# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2018 European Athletics Championships takes place at the Olympic Stadium on 7, 8 and 10 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Yuliya Pechenkina (RUS) | 52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
| European record | Yuliya Pechenkina (RUS) | 52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
| Championship record | Natalya Antyukh (RUS) | 52.92 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2010 |
| World Leading | Sydney McLaughlin (USA) | 52.75 | Knoxville, United States | 13 May 2018 |
| European Leading | Léa Sprunger (SUI) | 54.79 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 July 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Léa Sprunger (SUI) | 54.33 | Berlin, Germany | 10 August 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 August 2018 | 10:00 | Round 1 |
| 8 August 2018 | 19:05 | Semifinals |
| 10 August 2018 | 20:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advance to the Semifinals. 12 fastest entrants awarded bye to Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Vera Rudakova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 56.24 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 8 | Robine Schürmann | Switzerland | 56.35 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Mariya Mykolenko | Ukraine | 56.39 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Joanna Linkiewicz | Poland | 56.66 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Sanda Belgyan | Romania | 56.68 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Margo Van Puyvelde | Belgium | 56.70 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Kirsten McAslan | Great Britain | 56.78 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Justien Grillet | Belgium | 56.94 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Aurélie Chaboudez | France | 57.08 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Sara Gallego | Spain | 57.18 | q |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Justyna Saganiak | Poland | 57.24 | q |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Yasmin Giger | Switzerland | 57.40 | q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Elif Gören | Turkey | 57.53 | |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | Johanna Holmén Svensson | Sweden | 57.55 | =PB |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Anna Sjoukje Runia | Netherlands | 57.76 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Daniela Ledecká | Slovakia | 57.81 | PB |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Finland | 58.43 | |
| 18 | 2 | 4 | Emma Zapletalová | Slovakia | 58.46 | |
| 19 | 1 | 6 | Linda Olivieri | Italy | 58.47 | |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Elisabeth Slettum | Norway | 58.56 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Drita Islami | Macedonia | 1:02.23 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Hanna Ryzhykova* | Ukraine | 54.82 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Léa Sprunger* | Switzerland | 55.04 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Yadisleidy Pedroso* | Italy | 55.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Eilidh Doyle* | Great Britain | 55.16 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Meghan Beesley* | Great Britain | 55.21 | q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | 8 | Vera Rudakova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 55.24 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Viktoriya Tkachuk* | Ukraine | 55.37 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Ayomide Folorunso* | Italy | 55.69 | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Hanne Claes* | Belgium | 55.75 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Line Kloster* | Norway | 55.78 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Amalie Iuel* | Norway | 55.81 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Robine Schürmann | Switzerland | 55.89 | |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Zuzana Hejnová* | Czech Republic | 56.03 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Joanna Linkiewicz | Poland | 56.06 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Aurélie Chaboudez | France | 56.19 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Mariya Mykolenko | Ukraine | 56.35 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Yasmin Giger | Switzerland | 56.81 | EU20L |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Sara Petersen* | Denmark | 56.91 | |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Sara Gallego | Spain | 57.25 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Kirsten McAslan | Great Britain | 57.33 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Justien Grillet | Belgium | 57.40 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Sanda Belgyan | Romania | 57.51 | |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Justyna Saganiak | Poland | 57.71 | |
| | 3 | 7 | Margo Van Puyvelde | Belgium | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Léa Sprunger | Switzerland | 54.33 | EL |
| | 5 | Hanna Ryzhykova | Ukraine | 54.51 | SB |
| | 1 | Meghan Beesley | Great Britain | 55.31 | |
| 4 | 7 | Hanne Claes | Belgium | 55.75 | |
| 5 | 4 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Italy | 55.80 | |
| 6 | 2 | Vera Rudakova | Authorised Neutral Athletes | 55.89 | |
| 7 | 8 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Ukraine | 56.15 | |
| 8 | 6 | Eilidh Doyle | Great Britain | 56.23 | |