2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 March 2013 at 11:00 (round 1), 2 March 16:35 (semi-final), and 3 March 11:15 (final) local time.^[1]

Women's 400 metres at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Medalists Perri Shakes-Drayton, Eilidh Child, and Moa Hjelmer and the other runners at the finish of the final
Venue	Scandinavium
Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Dates	1 March 2013 (round 1) 2 March 2013 (semi-finals) 3 March 2013 (final)
Competitors	20 from 15 nations
Winning time	50.85 s
Medalists
Perri Shakes-Drayton    Great Britain   Eilidh Child    Great Britain   Moa Hjelmer    Sweden
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Background

Records before the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time	Location	Date
World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	49.59	Milan, Italy	7 March 1982
European record
Championship record
World Leading	Natasha Hastings (USA)	50.88	Birmingham, United Kingdom	16 February 2013
European Leading	Kseniya Ustalova (RUS)	51.31	Moscow, Russia	13 February 2013

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 2 (Q) and the 4 fastest athletes (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[2][3]

Heat 1 underway

Results of round 1

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Note
1	1	6	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	51.70	Q
2	3	6	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	52.05	Q
3	2	6	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	52.07	Q, SB
4	3	5	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	52.20	Q
5	2	5	Kseniya Ustalova	Russia	52.23	Q
6	3	4	Ella Räsänen	Finland	52.37	q, NR, AJR
7	1	3	Moa Hjelmer	Sweden	52.87	Q, SB
8	1	5	Madiea Ghafoor	Netherlands	52.88	q
9	2	3	Shana Cox	Great Britain	52.99	q
10	3	3	Line Kloster	Norway	53.15	q, NR
11	4	6	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	53.20	Q
12	2	4	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	53.26	SB
13	4	5	Marie Gayot	France	53.49	Q
14	4	4	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	53.61
15	1	4	Maria Enrica Spacca	Italy	53.79
16	4	3	Alina Andreea Panainte	Romania	53.98
17	1	2	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	54.45
18	2	2	Chiara Bazzoni	Italy	54.55
19	3	2	Anita Banović	Croatia	55.00
20	4	2	Amaliya Sharoyan	Armenia	56.35

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 (Q) advanced to the final.^[4][5]

Results of the semi-finals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time	Note
1	2	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	51.03	Q, EL
2	2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	51.27	Q, PB
3	2	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	52.12	Q, SB
4	1	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	52.29	Q
5	1	Moa Hjelmer	Sweden	52.38	Q, SB
6	2	Line Kloster	Norway	52.78	NR
7	2	Ella Räsänen	Finland	52.84
8	1	Shana Cox	Great Britain	52.86	Q, SB
9	1	Madiea Ghafoor	Netherlands	53.12
10	2	Marie Gayot	France	53.38
	1	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	DQ	R 163.2[6]
	1	Kseniya Ustalova	Russia	DNF

Final

The final was held at 11:15.^[7][8]

Results of the final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Note
	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	50.85	WL
	Eilidh Child	Great Britain	51.45	PB
	Moa Hjelmer	Sweden	52.04	NR
4	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	52.12
5	Denisa Rosolová	Czech Republic	52.71
6	Shana Cox	Great Britain	53.15