2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 13 and 14 July.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Medalists

Gold	Sylvanie Morandais  France
Silver	Aleksandra Pielużek  Poland
Bronze	Irēna Žauna  Latvia

Results

Final

14 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sylvanie Morandais	France	56.30
	Aleksandra Pielużek	Poland	56.51
	Irēna Žauna	Latvia	57.03
4	Marjolein de Jong	Netherlands	57.26
5	Alena Rücklová	Czech Republic	58.28
6	Erica Martensson	Sweden	58.49
7	Karolina Tłustochowska	Poland	58.95
8	Marina Shiyan	Russia	59.75

Heats

13 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sylvanie Morandais	France	57.16	Q
2	Irēna Žauna	Latvia	57.23	Q
3	Alena Rücklová	Czech Republic	58.32	Q
4	Marina Shiyan	Russia	58.34	q
5	Karolina Tłustochowska	Poland	58.78	q
6	Tina Kron	Germany	59.24
	Tracey Duncan	United Kingdom	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marjolein de Jong	Netherlands	57.66	Q
2	Aleksandra Pielużek	Poland	58.56	Q
3	Erica Martensson	Sweden	59.07	Q
4	Heidi Trollsås	Norway	59.38
5	Benedetta Ceccarelli	Italy	59.51
6	Olivia Abderrhamane	France	59.90
7	Elodie Cruchant	France	60.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•  Czech Republic (1)
•  France (3)
•  Germany (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Russia (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)