European Athletics Championships 2016/400 m hurdles for women

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	400 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	36 athletes from 24 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 8th (preliminary) July 9th (semi-finals) July 10th (final)
Medalists Sara Slott Petersen ( DEN )   Joanna Linkiewicz ( POL )   Léa Sprunger ( SUI )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held from July 8th to 10th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

European champion was Sara Slott Petersen from Denmark . The second place went to the Polish Joanna Linkiewicz . The Swiss Léa Sprunger won the bronze medal.

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. In the fastest race, the final, the winner stayed more than two seconds above the record.

execution

For this discipline, a new competition mode was used for the first time. The eleven strongest athletes on the European annual best list did not have to compete in the preliminary round, but only entered in the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

July 5, 2016, 5:35 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the five fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

Robine Schürmann was eliminated in fourth place in 57.91 s

July 8, 2016, 2:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Amalie Hammild Iuel	Norway	56.98
2	Līga Velvere	Latvia	57.38
3	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	57.83
4th	Robine Schürmann	Switzerland	57.91
5	Maeva Contion	France	58.31
6th	Alena Hrusoci	Croatia	58.98

Forward 2

Second heat: Nenah De Coninck (left) and Bianca Baak

July 8, 2016, 2:23 pm

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Bianca Baak	Netherlands	56.88 s
2	Arna Stefanía Gudmundsdóttir	Iceland	57.14 s NU23R
3	Nenah De Coninck	Belgium	57.45 s
4th	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	57.49 s
5	Tina Matusińska	Poland	59.22 s
6th	Anniina Laitinen	Finland	1: 01.56 min

In 58.17 s Jackie Baumann failed in the preliminary round

Forward 3

July 8, 2016, 2:31 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stina Troest	Denmark	56.32
2	Aurélie Chaboudez	France	56.69
3	Hilla Uusimäki	Finland	57.59
4th	Tereza Vokálová	Czech Republic	57.97
5	Jackie Baumann	Germany	58.17
6th	Frida Persson	Sweden	58.26

Forward 4

Vanya Stambolowa was disqualified because of a mistake in crossing the hurdle

July 8, 2016, 2:39 pm

space	Surname	nation	time
1	Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland	56.43 s
2	Phara Anacharsis	France	56.95 s
3	Lucie Slanícková	Slovakia	57.55 s
4th	Christine McMahon	Ireland	57.73 s
5	Elif brats	Turkey	50.40 s
6th	Drita Islami	Macedonia	1: 02.36 min
DSQ	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	IAAF Rule 168.7 a - Failure to cross the hurdle

Semifinals

July 6, 2016, 5:35 p.m.

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

First semifinals, exit the target curve: Nenah De Coninck (currently leading position) , Emilia Ankiewicz (7, in white) , Ayomide Folorunso (in blue) , Léa Sprunger (5, blue-white)

Run 1

July 9, 2016, 8:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	55.72
2	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	55.87
3	Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland	56.05
4th	Olena Kolesnychenko	Ukraine	56.84
5	Aurélie Chaboudez	France	57.50
6th	Nenah De Coninck	Belgium	57.73
7th	Hilla Uusimäki	Finland	57.76
8th	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	57.92

Runners eliminated in the first semifinals:

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  Aurélie Chaboudez - fifth place in 57.5 s

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  Nenah De Coninck - Sixth in 57.73 s

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  Hilla Uusimäki - seventh place in 57.76 s

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  Vera Barbosa (center) - eighth place in 57.92 s

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  Second semifinals: Bianca Baak (eliminated fourth in 56.34 s) and Axelle Dauwens (eliminated sixth in 56.62 s)

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  Marzia Caravelli - eliminated fifth in 56.45 s

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  Līga Velvere - eliminated seventh in 57.11 s

Run 2

July 9, 2016, 8:28 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	55.59
2	Amalie Hammild Iuel	Norway	55.79 NR / NU23R
3	Viktoria Tkachuk	Ukraine	56.17
4th	Bianca Baak	Netherlands	56.34
5	Marzia Caravelli	Italy	56.45
6th	Axelle Dauwens	Belgium	56.62
7th	Līga Velvere	Latvia	57.11
8th	Arna Stefanía Gudmundsdóttir	Iceland	57.24

Run 3

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  Hanna Titimez, 2014 Vice European Champion - eliminated fourth in 56.18 seconds

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  Phara Anacharsis - Eliminated in sixth for 57.05 s

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  Lucie Slanícková, later Lucia Vadlejch - eliminated as eighth in 57.86 s

July 9, 2016, 8:36 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	55.54
2	Kazjaryna Belanovich	Belarus	55.82
3	Stina Troest	Denmark	56.03
4th	Hanna Titimez	Ukraine	56.18
5	Christine McMahon	Ireland	56.87
6th	Phara Anacharsis	France	57.05
7th	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	57.42
8th	Lucie Slanícková	Slovakia	57.86

final

European champion Sara Slott Petersen - Olympic runner-up in the same year 

July 10, 2016, 5:05 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	55.12
2	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	55.33
3	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	55.41
4th	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	55.50 NU23R
5	Kazjaryna Belanovich	Belarus	56.10
6th	Amalie Hammild Iuel	Norway	56.24
7th	Stina Troest	Denmark	56.34
8th	Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland	57.31

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  Vice European Champion Joanna Linkiewicz

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  Bronze medalist Léa Sprunger

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  Ayomide Folorunso took fourth place

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  Amalie Hammild Iuel came in sixth place

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  The seventh placed Stina Troest

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  Eighth place for Emilia Ankiewicz

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 7, 2020
• Women 400m Hurdles European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed on March 7, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 7, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 7, 2020

Video

• 400m Hurdles Women's Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed March 7, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 56 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on March 6, 2020
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 93 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on March 7, 2020