2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 14 and 16 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold	Anna Yaroshchuk  Ukraine
Silver	Hanna Titimets  Ukraine
Bronze	Meghan Beesley  United Kingdom

Results

Final

16 July 2011 / 16:00

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
	Anna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	5	0.213	54.77	PB
	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine	6	0.231	54.91
	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	3	0.177	55.69	PB
4	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	4	0.277	55.81	NR
5	Jessie Barr	Ireland	8	0.285	56.62	PB
6	Christiane Klopsch	Germany	7	0.218	57.05	SB
7	Valentine Arrieta	Switzerland	2	0.186	57.43
8	Marzena Kościelniak	Poland	1	0.209	57.99	SB

Heats

Qualified: First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine	56.22	Q
2	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	56.70	Q PB
3	Marzena Kościelniak	Poland	57.20	q SB
4	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	57.38	Q
5	Anna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	57.74	Q
6	Valentine Arrieta	Switzerland	57.95	q
7	Jessie Barr	Ireland	58.01	Q
8	Valeriya Znamenskaya	Russia	58.40
9	Mila Andrić	Serbia	58.65	SB
10	Anna Raukuc	Germany	58.66
11	Christiane Klopsch	Germany	58.72	Q
12	Andreea Ionescu	Romania	59.51
13	Raffaela Dorfer	Austria	1:00.15
14	Karen Jean-François	France	1:00.71
15	Anniina Laitinen	Finland	1:00.98
16	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	1:01.24
17	Līga Velvere	Latvia	1:01.45
18	Kalyn Sheehan	Ireland	1:03.46

Heat 1

14 July 2011 / 11:30

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
1	Hanna Titimets	Ukraine	4	0.281	56.22	Q
2	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	5	0.325	56.70	Q PB
3	Marzena Kościelniak	Poland	3	0.234	57.20	q SB
4	Valentine Arrieta	Switzerland	6	0.168	57.95	q
5	Mila Andrić	Serbia	2	0.202	58.65	SB
6	Raffaela Dorfer	Austria	7	0.219	1:00.15

Heat 2

14 July 2011 / 11:37

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
1	Meghan Beesley	United Kingdom	6	0.201	57.38	Q
2	Jessie Barr	Ireland	5	0.265	58.01	Q
3	Valeriya Znamenskaya	Russia	4	0.325	58.40
4	Anna Raukuc	Germany	3	0.184	58.66
5	Andreea Ionescu	Romania	7	0.251	59.51
6	Karen Jean-François	France	2	0.208	1:00.71

Heat 3

14 July 2011 / 11:44

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Reaction Time	Time	Notes
1	Anna Yaroshchuk	Ukraine	3	0.221	57.74	Q
2	Christiane Klopsch	Germany	6	0.236	58.72	Q
3	Anniina Laitinen	Finland	2	0.256	1:00.98
4	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	4	0.204	1:01.24
5	Līga Velvere	Latvia	5	0.198	1:01.45
6	Kalyn Sheehan	Ireland	7	0.236	1:03.46

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•  Austria (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Serbia (1)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)

References

1. 8th European Athletics U23 Championships - Ostrava CZE 14–17 July, European Athletics Association, retrieved 19 April 2015
2. European Athletics U23 Championships - Ostrava (CZE) - 14 - 17 July 2011 - Results - Day 1 (PDF), European Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-27, retrieved 19 April 2015
3. European Athletics U23 Championships - Ostrava (CZE) - 14 - 17 July 2011 - Results - Day 3 (PDF), European Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-27, retrieved 19 April 2015