# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16, 17, and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Perri Shakes-Drayton United Kingdom |
| Silver | Eilidh Child United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Darya Korableva Russia |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Perri Shakes-Drayton | United Kingdom | 55.26 |
| | Eilidh Child | United Kingdom | 55.32 |
| | Darya Korableva | Russia | 56.08 |
| 4 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 56.27 |
| 5 | Irina Davydova | Russia | 56.75 |
| 6 | Sara Petersen | Denmark | 56.77 |
| 7 | Tina Polak | Poland | 56.88 |
| 8 | Anna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 57.26 |

### Semifinals

17 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | United Kingdom | 55.84 | Q |
| 2 | Darya Korableva | Russia | 56.12 | Q |
| 3 | Tina Polak | Poland | 56.54 | Q |
| 4 | Anna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 57.23 | q |
| 5 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Germany | 57.55 | |
| 6 | Jill Richards | Germany | 58.06 | |
| 7 | Frida Persson | Sweden | 58.27 | |
| 8 | Cécile Bernaleau | France | 58.54 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Eilidh Child | United Kingdom | 56.45 | Q |
| 2 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 56.71 | Q |
| 3 | Irina Davydova | Russia | 57.05 | Q |
| 4 | Sara Petersen | Denmark | 57.08 | q |
| 5 | Meghan Beesley | United Kingdom | 57.32 | |
| 6 | Katarzyna Janecka | Poland | 58.00 | |
| 7 | Laetitia Denis | France | 58.04 | |
| 8 | Kristina Volfová | Czech Republic | 58.80 | |

### Heats

16 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Meghan Beesley | United Kingdom | 57.91 | Q |
| 2 | Hanna Titimets | Ukraine | 58.85 | Q |
| 3 | Irina Davydova | Russia | 58.95 | Q |
| 4 | Hege Vold | Norway | 59.57 | |
| 5 | Lucie Perrin | France | 59.87 | |
| 6 | Sandra Jiménez | Spain | 61.03 | |
| 7 | Petra Fontanive | Switzerland | 61.03 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Eilidh Child | United Kingdom | 56.53 | Q |
| 2 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Germany | 57.81 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Yaroshchuk | Ukraine | 57.90 | Q |
| 4 | Cécile Bernaleau | France | 58.39 | q |
| 5 | Marzena Kościelniak | Poland | 58.80 | |
| 6 | Ieva Ješkina | Latvia | 60.76 | |
| 7 | Kitti Zircher | Hungary | 61.28 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Darya Korableva | Russia | 56.71 | Q |
| 2 | Sara Petersen | Denmark | 57.20 | Q |
| 3 | Katarzyna Janecka | Poland | 57.41 | Q |
| 4 | Kristina Volfová | Czech Republic | 58.04 | q |
| 5 | Frida Persson | Sweden | 58.60 | q |
| 6 | Benedicte Hauge | Norway | 58.62 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | United Kingdom | 57.35 | Q |
| 2 | Tina Polak | Poland | 57.95 | Q |
| 3 | Jill Richards | Germany | 58.42 | Q |
| 4 | Laetitia Denis | France | 58.55 | q |
| 5 | Eglė Staišiūnaitė | Lithuania | 60.32 | |
| 6 | Noora Toivo | Finland | 60.60 | |
| 7 | Evelin Farsang | Hungary | 61.09 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (3)
* Russia (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (3)