2016 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 400 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7, and 8 July.^[1]

Standing records prior to the 2016 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)	48.12	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading	Shaunae Miller (BAH)	49.69	Nassau, The Bahamas	16 April 2016
European Leading	Floria Gueï (FRA)	50.84	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5 June 2016

All times are local times (UTC+2)

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Nicky van Leuveren	Netherlands	52.45	Q
2	1	4	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	52.69	Q
3	2	3	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland	52.79	Q
4	3	2	Lisanne de Witte	Netherlands	52.84	Q
5	2	6	Adelina Pastor	Romania	53.03	Q, SB
6	2	8	Benedicte Hauge	Norway	53.13	q, PB
7	1	6	Gunta Latiševa-Cudare	Latvia	53.36	Q, SB
8	1	5	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	53.46	Q
9	1	7	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy	53.51	q
10	3	6	Irini Vasiliou	Greece	53.86	Q
11	3	4	Sinead Denny	Ireland	53.95	Q
12	1	8	Iveta Putálová	Slovakia	53.96	q
13	2	4	Anna Vasiliou	Greece	53.98	q
14	2	7	Laura Bueno	Spain	54.01
15	1	2	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	54.33
16	3	5	Ilona Usovich	Belarus	54.58
17	3	3	Marta Milani	Italy	54.85
18	1	3	Claire Mooney	Ireland	55.66
19	2	2	Vijona Kryeziu	Kosovo	56.04	SB
	3	7	Indira Terrero	Spain	DNF

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	3	Libania Grenot*	Italy	50.43	Q, EL
2	1	4	Floria Gueï*	France	51.01	Q
3	1	5	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.35	Q, SB
4	3	6	Małgorzata Hołub*	Poland	51.67	Q, PB
5	2	5	Anyika Onuora*	Great Britain	51.84	Q
6	1	7	Nicky van Leuveren	Netherlands	52.02	q, PB
7	2	6	Tamara Salaški*	Serbia	52.27	Q
8	1	3	Justyna Święty*	Poland	52.34	q
9	2	7	Lisanne de Witte	Netherlands	52.37
10	3	7	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	52.39	SB
11	2	3	Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer*	Germany	52.40
12	3	4	Cátia Azevedo*	Portugal	52.46
13	3	5	Yuliya Olishevska*	Ukraine	52.54
14	2	4	Olha Zemlyak*	Ukraine	52.58
14	3	8	Irini Vasiliou	Greece	52.58
16	1	8	Maria Benedicta Chigbolu	Italy	52.69
17	3	2	Adelina Pastor	Romania	52.90	SB
18	2	8	Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz	Poland	52.92
19	1	6	Olha Bibik*	Ukraine	53.02
20	1	2	Gunta Latiševa-Cudare	Latvia	53.11	SB
21	3	1	Sinead Denny	Ireland	53.27
22	1	1	Anna Vasiliou	Greece	53.77
23	2	2	Iveta Putálová	Slovakia	54.04
24	2	1	Benedicte Hauge	Norway	54.50

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[4]

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6	Libania Grenot	Italy	50.73
	4	Floria Gueï	France	51.21
	3	Anyika Onuora	Great Britain	51.47	SB
4	5	Christine Ohuruogu	Great Britain	51.55
5	8	Małgorzata Hołub	Poland	51.89
6	2	Justyna Święty	Poland	51.96
7	7	Tamara Salaški	Serbia	52.23
8	1	Nicky van Leuveren	Netherlands	52.76

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site.