European Athletics Championships 2018/400 m hurdles for women

discipline	400 meter hurdles for women
city	Berlin
place	Olympiastadion Berlin
Participants	33 athletes from 19 countries
Competition phase	August 7, 2018 (preliminary) August 8, 2018 (semi-finals) August 10, 2018 (final)
Medalists
gold	Léa Sprunger ( SUI )
silver	Hanna Ryschykowa ( UKR )
bronze	Meghan Beesley ( GBR )

Berlin Olympic Stadium

The women's 400-meter hurdles at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place on August 7th, 8th and 10th in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .

The Swiss Léa Sprunger won the European Championship ahead of Hanna Ryschykowa from Ukraine. Bronze went to the British Meghan Beesley.

Records

World record	Jordanka Donkova	52.34 s	Stara Sagora , Bulgaria	20th August 1988
European record
Championship record	Natalja Antjuch	52.92 s	EM in Barcelona , Spain	July 30, 2010

Conducting the competition

The twelve fastest hurdlers on the annual top list - marked with ‡ in the semi-final results - did not have to compete in the preliminary runs. They were automatically qualified for the semi-finals and only then intervened in the competition.

Prelims

The Finn Viivi Lehikoinen her fifth place in the second run was not enough for the next round

The Belgian Margo Van Puyvelde qualified third in her preliminary run for the semi-finals

From the three preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals. The first three of each run and also the fastest qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

August 7, 2018, 10:00 a.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	2	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	56.66
2	8th	Kirsten McAslan	Great Britain	56.78
3	5	Aurélie Chaboudez	France	57.08
4th	3	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	57.40
5	4th	Elif brats	Turkey	57.53
6th	7th	Daniela Ledecká	Slovakia	57.81 PB
7th	6th	Linda Olivieri	Italy	58.47

Run 2

August 7, 2018, 10:07 a.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Vera Rudakova	Authorized Neutral Athletes	56.24
2	5	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	56.68 PB
3	7th	Margo Van Puyvelde	Belgium	56.70
4th	3	Justyna Saganiak	Poland	57.24
5	8th	Viivi Lehikoinen	Finland	58.43
6th	4th	Emma Zapletalová	Slovakia	58.46
7th	2	Drita Islami	Macedonia	62.23

Run 3

August 7, 2018, 10:14 am CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Robine Schürmann	Switzerland	56.35
2	7th	Maria Mykolenko	Ukraine	56.39
3	4th	Justien Grillet	Belgium	56.94
4th	6th	Sara Gallego	Spain	57.18
5	3	Johanna Holmén Svensson	Sweden	57.55 PB
6th	2	Anna Sjoukje Runia	Netherlands	57.76
7th	5	Elisabeth Slettum	Norway	58.56

Semifinals

The Norwegian Amalie Iuel was eliminated as third in her semi-final run

Her third place in the second semi-final race was not enough for the Italian Ayomide Folorunso to take part in the final

The very successful Czech Zuzana Hejnová did not reach the final this time

From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. The twelve fastest of the year - marked with ‡, who were automatically qualified for the semi-finals, now intervened in the action.

Run 1

August 8, 2018, 7:05 p.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Eilidh Doyle ‡	Great Britain	55.16
2	3	Hanne Claes ‡	Belgium	55.75
3	6th	Amalie Iuel ‡	Norway	55.81
4th	7th	Robine Schürmann	Switzerland	55.89
5	8th	Maria Mykolenko	Ukraine	56.35
6th	5	Sara Slott Petersen ‡	Denmark	56.91
7th	1	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	57.51
8th	2	Justyna Saganiak	Poland	57.71

Run 2

August 8, 2018, 7:12 p.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Léa Sprunger ‡	Switzerland	55.04
2	5	Viktoria Tkachuk ‡	Ukraine	55.37
3	4th	Ayomide Folorunso ‡	Italy	55.69
4th	6th	Line monastery ‡	Norway	55.78
5	8th	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	56.06
6th	7th	Aurélie Chaboudez	France	56.19 SB
7th	2	Kirsten McAslan	Great Britain	57.33
8th	2	Justien Grillet	Belgium	57.40

Run 3

August 8, 2018, 7:19 p.m. CEST

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Hanna Ryschykowa ‡	Ukraine	54.82 SB
2	4th	Yadisleidy Pedroso ‡	Italy	55.13
3	5	Meghan Beesley ‡	Great Britain	55.21 SB
4th	8th	Vera Rudakova	Authorized Neutral Athletes	55.24 SB
5	5	Zuzana Hejnová ‡	Czech Republic	56.03
6th	1	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	56.81 EU20L
7th	2	Sara Gallego	Spain	57.25
DNS	7th	Margo Van Puyvelde	Belgium

final

August 10, 2018, 8:50 p.m. CEST

Among others, World Champion - among the favorites were primarily the Czech Zuzana Hejnová 2015 , Olympic Fourth of 2016 , EM -Vierte of 2010 / 2012 , the Swiss Léa Sprunger as WM -Fünfte of 2017 and EM -Third of 2016 the British, Eilidh Doyle - World Cup sixth from 2015 and European Champion from 2014 as well as the Danish European Champion from 2016 Sara Slott Petersen, who was already eliminated in the semifinals. Hejnová, who was so successful in recent years, did not reach the final this time either.

The race stayed open for a long time. At the beginning of the finish curve there was an easy lead by Ukrainian Hanna Ryschykowa. But here Sprunger had a very strong phase and came into the home straight as the front runner. Just behind her were Ryschykowa and the British Meghan Beesley now. Then Doyle followed at close intervals as well as Yadisleidy Pedroso, who started for Cuba and now for Italy. Wera Rudakowa, who ran under a neutral flag, and the Belgian Hanne Claes were only a little back. In the last hundred meters, Léa Sprunger had the best stamina and crossed the finish line as European champion. Hanna Ryschykowa came a little closer at the end, but for her it was only enough to get silver. Meghan Beesley held her third place behind. Hanne Claes came fourth ahead of Yadisleidy Pedroso and Wera Rudakowa.

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
	3	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	54.33 EL
	5	Hanna Ryschykowa	Ukraine	54.51 SB
	1	Meghan Beesley	Great Britain	55.31
4th	7th	Hanne Claes	Belgium	55.75
5	4th	Yadisleidy Pedroso	Italy	55.80
6th	2	Vera Rudakova	Authorized Neutral Athletes	55.89
7th	8th	Viktoria Tkachuk	Ukraine	56.15
8th	6th	Eilidh Doyle	Great Britain	56.23

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  European champion Léa Sprunger, Switzerland

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  Vice European Champion Hanna Ryschykowa, Ukraine

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  The Belgian Hanne Claes took fourth place

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  The Italian Yadisleidy Pedroso came in fifth

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  Vera Rudakowa, starting under a neutral flag

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  Eilidh Doyle from Great Britain finished eighth

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 18, 2019
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 18, 2019
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 18, 2019

Video

• 400 m hurdles women: Victory for Swiss jumpers, European Championships 2018, sports show on youtube.com, published on August 10, 2018, accessed on January 18, 2019