European Athletics Championships 2010/400 m women
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| discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 23 athletes from 15 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Barcelona
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| Competition location | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | ||||||||
| Competition phase | July 28th (preliminary) July 30th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter run at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on July 28th and 30th, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .
In this competition there was a Russian double victory. Xenija Ustalowa became European champion . Before the third place in the 2009 World Cup, she won Antonina Kriwoschapka . Bronze went to the Italian Libania Grenot .
Existing records
| World record | 47.60 s |
 Marita Koch
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Canberra , Australia | October 6, 1985 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 48.16 s | EM Athens , Greece | September 8, 1982 |
The since 1982 existing EM -record remained untouched even with these European Championships.
doping
This competition was overshadowed by two doping cases:
- Tatiana Firowa , Russia - first first. Institutional doping in Russia was investigated and uncovered in the so-called McLaren Report . Tatiana Firowa was one of the athletes who were part of a doping program with anabolic steroids from 2012 to 2013 . In 2008 she had already violated the regulations by not giving doping samples. The European championship title was revoked, the subsequent athletes moved up one rank each.
- Pınar Saka , Turkey - eliminated in the preliminary stages. In 2013, the Turkish Athletics Association (TAF) issued a ban against 31 athletes who tested positive for doping substances. They also included Pınar Saka, whose result at these European Championships was canceled.
The main victims were four athletes:
- The Russian Xenija Ustalowa was only able to exchange her silver medal for the gold medal with a delay.
- The Italian Libania Grenot was initially fourth-placed and could not take part in the award ceremony and received the bronze medal very late.
- The French Virginie Michanol was denied the final.
Preliminary round
Due to the small number of participants of only 23 runners, a semi-final was omitted, the qualified athletes contested the final two days after the heats.
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two winners per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest female athletes - highlighted in light green - reached the final.
Forward 1
Maris Mägi missed the final by one place
Lee McConnell was fourth in their heat and was eliminated
July 28, 2010, 6:35 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonina Kriwoschapka |
 Russia
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51.52 |
| 2 | Denisa Rosolová |
 Czech Republic
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52.34 |
| 3 | Maris Mägi |
 Estonia
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52.85 |
| 4th | Lee McConnell |
 Great Britain
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53.15 |
| 5 | Darya Prystupa |
 Ukraine
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53.48 |
| 6th | Agata Bednarek |
 Poland
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54.16 |
| 7th | Jasna Horozič |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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55.97 |
| DOP | Pinar Saka |
 Turkey
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Forward 2
July 28, 2010, 6:44 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonina Yefremova |
Ukraine
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51.67 |
| 2 | Marta Milani |
 Italy
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52.36 |
| 3 | Virginie Michanol |
 France
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52.37 actually qualified for the final |
| 4th | Helene Nordquist |
 Sweden
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53.78 |
| 5 | Barbara Petráhn |
 Hungary
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53.78 |
| 6th | Meliz Redif |
Turkey
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54.19 |
| 7th | Begoña Garrido |
Spain
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54.65 |
| DOP | Tatiana Firowa |
Russia
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admitted to the finals |
Forward 3
July 28, 2010, 6:53 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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| 1 | Xenia Ustalova |
Russia
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50.96 |
| 2 | Libania Grenot |
Italy
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51.03 |
| 3 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi |
France
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51.97 |
| 4th | Joanne Cuddihy |
 Ireland
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52.58 |
| 5 | Kseniya Karandyuk |
Ukraine
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53.18 |
| 6th | Jitka Bartoničková |
Czech Republic
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54.16 |
| DSQ | Agní Dervéni |
 Greece
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final
July 30, 2010, 7:35 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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| 1 | Xenia Ustalova |
Russia
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49.92 |
| 2 | Antonina Kriwoschapka |
Russia
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50.10 |
| 3 | Libania Grenot |
Italy
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50.43 |
| 4th | Denisa Rosolová |
Czech Republic
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50.90 |
| 5 | Antonina Yefremova |
Ukraine
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51.67 |
| 6th | Marta Milani |
Italy
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51.87 |
| 7th | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi |
France
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52.05 |
| DOP | Tatiana Firowa |
Russia
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Vice European Champion Antonina Kriwoschapka
Bronze medalist Libania Grenot
Denisa Rosolová came in fourth
Seventh place for Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
Tatjana Firowa - first honored as the winner, then convicted of doping fraud
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Barcelona 2010 at european-athletics.org, accessed December 29, 2019
- Women 400m European Championship 2010 Barcelona on todor66.com, accessed December 29, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2010 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on December 29, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m European Championship 2010 Barcelona, p. 505 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on December 29, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2010, 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on December 29, 2019
- 20th European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, Spain from ifosta.de, accessed on December 29, 2019
Video
- 400m W Heat Barcelona 2010 European athletics championships on youtube.com (English), accessed December 29, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m women , accessed December 29, 2019
- ↑ Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov on bbc.com/sport, February 1, 2019 (English), accessed on December 29, 2019
- ↑ Turkish Athletics hands doping ban on 31 athletes , Hurriyet Daily News, August 6, 2013, accessed December 29, 2019