European champion with championship record

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  Vice European Champion Vanya Stambolowa

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  Bronze medalist
  Perri Shakes-Drayton

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  Zuzana Hejnová finished fourth - she had included two World Cup -Titel ( 2013 / 2015 ) ahead of them

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  Angela Moroșanu finished fifth

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  Eilidh Child placed eighth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Barcelona 2010 at european-athletics.org, accessed December 31, 2019
• Women 400m Hurdles European Championship 2010 Barcelona on todor66.com, accessed December 31, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2010 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on December 31, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m Hurdles European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​p. 507 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on December 31, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2010, 400 m hurdles women on sportschau.de, accessed on December 31, 2019
• 20th European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​Spain from ifosta.de, accessed on December 31, 2019

Video

• Natalya Antyukh wins 400m Hurdles in European Athletics Championships 2010 on youtube.com (English), accessed on December 31, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 56 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 1, 2020