European Athletics Championships 2012/400 m women
21st European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 30 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | June 27th (preliminary) June 28th (semi-finals) June 29th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter run at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held from June 27 to 29, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
The Swedish Moa Hjelmer became the European champion . The Russian Xenija Sadorina came in second place . The Belarusian Olha Semljak won the bronze medal.
Existing records
World record | 47.60 s |
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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 not in danger at these European championships either.
doping
There were two doping cases by Turkish runners in this competition:
- Pınar Saka , who initially qualified for the semifinals and was eliminated there, was banned for three years until May 23, 2015 in 2013 due to abnormalities in her biological passport . All of their results as of June 18, 2012 have been retrospectively canceled.
- Meliz Redif , who had already retired, was banned for three years due to abnormalities in her Biological Passport - March 31, 2015 to March 30, 2018. All of her results from 2009 to 2013 were retrospectively canceled.
The Romanian Sanda Belgyan suffered . She would have been eligible to start in the semi-finals during her time, but could not take part there.
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
June 27, 2012, 5:50 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Xenija Sadorina |
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52.18 |
2 | Moa Hjelmer |
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52.33 |
3 | Darja Prystupa |
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53.16 |
4th | Aauri Bokesa |
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53.23 |
5 | Magdalena Gorzkowska |
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53.74 |
6th | Kelly Massey |
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54.44 |
7th | Anita Banović |
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55.50 |
8th | Birsen Engin |
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55.82 |
Forward 2
June 27, 2012, 5:58 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Olha Semljak |
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52.48 |
2 | Esther Cremer |
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52.76 |
3 | Agnė Šerkšnienė |
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52.89 |
4th | Libania Grenot |
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53.09 |
5 | Agata Bednarek |
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53.22 |
6th | Sanda Belgyan |
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53.32 actually qualified for the semi-finals |
DOP | Meliz Redif |
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Forward 3
June 27, 2012, 6:06 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Marie Gayot |
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52.46 |
2 | Lee McConnell |
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52.58 |
3 | Maria Enrica Spacca |
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53.26 |
4th | Olesea Cojuhari |
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53.52 |
5 | Justyna Święty |
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53.68 |
6th | Adelina pastor |
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54.34 |
DSQ | Maris Mägi |
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IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track |
DOP | Pinar Saka |
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admitted to the semifinals |
Forward 4
June 27, 2012, 6:14 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Ilona Ussowitsch |
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51.98 |
2 | Muriel Hurtis |
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52.11 |
3 | Jitka Bartoničková |
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53.15 |
4th | Chiara Bazzoni |
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53.92 |
5 | Ella Räsänen |
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54.52 |
6th | Josefin Magnusson |
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55.01 |
DSQ | Joanne Cuddihy |
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IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track |
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.
Run 1
June 28, 2012, 5:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Xenija Sadorina |
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51.35 |
2 | Moa Hjelmer |
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51.48 NO |
3 | Lee McConnell |
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51.98 |
4th | Darja Prystupa |
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52.15 |
5 | Marie Gayot |
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52.17 |
6th | Aauri Bokesa |
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52.47 |
7th | Maria Enrica Spacca |
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53.02 |
DOP | Pinar Saka |
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Run 2
June 28, 2012, 5:23 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Libania Grenot |
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52.02 |
2 | Olha Semljak |
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52.10 |
3 | Ilona Ussowitsch |
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52.10 |
4th | Muriel Hurtis |
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52.13 |
5 | Esther Cremer |
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52.77 |
6th | Jitka Bartoničková |
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52.78 |
7th | Agnė Šerkšnienė |
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53.07 |
DSQ | Agata Bednarek |
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IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start |
final
June 29, 2012, 10:25 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Moa Hjelmer |
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51.13 NO |
2 | Xenija Sadorina |
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51.26 |
3 | Ilona Ussowitsch |
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51.94 |
4th | Olha Semljak |
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52.01 |
5 | Lee McConnell |
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52.20 |
6th | Libania Grenot |
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52.57 |
7th | Darja Prystupa |
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53.03 |
8th | Muriel Hurtis |
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54.50 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 22, 2020
- Women 400m European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 22, 2020
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 22, 2020
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 515 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 22, 2020
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on January 22, 2020
- 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 22, 2020
Video
- Moa Hjelmer Wins 400m in European Championships 2012 1500m Women Final European Athletics Championships Helsinki 2012 MIR-LA.com on youtube.com, accessed on January 22, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m women , accessed January 22, 2020
- ↑ Pınar Saka, Turkish sprinter on peoplepill.com (English), accessed on January 22, 2020
- ↑ Doping Irregularities at the Olympics on sports-reference.com (English), accessed on January 22, 2020
- ↑ Meliz Redif (W) on dopingsanctions.com (English), accessed January 22, 2020
- ↑ a b IAAF competition rules , page 91 PDF (4364KB), accessed on January 22, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules , page 71 PDF (4364KB), accessed on January 22, 2020