European Athletics Championships 2014/400 m hurdles for women

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	26 athletes from 19 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (preliminary) ; August 14th (semi-finals) ; August 16th (final)
	Medalists
	Eilidh Child ( GBR )
	Hanna Titimez ( UKR )
	Irina Davydova ( RUS )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 400-meter hurdles for women in the 2014 European Athletics Championships was from 13 to 16 August 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

The British Eilidh Child became the European champion . The Ukrainian Hanna Titimez took second place . The Russian defending champion Irina Dawydowa won the bronze medal.

Existing records

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

The existing EM record was missed by a long way at these European championships in all races.

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. In the third run, two participants crossed the finish line in third place at the same time, so that both qualified for the finals and only three athletes reached the next round over their time. However, this had no effect, even without the tie, the same athletes would have reached the semi-finals as now.

Starting curve of the first heat (from left to right): Valentine Arrieta (only partially visible) , Vilde Jakobsen Svortevik, Eilidh Child, Laura Sotomayor, Axelle Dauwens
Angela Moroșanu (No. 186) was eliminated as sixth of their prelude

Forward 1

August 13, 2014, 10:55 am

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Eilidh Child	United Kingdom Great Britain	55.32 s
2	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium Belgium	56.15 s
3	Vera Rudakova	Russia Russia	56.35 s
4th	Valentine Arrieta	Switzerland Switzerland	57.02 s
5	Laura Sotomayor	Spain Spain	57.54 s
6th	Angela Moroșanu	Romania Romania	58.11 s
7th	Vilde Jakobsen Svortevik	Norway Norway	58.26 s

Forward 2

Sara Slott Petersen - disqualified in the second heat
The European Championship third from 2012 Hanna Ryschykowa, former Hanna Jaroschtschuk, was disqualified in her preliminary run

August 13, 2014, 11:05 am

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Vera Barbosa	Portugal Portugal	55.85 s
2	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland Switzerland	56.85 s
3	Christine McMahon	Ireland Ireland	57.16 s
4th	Līga Velvere	Latvia Latvia	57.43 s
DSQ	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark Denmark	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start
DSQ	Hanna Ryschykowa	Ukraine Ukraine	IAAF Rule 168.7 a - Failure to cross the hurdle

Forward 3

Hanne Claes did not reach the semi-finals as seventh of her preliminary run
With her time of well over a minute, Maris Mägi had no chance

August 13, 2014, 11:15 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	0 56.13 s
2	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland Poland	0 57.12 s
3	Irina Davydova	Russia Russia	0 57.51 s
3	Egle Staisiunaite	Lithuania Lithuania	0 57.51 s
5	Olena Kolesnychenko	Ukraine Ukraine	0 58.08 s
6th	Hanne Claes	Belgium Belgium	1: 00.20 min
7th	Maris Mägi	Estonia Estonia	1: 03.04 min

Forward 4

Lucia Slaničková was fifth in her heat and was eliminated
In sixth place in her race, the competition for Robine Schürmann was over after the preliminary round

August 13, 2014, 11:25 am

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine Ukraine	55.77 s
2	Christiane Klopsch	Germany Germany	56.23 s
3	Yadisleidy Pedroso	Italy Italy	56.75 s
4th	Stina Troest	Denmark Denmark	56.95 s
5	Lucia Slaničková	Slovakia Slovakia	57.56 s
6th	Robine Schürmann	Switzerland Switzerland	58.16 s

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

August 14, 2014, 6:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine Ukraine	54.90
2	Irina Davydova	Russia Russia	55.69
3	Yadisleidy Pedroso	Italy Italy	56.07
4th	Christiane Klopsch	Germany Germany	56.28
5	Vera Barbosa	Portugal Portugal	56.33
6th	Stina Troest	Denmark Denmark	56.81
7th	Līga Velvere	Latvia Latvia	56.87
8th	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland Switzerland	57.53

Runners eliminated in the first semifinals:

Christiane Klopsch - fourth place
Vera Barbosa (center) - fifth place
Stina Troest (right) - sixth place
Līga Velvere - seventh place

Run 2

Egle Staisiunaite did not reach the final as sixth of her semifinal run

August 14, 2014, 6:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Eilidh Child	United Kingdom Great Britain	54.71
2	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	54.96
3	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium Belgium	55.63
4th	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland Poland	55.89
5	Vera Rudakova	Russia Russia	55.98
6th	Egle Staisiunaite	Lithuania Lithuania	56.39
7th	Valentine Arrieta	Switzerland Switzerland	57.00
8th	Christine McMahon	Ireland Ireland	57.31

European champion Eilidh Child

final

August 16, 2014, 5:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Eilidh Child	United Kingdom Great Britain	54.48
2	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine Ukraine	54.56
3	Irina Davydova	Russia Russia	54.60
4th	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	54.70
5	Yadisleidy Pedroso	Italy Italy	55.90
6th	Vera Rudakova	Russia Russia	56.22
7th	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium Belgium	56.29
8th	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland Poland	56.59

Vice European Champion Hanna Titimez
Third place for defending champion Irina Davydova
The 2012 vice European champion Denisa Rosolová achieved fourth place a tenth of a second behind the bronze medal
Yadisleidy Pedroso came in fifth
Vera Rudakowa finished sixth
Axelle Dauwens came in seventh
Joanna Linkiewicz finished eighth