2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on 8, 9 and 10 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vania Stambolova Bulgaria	Tatyana Veshkurova Russia	Olga Zaytseva Russia

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	50.39	Q
2	1	Olga Zaytseva	Russia	50.89	Q
3	4	Tatyana Veshkurova	Russia	51.01	Q
4	2	Ilona Usovich	Belarus	51.34	Q
5	1	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	51.41	Q
6	3	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	51.69	Q
7	4	Nicola Sanders	United Kingdom	51.80	Q
8	2	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	51.98	Q
9	1	Marilyn Okoro	United Kingdom	52.02	Q, PB
10	3	Mariyana Dimitrova	Bulgaria	52.04	Q
11	2	Daniela Reina	Italy	52.07	q, PB
12	4	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	52.15	Q
13	2	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	52.21	q, SB
14	1	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	52.30	q
15	3	Solene Desert	France	52.32	Q
16	3	Claudia Hoffmann	Germany	52.55	q
17	4	Romara van Noort	Netherlands	52.64	PB
18	2	Klodiana Shala	Albania	52.86	NR
19	1	Jitka Bartoničková	Czech Republic	52.91	PB
20	3	Dimitra Dova	Greece	53.24
21	1	Lena Aruhn	Sweden	53.28
22	3	Kirsi Mykkänen	Finland	53.34
23	1	Phara Anacharsis	France	53.43
24	2	Beatrice Dahlgren	Sweden	53.52
24	4	Thélia Sigère	France	53.52
26	4	Nedyalka Nedkova	Bulgaria	53.69

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	0.232	49.69	Q, EL
2	4	Ilona Usovich	Belarus	0.181	50.74	Q, NR
3	5	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	0.136	50.96	Q
4	3	Nicola Sanders	United Kingdom	0.182	51.25	Q
5	2	Daniela Reina	Italy	0.213	52.13
6	7	Claudia Hoffmann	Germany	0.191	52.27
7	1	Nataliya Pyhyda	Ukraine	0.291	52.36
8	8	Solene Desert	France	0.186	53.06

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	3	Olga Zaytseva	Russia	0.187	50.49	Q
2	4	Tatyana Veshkurova	Russia	0.221	50.87	Q
3	5	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	0.204	51.09	Q, PB
4	6	Mariyana Dimitrova	Bulgaria	0.184	51.23	Q
5	1	Danijela Grgić	Croatia	0.181	52.00
6	7	Barbara Petráhn	Hungary	0.180	52.46
7	2	Grażyna Prokopek	Poland	0.276	52.66
8	8	Marilyn Okoro	United Kingdom	0.173	52.94

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	49.85
	3	Tatyana Veshkurova	Russia	50.15
	6	Olga Zaytseva	Russia	50.28
4	7	Mariyana Dimitrova	Bulgaria	50.64	PB
5	5	Ilona Usovich	Belarus	50.69	NR
6	2	Nicola Sanders	United Kingdom	50.87
7	8	Svetlana Pospelova	Russia	50.90
8	1	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	51.46