# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8, 9, and 11 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 47.60 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| European record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 47.60 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| Championship record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 48.16 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World Leading | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) | 48.97 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| European Leading | Léa Sprunger (SUI) | 50.52 | La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland | 1 July 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Justyna Święty-Ersetic (POL) | 50.41 | Berlin, Germany | 11 August 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 8 August 2018 | 11:30 | Round 1 |
| 9 August 2018 | 19:50 | Semifinals |
| 11 August 2018 | 20:12 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 6 (q) advanced to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Laviai Nielsen | Great Britain | 51.67 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Cynthia Bolingo | Belgium | 51.69 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | Italy | 51.76 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 51.84 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Floria Gueï | France | 51.89 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Gunta Latiševa-Čudare | Latvia | 51.98 | q |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | Polina Miller | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 52.01 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Laura Bueno | Spain | 52.14 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 52.19 | q, SB |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | Iga Baumgart-Witan | Poland | 52.23 | q |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Tamara Salaški | Serbia | 52.39 | q |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Camille Laus | Belgium | 52.40 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Andrea Miklós | Romania | 52.40 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | Tetyana Melnyk | Ukraine | 52.44 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Nadine Gonska | Germany | 52.54 | |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Laura de Witte | Netherlands | 52.57 | |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | Matilda Hellqvist | Sweden | 52.68 | PB |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Modesta Morauskaitė | Lithuania | 52.68 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Alyona Mamina | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 52.72 | |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Alexandra Bezeková | Slovakia | 52.88 | |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Despina Mourta | Greece | 52.96 | PB |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Alina Lohvynenko | Ukraine | 53.18 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 53.21 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Lada Vondrová | Czech Republic | 53.21 | PB |
| 25 | 3 | 1 | lena Symerská | Czech Republic | 53.25 | |
| 26 | 2 | 4 | Irini Vasiliou | Greece | 53.37 | |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | Kseniya Aksyonova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 53.37 | |
| 28 | 1 | 4 | Zdeňka Seidlová | Czech Republic | 53.38 | |
| 29 | 1 | 7 | Anastasiia Bryzgina | Ukraine | 53.62 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Maja Ćirić | Serbia | 53.65 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Eva Misiūnaitė | Lithuania | 54.02 | |
| 32 | 4 | 2 | Evelin Nádházy | Hungary | 54.34 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Laviai Nielsen | Great Britain | 51.21 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Maria Belimpasaki* | Greece | 51.23 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic* | Poland | 51.23 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Lisanne de Witte* | Netherlands | 51.24 | q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Madiea Ghafoor* | Netherlands | 51.29 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Iga Baumgart-Witan | Poland | 51.35 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Agnė Šerkšnienė* | Lithuania | 51.41 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Floria Gueï | France | 51.50 | q, SB |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Libania Grenot* | Italy | 51.54 | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Gunta Latiševa-Čudare | Latvia | 51.60 | SB |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Polina Miller | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 51.65 | EU20L |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik* | Poland | 51.74 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Anyika Onuora* | Great Britain | 51.77 | |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Anita Horvat* | Slovenia | 51.89 | |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Amy Allcock* | Great Britain | 51.91 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Cynthia Bolingo | Belgium | 51.92 | |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | Tetyana Melnyk | Ukraine | 52.20 | SB |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 52.23 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | Italy | 52.26 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 52.27 | |
| 21 | 2 | 6 | Camille Laus | Belgium | 52.40 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Laura Bueno | Spain | 52.46 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Andrea Miklós | Romania | 52.49 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Tamara Salaški | Serbia | 53.20 | |
*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Poland | 50.41 | EL |
| | 4 | Maria Belimpasaki | Greece | 50.45 | NR |
| | 2 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | 50.77 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Laviai Nielsen | Great Britain | 51.21 | |
| 5 | 6 | Iga Baumgart-Witan | Poland | 51.24 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Agnė Šerkšnienė | Lithuania | 51.42 | |
| 7 | 1 | Floria Gueï | France | 51.57 | |
| 8 | 8 | Madiea Ghafoor | Netherlands | 51.57 | |