# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Natalya Antyukh Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Vania Stambolova Bulgaria (BUL) |
| Bronze | Perri Shakes-Drayton Great Britain (GBR) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
| European record | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
| Championship record | Marina Stepanova (URS) | 53.32 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Lashinda Demus (USA) | 52.82 | Rome, Italy | 10 June 2010 |
| European Leading | Natalya Antyukh (RUS) | 54.00 | Rome, Italy | 10 June 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Natalya Antyukh (RUS) | 52.92 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Natalya Antyukh (RUS) | 52.92 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 July 2010 | 10:00 | Round 1 |
| 28 July 2010 | 20:15 | Semifinals |
| 30 July 2010 | 21:40 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat and 4 best performers advance to the Semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania (ROM) | 0.221 | 55.11 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.331 | 55.35 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.295 | 55.58 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Manuela Gentili | Italy (ITA) | 0.190 | 56.14 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Nikolina Horvat | Croatia (CRO) | 0.255 | 56.64 | |
| 6 | 8 | Stine Tomb | Norway (NOR) | 0.217 | 57.10 | |
| 7 | 5 | Sofie Persson | Sweden (SWE) | | 57.23 | |
| 8 | 1 | Justine Kinney | Ireland (IRL) | 0.196 | 57.39 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.186 | 55.36 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia (RUS) | 0.255 | 55.64 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Élodie Ouédraogo | Belgium (BEL) | 0.231 | 55.80 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.322 | 55.88 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Michelle Carey | Ireland (IRL) | 0.295 | 57.58 | |
| 6 | 4 | Birsen Engin | Turkey (TUR) | 0.200 | 58.19 | |
| 7 | 2 | Kristín Birna Ólafsdóttir-Johnson | Iceland (ISL) | 0.182 | 58.34 | |
| 8 | 5 | Laia Forcadell | Spain (ESP) | | 58.80 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0.232 | 54.77 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Eilidh Child | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.189 | 55.82 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia (RUS) | 0.243 | 55.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Zuzana Bergrová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.242 | 56.55 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Patrícia Lopes | Portugal (POR) | 0.326 | 56.78 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ilona Ranta | Finland (FIN) | 0.209 | 56.94 | |
| 7 | 5 | Brona Furlong | Ireland (IRL) | 0.320 | 58.13 | |
| 8 | 7 | Özge Gürler | Turkey (TUR) | 0.210 | 58.98 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia (RUS) | 0.249 | 54.29 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Germany (GER) | 0.187 | 55.69 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ieva Zunda | Latvia (LAT) | 0.262 | 56.02 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Marzena Kościelniak | Poland (POL) | 0.449 | 56.52 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Sara Petersen | Denmark (DEN) | 0.242 | 57.28 | |
| 6 | 2 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.239 | 57.72 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kristina Volfová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.294 | 58.42 | |
| 8 | 5 | Amaliya Sharoyan | Armenia (ARM) | | 1:03.37 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia (RUS) | 0.249 | 54.29 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0.232 | 54.77 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania (ROM) | 0.221 | 55.11 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.331 | 55.35 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.186 | 55.36 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.295 | 55.58 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia (RUS) | | 55.64 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Germany (GER) | 0.449 | 55.69 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Élodie Ouédraogo | Belgium (BEL) | | 55.80 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Eilidh Child | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.231 | 55.82 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia (RUS) | 0.243 | 55.83 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.322 | 55.88 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Ieva Zunda | Latvia (LAT) | 0.262 | 56.02 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Manuela Gentili | Italy (ITA) | 0.190 | 56.14 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Marzena Kościelniak | Poland (POL) | 0.449 | 56.52 | q, PB |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Zuzana Bergrová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.242 | 56.55 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Nikolina Horvat | Croatia (CRO) | 0.255 | 56.64 | SB |
| 18 | 3 | 4 | Patrícia Lopes | Portugal (POR) | 0.326 | 56.78 | PB |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Ilona Ranta | Finland (FIN) | 0.209 | 56.94 | SB |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Stine Tomb | Norway (NOR) | 0.217 | 57.10 | PB |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Sofie Persson | Sweden (SWE) | | 57.23 | PB |
| 22 | 4 | 6 | Sara Petersen | Denmark (DEN) | 0.242 | 57.28 | SB |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Justine Kinney | Ireland (IRL) | 0.196 | 57.39 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Michelle Carey | Ireland (IRL) | 0.295 | 57.58 | SB |
| 25 | 4 | 2 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.239 | 57.72 | |
| 26 | 3 | 5 | Brona Furlong | Ireland (IRL) | 0.320 | 58.13 | |
| 27 | 2 | 4 | Birsen Engin | Turkey (TUR) | 0.200 | 58.19 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Kristín Birna Ólafsdóttir-Johnson | Iceland (ISL) | 0.182 | 58.34 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Kristina Volfová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.294 | 58.42 | |
| 30 | 2 | 5 | Laia Forcadell | Spain (ESP) | | 58.80 | |
| 31 | 3 | 7 | Özge Gürler | Turkey (TUR) | 0.210 | 58.98 | |
| 32 | 4 | 5 | Amaliya Sharoyan | Armenia (ARM) | | 1:03.37 | |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania (ROM) | 0.210 | 54.67 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0.251 | 54.73 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia (RUS) | 0.212 | 54.81 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 4 | Eilidh Child | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.169 | 55.27 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia (RUS) | 0.303 | 55.31 | q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.232 | 56.29 | |
| 7 | 2 | Zuzana Bergrová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.250 | 57.41 | |
| 8 | 8 | Élodie Ouédraogo | Belgium (BEL) | 0.200 | 58.60 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia (RUS) | 0.203 | 54.28 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.203 | 54.61 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.258 | 54.73 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Germany (GER) | 0.170 | 55.49 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.299 | 55.84 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ieva Zunda | Latvia (LAT) | 0.240 | 56.37 | |
| 7 | 2 | Manuela Gentili | Italy (ITA) | 0.198 | 56.56 | |
| 8 | 1 | Marzena Koscielniak | Poland (POL) | 0.254 | 56.72 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Semifinal | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia (RUS) | 54.28 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 54.61 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania (ROM) | 54.67 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 54.73 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 54.73 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia (RUS) | 54.81 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Eilidh Child | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 55.27 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia (RUS) | 55.31 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Germany (GER) | 55.49 | PB |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine (UKR) | 55.84 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Hanna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 56.29 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Ieva Zunda | Latvia (LAT) | 56.37 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Manuela Gentili | Italy (ITA) | 56.56 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Marzena Kościelniak | Poland (POL) | 56.72 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Zuzana Bergrová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 57.41 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Élodie Ouédraogo | Belgium (BEL) | 58.60 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia (RUS) | 0.182 | 52.92 | CR, EL |
| | 5 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0.283 | 53.82 | NR |
| | 7 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.270 | 54.18 | PB |
| 4 | 3 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.183 | 54.30 | |
| 5 | 4 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania (ROM) | 0.230 | 54.58 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia (RUS) | 0.208 | 54.59 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia (RUS) | 0.268 | 55.51 | |
| 8 | 2 | Eilidh Child | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.199 | 55.51 | |