The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships was held over three rounds at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany, from 17 to 19 August 2022. It was the fourteenth time that the event was contested at the European Athletics Championships. Thirty-six athletes from twenty-one nations competed.

In round 1 on 17 August, twelve out of twenty-four athletes qualified for the semi-finals, where they were joined by the twelve highest-ranking athletes who had a bye in the first round. In the semi-finals on 18 August, eight out of twenty-four athletes qualified for the final and Viivi Lehikoinen set a Finnish record of 54.50 seconds. In the final on 19 August, Femke Bol of the Netherlands won in a new championship record of 52.67 s, followed by Viktoriya Tkachuk of Ukraine in 54.30 s and Anna Ryzhykova of Ukraine in 54.86 s.

Background Before 2022, the women's 400 metres hurdles had been contested fourteen times at the European Athletics Championships: every four years between the 1978 and 2010, and every two years since then, with the exception of the 2020 European Athletics Championships that were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic."Statistics Handbook", European Athletics, . Retrieved 30 May 2025."Paris 2020 European Athletics Championships cancelled", European Athletics, 23 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2025. The 2022 edition was held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany."Athletics Timetable ", European Athletics. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

At the start of the 2022 championships, Sydney McLaughlin of the United States held the world record of 50.68 s, which was also the world leading performance that season; Femke Bol of the Netherlands held the European record of 52.03 s and European leading performance of 52.27 s; and Natalya Antyukh of Russia held the championship record of 52.92 s. The previous 2018 edition was won by Léa Sprunger of Switzerland in 54.33 s."European Athletics Championships 2018 – 400m Hurdles Women – Final – Results, European Athletics, 10 August 2018. Archived 20 August 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2025.

+Records before the 2022 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres Hurdles women – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 17 August 2022. 50.68 Eugene, United States 22 July 2022 European record"All time Top lists – Senior – 400 Metres Hurdles women – Europe, World Athletics. Retrieved 17 August 2022. 52.03 Tokyo, Japan 4 August 2021 Championship record 52.92 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 2010 World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2022 – 400 Metres Hurdles women – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 17 August 2022. 50.68 Eugene, United States 22 July 2022 Europe Lleading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2022 – 400 Metres Hurdles women – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 17 August 2022. 52.27 Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 2022

Qualification For the women's 400 metres hurdles, the qualification period was from 27 July 2021 to 26 July 2022. Athletes could qualify during that time by running the entry standard of 55.85 seconds or faster, by a receiving a wild card as defending European 400 metres hurdles champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event."Qualification System and Entry Standards ", European Athletics, August 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2024. A final entry list of thirty-nine athletes from twenty-one nations was compiled on 8 August 2022."Final Entries - Athletes List by event and SB", European Athletics, 8 August 2022, p. 41. Retrieved on 30 May 2025.

Rounds Round 1

Twenty-four athletes from nineteen nations competed in three heats (preliminary rounds) of round 1 on 17 August, starting at 11:40 (UTC+2). The first three athletes in each heat () and the next three fastest athletes overall () advanced to the semi-finals."Athletics – Women's 400m Hurdles – Round 1 – Results Summary", European Athletics, 17 August 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024. The twelve highest-ranked athletes received a bye into the semi-finals."Women's 400m Hurdles Final Munich 2022 Femke Bol", European Athletics on YouTube, 24 AUgust 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2025. Three athletes set a personal best () in this round, whilst one set a seasons best ().

+ Results of round 1 Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Note 1 2 4 Germany 54.32 , 2 3 1 Czech Republic 55.93 3 1 2 Switzerland 56.16 , 4 1 6 France 56.18 5 1 5 Italy 56.44 6 3 7 Greece 56.45 , 7 3 8 Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.64 8 2 3 Switzerland 56.69 9 1 1 Finland 56.70 10 1 7 Belgium 56.72 11 1 8 Norway 56.72 12 2 5 Slovakia 56.98 13 2 7 Spain 57.03 14 2 1 Italy 57.03 15 3 2 Germany 57.09 16 3 6 Portugal 57.10 17 1 4 Germany 57.11 18 2 2 Austria 57.33 19 3 3 Hungary 57.38 20 2 6 Slovenia 57.42 21 3 5 Estonia 57.46 22 2 8 Denmark 57.71 23 3 4 Slovakia 58.65 24 1 3 North Macedonia 1:01.56

Semi-finals

Twenty-four athletes from fourteen nations competed in three heats of the semi-finals held on 18 August, starting at 11:55 (UTC+2). The first two athletes in each heat () and the next two fastest athletes overall () advanced to the final. Viivi Lehikoinen set a Finnish record () of 54.50 seconds and another three athletes set personal bests () in this round. Camille Seri of France did not finish () the race."Athletics – Women's 400m Hurdles – Semi-finals – Results Summary", European Athletics, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

+ Results of the semi-finals Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Note 1 3 6 * Netherlands 53.73 2 3 4 * Ukraine 54.25 , 3 2 5 * Finland 54.50 , 4 2 6 * Ukraine 54.65 5 2 4 * Norway 54.68 , 6 3 3 * Italy 54.98 7 1 6 * Spain 55.16 8 1 3 Germany 55.29 9 3 5 * Belgium 55.31 10 2 3 * Great Britain and Northern Ireland 55.39 11 2 7 Czech Republic 55.48 12 1 5 * Norway 55.63 13 1 1 Greece 56.14 13 2 8 * Belgium 56.14 15 3 8 Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.20 16 3 7 Norway 56.61 17 3 1 Finland 56.82 18 2 1 Switzerland 57.07 19 2 2 Slovakia 57.08 20 3 2 Switzerland 57.13 21 1 4 * Great Britain and Northern Ireland 57.19 22 1 7 Italy 57.29 23 1 2 Belgium 59.15 1 8 France *Athletes who received a bye into the semi-finals

Final

Eight athletes from seven nations competed in the final on 19 August, starting at 21:45 (UTC+2) in the evening. Femke Bol of the Netherlands moved into the first position between 200 and 300 metres, and won in a new championship record () of 52.67 seconds, improving the 12-year-old record of Natalya Antyukh by 0.25 seconds. Viktoriya Tkachuk of Ukraine finished in second place in 54.30 seconds and Anna Ryzhykova of Ukraine in third place in 54.86 seconds."Athletics – Women's 400m Hurdles – Final – Results", European Athletics, 19 August 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

Steve Smythe from Athletics Weekly wrote that Bol finished "with a huge winning margin (...) by a staggering 1.63 seconds".Steve Smythe, "Laura Muir retains European title, while it's silver for Dina Asher-Smith", Athletics Weekly, 18 February 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025. Bol said about the race: "I don't have to do crazy things, just had to produce a decent race. But there is also a little bit of relief. I run my second-best time of this season.""Missie Bol geslaagd: unieke dubbelslag met Europese titel op 400 horden" (in Dutch), NOS, 19 August 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2025. Two days earlier, Bol had also won the women's 400 metres; this double victory was unprecedented at the European Athletics Championships. Bol said about the double: "I am so proud to achieve the double. I will never do the double again. Well, maybe. Never say never!""Warholm and Bol provide a 400m hurdles masterclass in Munich ", World Athletics, 19 August 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2025.

+ Results of the final Rank Lane Name Nation Note 3 Netherlands 52.67 7 Ukraine 54.30 5 Ukraine 54.86 4 6 Spain 54.97 5 1 Norway 55.32 6 4 Finland 55.58 7 2 Italy 55.91 8 8 Germany 56.02

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