# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13, and 15 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Libania Grenot Italy |
| Silver | Olha Zemlyak Ukraine |
| Bronze | Indira Terrero Spain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 | Francena McCorory (USA) | 49.48 | Sacramento, California, United States | 28 June 2014 |
| European Leading | Libania Grenot (ITA) | 50.55 | Rovereto, Italy | 19 July 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 12 August 2014 | 18:00 | Round 1 |
| 13 August 2014 | 19:06 | Semifinal |
| 15 August 2014 | 19:10 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Olha Zemlyak | Ukraine | 51.16 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Christine Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 51.40 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Indira Terrero | Spain | 51.62 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 51.77 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Marie Gayot | France | 51.80 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 51.86 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Libania Grenot | Italy | 51.90 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Nataliya Pyhyda | Ukraine | 51.95 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Esther Cremer | Germany | 51.98 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 52.00 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Tatyana Veshkurova | Russia | 52.06 | q |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Chiara Bazzoni | Italy | 52.19 | q, SB |
| 13 | 3 | 4 | Agnė Šerkšnienė | Lithuania | 52.42 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Floria Gueï | France | 52.42 | q |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.43 | q |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | Kseniya Zadorina | Russia | 52.57 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 4 | Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz | Poland | 52.73 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 52.87 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Iveta Putalová | Slovakia | 53.25 | PB |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Adelina Pastor | Romania | 53.30 | |
| 21 | 1 | 7 | Gunta Latiševa-Cudare | Latvia | 53.37 | SB |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | Tamara Marković | Serbia | 53.41 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Katri Mustola | Finland | 53.41 | |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Maria Enrica Spacca | Italy | 53.41 | |
| 25 | 4 | 7 | Line Kloster | Norway | 54.27 | |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Tara Marie Norum | Norway | 54.89 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Modesta Morauskaitė | Lithuania | 55.87 | |
| 28 | 3 | 6 | Amaliya Sharoyan | Armenia | 56.49 | |
| 29 | 3 | 5 | Hristina Risteska | Macedonia | 57.47 | PB |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Olha Zemlyak | Ukraine | 51.24 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Libania Grenot | Italy | 51.47 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 51.84 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Indira Terrero | Spain | 52.07 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Marie Gayot | France | 52.11 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 52.22 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Agnė Šerkšnienė | Lithuania | 52.32 | |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Christine Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 52.56 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 52.58 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Nataliya Pyhyda | Ukraine | 52.70 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Floria Gueï | France | 52.82 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Esther Cremer | Germany | 52.83 | |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.85 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Tatyana Veshkurova | Russia | 52.93 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Chiara Bazzoni | Italy | 53.50 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Kseniya Zadorina | Russia | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Libania Grenot | Italy | 51.10 | |
| | 4 | Olha Zemlyak | Ukraine | 51.36 | |
| | 6 | Indira Terrero | Spain | 51.38 | SB |
| 4 | 5 | Christine Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 51.38 | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 51.84 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Bianca Răzor | Romania | 51.95 | |
| 7 | 2 | Marie Gayot | France | 52.14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Aauri Lorena Bokesa | Spain | 52.39 | |