The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 7, 8, and 9 August 2006.

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 GoldSilverBronzeYevgeniya IsakovaFani ChalkiaTetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 7, 2006 11:40 Round 1August 8, 2006 19:15 SemifinalsAugust 9, 2006 20:10 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Round 1 Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Yevgeniya Isakova 55.21 Q 2 Fani Chalkia 55.42 Q 4 Anna Jesień 55.46 Q 1 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 55.47 Q 2 Natalia Ivanova 55.55 Q 3 Tasha Danvers-Smith 55.64 Q 3 Angela Moroșanu 55.74 Q 4 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk 55.76 Q 2 Andri Sialou 55.87 Q, SB 10 2 Lee McConnell 56.02 q 11 4 Claudia Marx 56.04 Q 12 1 Anastasiya Trifonova 56.10 Q 13 1 Zuzana Hejnová 56.29 Q 14 4 Alena Rücklová 56.44 q 15 2 Erica Mårtensson 56.75 q, PB 16 1 Hristina Hantzi-Neag 56.80 q, SB 17 3 Marta Chrust-Rożej 56.90 18 1 Cora Olivero 57.08 19 4 Benedetta Ceccarelli 57.12 20 1 Sara Orešnik 57.50 21 3 Michelle Carey 57.61 22 2 Agnieszka Karpiesiuk 57.65 23 4 Laia Forcadell 57.81 24 3 Nadja Petersen 57.90 25 1 Dora Jémma 57.94 26 2 Nikolina Horvat 57.95 27 4 Anneli Melin 58.00 28 4 Emma Duck 58.03 29 2 Martina Näf 58.08 30 1 Özge Gürler 58.39 31 3 Zuzana Bergrová 58.64 3 Ilona Ranta DNF

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 0.316 54.57 Q 2 7 Claudia Marx 0.171 54.80 Q, PB 3 3 Anna Jesień 0.200 54.87 Q 4 6 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk 0.181 55.25 Q 5 1 Lee McConnell 0.235 55.61 6 2 Andri Sialou 0.297 55.75SB 7 4 Anastasiya Trifonova 0.22756.02 8 8 Alena Rücklová 0.185 56.24 SB

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 6 Yevgeniya Isakova 0.149 54.17 Q, PB 2 4 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 0.252 54.39 Q, SB 3 5 Tasha Danvers-Smith 0.172 55.14 Q 4 3 Natalia Ivanova 0.20955.34 Q 5 7 Zuzana Hejnová 0.140 56.39 6 8 Erica Mårtensson 0.145 56.91 7 1 Hristina Hantzi-Neag 0.257 57.31 8 2 Angela Moroșanu 0.254 57.78

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 6 Yevgeniya Isakova 0.174 53.93 PB 4 Fani Chalkia 0.181 54.02 3 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 0.196 54.55 4 5 Claudia Marx 0.216 54.99 5 2 Natalia Ivanova 0.282 55.04 PB 6 7 Anna Jesień 0.191 55.16 7 1 Tasha Danvers-Smith 0.16555.56 8 8 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk 0.18355.74

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