2024 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Location	Rome, Italy
Dates	8 June 2024 (round 1) 9 June 2024 (semifinals) 10 June 2024 (final)
Competitors	31 from 19 nations
Winning time	48.98 s NR
Medalists
Natalia Kaczmarek    Poland   Rhasidat Adeleke    Ireland   Lieke Klaver    Netherlands
←  2022

The women's 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy from 8 to 10 June 2024. ^[1]

Background

Records before the 2024 European Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time	Location	Date
World record [2]	Marita Koch  (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
European record [2]
Championship record		48.16	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World leading	Femke Bol  (NED)	49.17 sh	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2 March 2024
Europe leading

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
8 June 2024	12:20	Round 1
9 June 2024	20:05	Semifinals
10 June 2024	21:50	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

The 12 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semifinals. The other athletes competed in round 1 and the 12 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. ^[3]

Results of round 1

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	6	Amandine Brossier	France  (FRA)	51.30	q, SB
2	2	8	Lurdes Gloria Manuel	Czech Republic  (CZE)	51.36	q
3	2	5	Alice Mangione	Italy  (ITA)	51.71	q, SB
4	2	3	Berta Segura	Spain  (ESP)	51.92	q, PB
5	3	3	Tereza Petržilková	Czech Republic  (CZE)	51.96	q
6	2	9	Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Poland  (POL)	52.01	q
7	3	8	Anna Polinari	Italy  (ITA)	52.06	q
8	2	7	Maryana Shostak	Ukraine  (UKR)	52.07	q, PB
9	1	7	Iga Baumgart-Witan	Poland  (POL)	52.18	q SB
10	2	6	Lisa Lilja	Sweden  (SWE)	52.18	q PB
11	1	4	Giancarla Trevisan	Italy  (ITA)	52.22	q, SB
12	2	4	Giulia Senn	Switzerland  (SUI)	52.24	q
13	1	8	Julia Niederberger	Switzerland  (SUI)	52.42	SB, R
14	1	9	Cátia Azevedo	Portugal  (POR)	52.53
15	3	4	Helena Ponette	Belgium  (BEL)	52.57	R
16	3	6	Astri Ertzgaard	Norway  (NOR)	52.78	R
17	3	7	Mette Baas	Finland  (FIN)	52.94
18	3	5	Maja Ćirić	Serbia  (SRB)	52.96
19	1	5	Kateryna Karpiuk	Ukraine  (UKR)	53.06
20	3	9	Tetyana Melnyk	Ukraine  (UKR)	54.06

Semifinals

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. ^[4]

Results of the semifinals

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	8	Rhasidat Adeleke*	Ireland  (IRL)	50.54	Q, EU23L
2	3	7	Lieke Klaver*	Netherlands  (NED)	50.57	Q
3	2	8	Natalia Kaczmarek*	Poland  (POL)	50.70	Q
4	1	5	Lavai Nielsen*	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	50.73	Q, PB
5	3	8	Sharlene Mawdsley*	Ireland  (IRL)	50.99	Q
6	1	7	Lurdes Gloria Manuel	Czech Republic  (CZE)	51.06	q, NU20R
7	2	5	Andrea Miklós*	Romania  (ROM)	51.13	Q
8	2	6	Susanne Gogl-Walli*	Austria  (AUT)	51.14	q, SB
9	3	9	Alice Mangione	Italy  (ITA)	51.34	PB
10	2	7	Sophie Becker*	Ireland  (IRL)	51.54
11	3	5	Helena Ponette	Belgium  (BEL)	51.65
12	1	9	Amandine Brossier	France  (FRA)	51.78
13	3	2	Maryana Shostak	Ukraine  (UKR)	51.99	PB
14	2	9	Tereza Petržilková	Czech Republic  (CZE)	52.05
15	3	6	Victoria Ohuruogu*	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	52.07
16	3	4	Giulia Senn	Switzerland  (SUI)	52.16	SB
17	3	3	Justyna Święty-Ersetic	Poland  (POL)	52.18
18	2	4	Anna Polinari	Italy  (ITA)	52.53
19	2	3	Berta Segura	Spain  (ESP)	52.53
20	2	2	Lisa Lilja	Sweden  (SWE)	52.55
21	1	2	Giancarla Trevisan	Italy  (ITA)	52.59
22	1	3	Astri Ertzgaard	Norway  (NOR)	52.82
23	1	6	Modesta Justè Morauskaité*	Lithuania  (LTU)	52.95
24	1	4	Julia Niederberger	Switzerland  (SUI)	52.97
	1		Iga Baumgart-Witan	Poland  (POL)	DNS

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

Final

The final took place on 10 June at 21:50. ^[5]

Results of the final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	7	Natalia Kaczmarek	Poland  (POL)	48.98	EL, NR
	6	Rhasidat Adeleke	Ireland  (IRL)	49.07	EU23L, NR
	8	Lieke Klaver	Netherlands  (NED)	50.08	SB
4	3	Lurdes Gloria Manuel	Czech Republic  (CZE)	50.52	WU20L
5	9	Andrea Miklós	Romania  (ROM)	50.71	SB
6	5	Laviai Nielsen	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	50.71	PB
7	2	Susanne Gogl-Walli	Austria  (AUT)	51.23
8	4	Sharlene Mawdsley	Ireland  (IRL)	51.59

References

1. "Athletics Timetable". European Athletic Association. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
2. "All Time Best". World Athletics . Retrieved 16 August 2022.
3. "400 m Women Round 1 Start List". European Athletics . 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
4. "400m Women Semifinal Startlist". European Athletics . 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
5. "400m Women Final Startlist". European Athletics . 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.