# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7, and 8 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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) | 48.12 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World Leading | Shaunae Miller (BAH) | 49.69 | Nassau, The Bahamas | 16 April 2016 |
| European Leading | Floria Gueï (FRA) | 50.84 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 July 2016 | 13:10 | Round 1 |
| 7 July 2016 | 17:35 | Semifinal |
| 8 July 2016 | 20:25 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Nicky van Leuveren | Netherlands | 52.45 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Christine Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 52.69 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | Poland | 52.79 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | 52.84 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Adelina Pastor | Romania | 53.03 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | Benedicte Hauge | Norway | 53.13 | q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Gunta Latiševa-Cudare | Latvia | 53.36 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 53.46 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | Italy | 53.51 | q |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Irini Vasiliou | Greece | 53.86 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Sinead Denny | Ireland | 53.95 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Iveta Putálová | Slovakia | 53.96 | q |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Anna Vasiliou | Greece | 53.98 | q |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Laura Bueno | Spain | 54.01 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Sanda Belgyan | Romania | 54.33 | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Ilona Usovich | Belarus | 54.58 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Marta Milani | Italy | 54.85 | |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Claire Mooney | Ireland | 55.66 | |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | Vijona Kryeziu | Kosovo | 56.04 | SB |
| | 3 | 7 | Indira Terrero | Spain | DNF | |

### Semifinal

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Libania Grenot* | Italy | 50.43 | Q, EL |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Floria Gueï* | France | 51.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Christine Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 51.35 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Małgorzata Hołub* | Poland | 51.67 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Anyika Onuora* | Great Britain | 51.84 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Nicky van Leuveren | Netherlands | 52.02 | q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Tamara Salaški* | Serbia | 52.27 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Justyna Święty* | Poland | 52.34 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | 52.37 | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 52.39 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer* | Germany | 52.40 | |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Cátia Azevedo* | Portugal | 52.46 | |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Yuliya Olishevska* | Ukraine | 52.54 | |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | Olha Zemlyak* | Ukraine | 52.58 | |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Irini Vasiliou | Greece | 52.58 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Maria Benedicta Chigbolu | Italy | 52.69 | |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Adelina Pastor | Romania | 52.90 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | Poland | 52.92 | |
| 19 | 1 | 6 | Olha Bibik* | Ukraine | 53.02 | |
| 20 | 1 | 2 | Gunta Latiševa-Cudare | Latvia | 53.11 | SB |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Sinead Denny | Ireland | 53.27 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Anna Vasiliou | Greece | 53.77 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Iveta Putálová | Slovakia | 54.04 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Benedicte Hauge | Norway | 54.50 | |
*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Libania Grenot | Italy | 50.73 | |
| | 4 | Floria Gueï | France | 51.21 | |
| | 3 | Anyika Onuora | Great Britain | 51.47 | SB |
| 4 | 5 | Christine Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 51.55 | |
| 5 | 8 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 51.89 | |
| 6 | 2 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 51.96 | |
| 7 | 7 | Tamara Salaški | Serbia | 52.23 | |
| 8 | 1 | Nicky van Leuveren | Netherlands | 52.76 | |