2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles
at the 2022 European Athletics Championships
Women's 400 metres hurdles ; at the 2022 European Athletics Championships
	Femke Bol (right of the center) finishing first in the final
Venue	Olympiastadion
Location	Munich, Germany
Dates	17 August 2022 (round 1); 18 August 2022 (semifinals); 19 August 2022 (final);
Competitors	36 from 20 nations
Winning time	52.67 s CR
Medalists
	← 2018 2024 →

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place in three rounds at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, from 17 to 19 August 2022.

The three heats of round 1 were held on 17 August. The twelve fastest athletes joined the twelve highest-ranking athletes, who had a bye, in the semifinals. The three heats of the semifinals were held on 18 August. The two fastest athletes of each heat and the next two fastest of the rest qualified for the finals. Viivi Lehikoinen set a Finnish record of 54.50 seconds in the semifinals.

The final was held on 19 August. Femke Bol of the Netherlands won in a new championship record of 52.67 seconds, followed by Viktoriya Tkachuk of Ukraine in 54.30 seconds and Anna Ryzhykova of Ukraine in 54.86 seconds.

Background

At the start of the 2024 European Athletics Championships, Femke Bol held the European record of 52.03 seconds and European leading time of 52.27 seconds.^[2]^[3] Natalya Antyukh held the championship record of 52.92 seconds.^[4] Sydney McLaughlin held the world record of 50.68 seconds, which was also the world leading mark.^[5]^[6]

Records before the 2024 European Athletics Championships
Record	Athlete	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record	Sydney McLaughlin (USA)	50.68^[5]	Eugene, United States	22 July 2022
European record	Femke Bol (NED)	52.03^[2]	Tokyo, Japan	4 August 2021
Championship record	Natalya Antyukh (RUS)	52.92^[4]	Barcelona, Spain	30 July 2010
World Leading	Sydney McLaughlin (USA)	50.68^[6]	Eugene, United States	22 July 2022
Europe Leading	Femke Bol (NED)	52.27^[3]	Stockholm, Sweden	30 June 2022

Qualification

For the women's 400 metres hurdles, the qualification period was from 27 July 2021 to 26 July 2022. Athletes could qualify by running the entry standard of 55.85 seconds or faster, by a receiving a wild card, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event.^[7]

Results

Round 1

The three heats of round 1 were held on 17 August, starting at 11:40 (UTC+2). The first three athletes in each heat (Q) and the next three fastest athletes (q) advanced to the semifinals. The twelve highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semifinals. Four athletes set a personal best (PB).^[4]

Results of round 1^[4]
Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	4	Carolina Krafzik	Germany	54.32	Q, PB
2	3	1	Nikoleta Jíchová	Czech Republic	55.93	Q
3	1	2	Annina Fahr	Switzerland	56.16	Q, PB
4	1	6	Camille Seri	France	56.18	Q, PB
5	1	5	Rebecca Sartori	Italy	56.44	Q
6	3	7	Dimitra Gnafaki	Greece	56.45	Q, PB
7	3	8	Hayley McLean	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56.64	Q
8	2	3	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	56.69	Q
9	1	1	Kristiina Halonen	Finland	56.70	q
10	1	7	Nina Hespel	Belgium	56.72	q
11	1	8	Elisabeth Slettum	Norway	56.72	q
12	2	5	Daniela Ledecká	Slovakia	56.98	Q
13	2	7	Carla García	Spain	57.03
14	2	1	Linda Olivieri	Italy	57.03
15	3	2	Gisèle Wender	Germany	57.09
16	3	6	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	57.10
17	1	4	Eileen Demes	Germany	57.11
18	2	2	Lena Pressler	Austria	57.33
19	3	3	Janka Molnár	Hungary	57.38
20	2	6	Agata Zupin	Slovenia	57.42
21	3	5	Marielle Kleemeier	Estonia	57.46
22	2	8	Annemarie Nissen	Denmark	57.71
23	3	4	Emma Zapletalová	Slovakia	58.65	SB
24	1	3	Drita Islami	North Macedonia	1:01.56

Semifinals

The semifinal heats were held on 18 August, starting at 11:55 (UTC+2). The first two athletes in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest athletes (q) advance to the final. Viivi Lehikoinen set a Finnish record (NR) of 54.50 seconds and another three athletes set personal bests (PB) in this round.^[8]

Results of the semifinals^[8]
Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	6	Femke Bol	Netherlands	53.73	Q
2	3	4	Anna Ryzhykova	Ukraine	54.25	Q, SB
3	2	5	Viivi Lehikoinen	Finland	54.50	Q, NR
4	2	6	Viktoriya Tkachuk	Ukraine	54.65	Q
5	2	4	Amalie Iuel	Norway	54.68	q, PB
6	3	3	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	54.98	q
7	1	6	Sara Gallego	Spain	55.16	Q
8	1	3	Carolina Krafzik	Germany	55.29	Q
9	3	5	Hanne Claes	Belgium	55.31
10	2	3	Jessie Knight	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55.39
11	2	7	Nikoleta Jíchová	Czech Republic	55.48	PB
12	1	5	Line Kloster	Norway	55.63
13	1	1	Dimitra Gnafaki	Greece	56.14	PB
13	2	8	Paulien Couckuyt	Belgium	56.14
15	3	8	Hayley McLean	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56.20
16	3	7	Elisabeth Slettum	Norway	56.61
17	3	1	Kristiina Halonen	Finland	56.82
18	2	1	Annina Fahr	Switzerland	57.07
19	2	2	Daniela Ledecká	Slovakia	57.08
20	3	2	Yasmin Giger	Switzerland	57.13
21	1	4	Lina Nielsen	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57.19
22	1	7	Rebecca Sartori	Italy	57.29
23	1	2	Nina Hespel	Belgium	59.15
	1	8	Camille Seri	France	DNF

Final

The final was held at 19 August, starting at 21:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.^[9] Femke Bol of the Netherlands won the gold medal with a new championship record (CR) of 52.67 seconds, improving the 12-year-old record of Natalya Antyukh by 0.25 seconds.^[9] Two days earlier, she had also won the women's 400 metres, this double victory was unprecendented at the European Athletics Championships.^[10] Viktoriya Tkachuk of Ukraine won the silver medal in 54.30 seconds and Anna Ryzhykova of Ukraine won the bronze medal in 54.86 seconds.^[9]

Results of the final^[9]
Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Femke Bol	Netherlands	52.67	CR
	7	Viktoriya Tkachuk	Ukraine	54.30
	5	Anna Ryzhykova	Ukraine	54.86
4	6	Sara Gallego	Spain	54.97
5	1	Amalie Iuel	Norway	55.32
6	4	Viivi Lehikoinen	Finland	55.58
7	2	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	55.91
8	8	Carolina Krafzik	Germany	56.02