2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, August 8 and August 9.
Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Yevgeniya Isakova Russia
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Fani Chalkia Greece
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Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova  Ukraine
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2006 | 11:40 | Round 1 |
| August 8, 2006 | 19:15 | Semifinals |
| August 9, 2006 | 20:10 | Final |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Fani Chalkia | Greece |
0.316 | 54.57 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Claudia Marx |  Germany |
0.171 | 54.80 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Anna Jesień |  Poland |
0.200 | 54.87 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine |
0.181 | 55.25 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lee McConnell |  United Kingdom |
0.235 | 55.61 | |
| 6 | 2 | Andri Sialou |  Cyprus |
0.297 | 55.75 | SB |
| 7 | 4 | Anastasiya Trifonova | Russia |
0.227 | 56.02 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alena Rücklová |  Czech Republic |
0.185 | 56.24 | SB |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia |
0.149 | 54.17 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine |
0.252 | 54.39 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom |
0.172 | 55.14 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia |
0.209 | 55.34 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Zuzana Hejnová | Czech Republic |
0.140 | 56.39 | |
| 6 | 8 | Erica Mårtensson |  Sweden |
0.145 | 56.91 | |
| 7 | 1 | Hristina Hantzi-Neag | Greece |
0.257 | 57.31 | |
| 8 | 2 | Angela Moroşanu |  Romania |
0.254 | 57.78 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | Yevgeniya Isakova | Russia |
0.174 | 53.93 | PB |
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4 | Fani Chalkia | Greece |
0.181 | 54.02 | |
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3 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | Ukraine |
0.196 | 54.55 | |
| 4 | 5 | Claudia Marx | Germany |
0.216 | 54.99 | |
| 5 | 2 | Natalia Ivanova | Russia |
0.282 | 55.04 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Anna Jesień | Poland |
0.191 | 55.16 | |
| 7 | 1 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | United Kingdom |
0.165 | 55.56 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Ukraine |
0.183 | 55.74 |