European Athletics Championships 2012/400 m hurdles for women

21st European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	27 athletes from 20 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	June 27th (preliminary) June 28th (semi-finals) June 29th (final)
Medalists Irina Davydova ( RUS )   Denisa Rosolová ( CZE )   Hanna Yaroschtschuk ( UKR )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held from June 27 to 29, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

European champion was the Russian Irina Dawydowa . The Czech Denisa Rosolová won the silver medal. Hanna Yaroschtschuk from Ukraine came third.

Existing records

World record	52.34 s	Julia Pechonkina	Tula , Russia	August 8, 2003
European record
EM record	52.92 s	Natalja Antjuch	EM Barcelona , Spain	July 30, 2010

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

doping

This competition was not free from doping fraud either. The Ukrainian Hanna Titimez , who was eliminated in the semifinals, was banned from her national association for two years retrospectively from April 3, 2017 for violating the doping regulations. Your results from June 26, 2012 to June 26, 2014 have been canceled.

Above all, the Belgian Axelle Dauwens was cheated . She would have been eligible to start in the semifinals according to the time rule, but was eliminated in the preliminary round.

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, 2:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	55.37
2	Élodie Ouédraogo	Belgium	55.39
3	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	55.80 NO
4th	Nikolina Horvat	Croatia	57.74
5	Elif Yıldırım	Turkey	59.43
DOP	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine	admitted to the semifinals

Forward 2

June 27, 2012, 2:38 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	55.24
2	Hanna Yaroschtschuk	Ukraine	55.73
3	Jessie Barr	Ireland	56.30
4th	Eglė Staišiūnaitė	Lithuania	56.58
5	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium	57.19 actually qualified for the semi-finals
6th	Emma Millard	Finland	57.61
7th	Phara Anacharsis	Greece	58.02

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  Axelle Dauwens was eliminated with her fifth place, but would have qualified for the semifinals after the doping-related disqualification of an athlete

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  Emma Millard did not reach the next round after finishing sixth in the second heat

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  Phara Anacharsis had no chance with the last place in her preliminary run

Forward 3

June 27, 2012, 2:46 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	55.98
2	Jelena Tschurakowa	Russia	56.08
3	Tina Matusińska	Poland	56.33
4th	Tina Kron	Germany	57.61
5	Frida Persson	Sweden	57.83
6th	Stine Tomb	Norway	58.24
7th	Sema Apak	Turkey	58.93

Forward 4

June 27, 2012, 2:54 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Davydova	Russia	56.00
2	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	56.58
3	Zuzana Bergrová	Czech Republic	56.59
4th	Manuela Gentili	Italy	57.10
5	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	57.18
6th	Amaliya Sharoyan	Armenia	58.27
7th	Özge Akın	Turkey	58.90

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

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  With her seventh place in the first semifinals, Eglė Staišiūnaitė did not reach the final

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  Angela Moroșanu was eliminated as the eighth of her semifinal run

June 28, 2012, 10:30 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hanna Yaroschtschuk	Ukraine	54.69
2	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	54.71
3	Jelena Tschurakowa	Russia	54.92
4th	Jessie Barr	Ireland	55.93
5	Tina Matusińska	Poland	56.43
6th	Manuela Gentili	Italy	57.03
7th	Eglė Staišiūnaitė	Lithuania	58.76
8th	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	58.96

Run 2

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  Sara Slott Petersen was almost three tenths of a second short of participating in the final

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  Vera Barbosa was eliminated as sixth in her semi-final race

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  The doped Hanna Titimez was subsequently disqualified

June 28, 2012, 10:38 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Davydova	Russia	54.68
2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	55.36
3	Élodie Ouédraogo	Belgium	55.77
4th	Zuzana Bergrová	Czech Republic	55.78
5	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	56.07
6th	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	56.58
7th	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	57.32
DOP	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine

final

European champion Irina Davydova 

June 29, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Davydova	Russia	53.77 WL
2	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	54.24
3	Hanna Yaroschtschuk	Ukraine	54.35
4th	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	54.49
5	Jelena Tschurakowa	Russia	54.78
6th	Élodie Ouédraogo	Belgium	55.95
7th	Zuzana Bergrová	Czech Republic	56.26
8th	Jessie Barr	Ireland	56.83

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  Vice European Champion Denisa Rosolová

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  Bronze medalist Hanna Yaroschtschuk

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  Zuzana Hejnová came fourth

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  Jelena Tschurakowa reached number five

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  Élodie Ouédraogo came in sixth place

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  Zuzana Bergrová finished seventh

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed January 25, 2020
• Women 400m Hurdles European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 25, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 25, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m Hurdles European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 516 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 25, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 400 m hurdles women on sportschau.de, accessed on January 25, 2020
• 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 25, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 56 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 25, 2020
2. ↑ Athletics: Ukrainian Titimez banned for two years , on focus.de, January 15, 2019, accessed on January 25, 2020