# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on 8, 9 and 10 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Vania Stambolova Bulgaria | Tatyana Veshkurova Russia | Olga Zaytseva Russia |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 8 August 2006 | 10:55 | Round 1 |
| 9 August 2006 | 19:05 | Semifinals |
| 10 August 2006 | 18:50 | 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 | 2 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria | 50.39 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Olga Zaytseva | Russia | 50.89 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tatyana Veshkurova | Russia | 51.01 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ilona Usovich | Belarus | 51.34 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Joanne Cuddihy | Ireland | 51.41 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Svetlana Pospelova | Russia | 51.69 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Nicola Sanders | United Kingdom | 51.80 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Nataliya Pyhyda | Ukraine | 51.98 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Marilyn Okoro | United Kingdom | 52.02 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 3 | Mariyana Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 52.04 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Daniela Reina | Italy | 52.07 | q, PB |
| 12 | 4 | Danijela Grgić | Croatia | 52.15 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Grażyna Prokopek | Poland | 52.21 | q, SB |
| 14 | 1 | Barbara Petráhn | Hungary | 52.30 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Solene Desert | France | 52.32 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Claudia Hoffmann | Germany | 52.55 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Romara van Noort | Netherlands | 52.64 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | Klodiana Shala | Albania | 52.86 | NR |
| 19 | 1 | Jitka Bartoničková | Czech Republic | 52.91 | PB |
| 20 | 3 | Dimitra Dova | Greece | 53.24 | |
| 21 | 1 | Lena Aruhn | Sweden | 53.28 | |
| 22 | 3 | Kirsi Mykkänen | Finland | 53.34 | |
| 23 | 1 | Phara Anacharsis | France | 53.43 | |
| 24 | 2 | Beatrice Dahlgren | Sweden | 53.52 | |
| 24 | 4 | Thélia Sigère | France | 53.52 | |
| 26 | 4 | Nedyalka Nedkova | Bulgaria | 53.69 | |

### Semifinals

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria | 0.232 | 49.69 | Q, EL |
| 2 | 4 | Ilona Usovich | Belarus | 0.181 | 50.74 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 5 | Svetlana Pospelova | Russia | 0.136 | 50.96 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Nicola Sanders | United Kingdom | 0.182 | 51.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Daniela Reina | Italy | 0.213 | 52.13 | |
| 6 | 7 | Claudia Hoffmann | Germany | 0.191 | 52.27 | |
| 7 | 1 | Nataliya Pyhyda | Ukraine | 0.291 | 52.36 | |
| 8 | 8 | Solene Desert | France | 0.186 | 53.06 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Olga Zaytseva | Russia | 0.187 | 50.49 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Tatyana Veshkurova | Russia | 0.221 | 50.87 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Joanne Cuddihy | Ireland | 0.204 | 51.09 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Mariyana Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 0.184 | 51.23 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Danijela Grgić | Croatia | 0.181 | 52.00 | |
| 6 | 7 | Barbara Petráhn | Hungary | 0.180 | 52.46 | |
| 7 | 2 | Grażyna Prokopek | Poland | 0.276 | 52.66 | |
| 8 | 8 | Marilyn Okoro | United Kingdom | 0.173 | 52.94 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria | 49.85 | |
| | 3 | Tatyana Veshkurova | Russia | 50.15 | |
| | 6 | Olga Zaytseva | Russia | 50.28 | |
| 4 | 7 | Mariyana Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 50.64 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | Ilona Usovich | Belarus | 50.69 | NR |
| 6 | 2 | Nicola Sanders | United Kingdom | 50.87 | |
| 7 | 8 | Svetlana Pospelova | Russia | 50.90 | |
| 8 | 1 | Joanne Cuddihy | Ireland | 51.46 | |