2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
# 2022 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 15, 16 and 17 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 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) | 48.16 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World Leading | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) | 49.11 | Eugene, United States | 25 July 2022 |
| Europe Leading | Femke Bol (NED) | 49.75 | Chorzów, Poland | 6 August 2022 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 15 August 2022 | 19:35 | Round 1 |
| 16 August 2022 | 13:00 | Semifinals |
| 17 August 2022 | 22:02 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals. The 12 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semi-finals

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Iga Baumgart-Witan | Poland | 51.09 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Amandine Brossier | France | 51.26 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Laviai Nielsen | Great Britain | 51.60 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 51.63 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Susanne Walli | Austria | 51.73 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Eveline Saalberg | Netherlands | 51.81 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Camille Laus | Belgium | 51.91 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Alice Mangione | Italy | 51.92 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Gunta Vaičule | Latvia | 52.26 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | Silke Lemmens | Switzerland | 52.27 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Tereza Petržilková | Czech Republic | 52.35 | q |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Alica Schmidt | Germany | 52.52 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Anna Polinari | Italy | 52.60 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Sokhna Lacoste | France | 52.62 | |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Sharlene Mawdsley | Ireland | 52.63 | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Naomi Van Den Broeck | Belgium | 52.80 | |
| 17 | 1 | 6 | Virginia Troiani | Italy | 52.83 | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Mette Baas | Finland | 53.02 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Phil Healy | Ireland | 53.10 | |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Linn Oppegaard | Norway | 53.29 | |
| 21 | 2 | 6 | Janet Richard | Malta | 53.49 | NR |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Milja Thureson | Finland | 53.63 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Norcady Reyes | Gibraltar | 59.59 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Natalia Kaczmarek | Poland | 50.40 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland | 50.45 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 50.50 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Lieke Klaver | Netherlands | 50.59 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Femke Bol | Netherlands | 50.60 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 8 | Cynthia Bolingo | Belgium | 50.83 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Rhasidat Adeleke | Ireland | 51.08 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Iga Baumgart-Witan | Poland | 51.17 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Amandine Brossier | France | 51.21 | PB |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Gunta Vaičule | Latvia | 51.25 | PB |
| 11 | 1 | 8 | Cátia Azevedo | Portugal | 51.42 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Laviai Nielsen | Great Britain | 51.53 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Modesta Justė Morauskaitė | Lithuania | 51.70 | |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Lada Vondrová | Czech Republic | 51.83 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Alice Mangione | Italy | 52.02 | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Nicole Yeargin | Great Britain | 52.09 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Poland | 52.17 | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Tereza Petržilková | Czech Republic | 52.38 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Eveline Saalberg | Netherlands | 52.45 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | Susanne Walli | Austria | 52.58 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Corinna Schwab | Germany | 52.70 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Silke Lemmens | Switzerland | 53.08 | |
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Alica Schmidt | Germany | 53.12 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Camille Laus | Belgium | 54.28 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Femke Bol | Netherlands | 49.44 | EL, NR |
| | 6 | Natalia Kaczmarek | Poland | 49.94 | |
| | 4 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland | 50.29 | |
| 4 | 3 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Great Britain | 50.51 | |
| 5 | 1 | Rhasidat Adeleke | Ireland | 50.53 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Lieke Klaver | Netherlands | 50.56 | |
| 7 | 7 | Cynthia Bolingo | Belgium | 50.94 | |
| 8 | 2 | Iga Baumgart-Witan | Poland | 51.28 | |
