# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, August 8 and August 9.
Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Yevgeniya Isakova Russia | Fani Chalkia Greece | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Ukraine |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 7, 2006 | 11:40 | Round 1 |
| August 8, 2006 | 19:15 | Semifinals |
| August 9, 2006 | 20:10 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia | 55.21 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Fani Chalkia | Greece | 55.42 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 55.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 55.47 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia | 55.55 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom | 55.64 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 55.74 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine | 55.76 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Andri Sialou | Cyprus | 55.87 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 2 | Lee McConnell | United Kingdom | 56.02 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Claudia Marx | Germany | 56.04 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Anastasiya Trifonova | Russia | 56.10 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 56.29 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Alena Rücklová | Czech Republic | 56.44 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Erica Mårtensson | Sweden | 56.75 | q, PB |
| 16 | 1 | Hristina Hantzi-Neag | Greece | 56.80 | q, SB |
| 17 | 3 | Marta Chrust-Rożej | Poland | 56.90 | |
| 18 | 1 | Cora Olivero | Spain | 57.08 | |
| 19 | 4 | Benedetta Ceccarelli | Italy | 57.12 | |
| 20 | 1 | Sara Orešnik | Slovenia | 57.50 | |
| 21 | 3 | Michelle Carey | Ireland | 57.61 | |
| 22 | 2 | Agnieszka Karpiesiuk | Poland | 57.65 | |
| 23 | 4 | Laia Forcadell | Spain | 57.81 | |
| 24 | 3 | Nadja Petersen | Sweden | 57.90 | |
| 25 | 1 | Dora Jémma | France | 57.94 | |
| 26 | 2 | Nikolina Horvat | Croatia | 57.95 | |
| 27 | 4 | Anneli Melin | Sweden | 58.00 | |
| 28 | 4 | Emma Duck | United Kingdom | 58.03 | |
| 29 | 2 | Martina Näf | Switzerland | 58.08 | |
| 30 | 1 | Özge Gürler | Turkey | 58.39 | |
| 31 | 3 | Zuzana Bergrová | Czech Republic | 58.64 | |
| | 3 | Ilona Ranta | Finland | | DNF |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Fani Chalkia | Greece | 0.316 | 54.57 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Claudia Marx | Germany | 0.171 | 54.80 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 0.200 | 54.87 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine | 0.181 | 55.25 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lee McConnell | United Kingdom | 0.235 | 55.61 | |
| 6 | 2 | Andri Sialou | Cyprus | 0.297 | 55.75 | SB |
| 7 | 4 | Anastasiya Trifonova | Russia | 0.227 | 56.02 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alena Rücklová | Czech Republic | 0.185 | 56.24 | SB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia | 0.149 | 54.17 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 0.252 | 54.39 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom | 0.172 | 55.14 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia | 0.209 | 55.34 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic | 0.140 | 56.39 | |
| 6 | 8 | Erica Mårtensson | Sweden | 0.145 | 56.91 | |
| 7 | 1 | Hristina Hantzi-Neag | Greece | 0.257 | 57.31 | |
| 8 | 2 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 0.254 | 57.78 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia | 0.174 | 53.93 | PB |
| | 4 | Fani Chalkia | Greece | 0.181 | 54.02 | |
| | 3 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine | 0.196 | 54.55 | |
| 4 | 5 | Claudia Marx | Germany | 0.216 | 54.99 | |
| 5 | 2 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia | 0.282 | 55.04 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Anna Jesień | Poland | 0.191 | 55.16 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom | 0.165 | 55.56 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine | 0.183 | 55.74 | |