2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 6 (q) advance to the Semifinals.[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	6	Stina Troest	Denmark	56.32	Q, SB
2	4	7	Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland	56.43	Q, PB
3	3	2	Aurelie Chaboudez	France	56.69	Q
4	2	6	Bianca Baak	Netherlands	56.88	Q
5	4	3	Phara Anarchasis	France	56.95	Q
6	1	4	Amalie Hammild Iuel	Norway	56.98	Q
7	2	5	Arna Stefanía Gudmundsdóttir	Iceland	57.14	Q, PB
8	1	2	Līga Velvere	Latvia	57.38	Q
9	2	7	Nenah de Coninck	Belgium	57.45	q
10	2	4	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	57.49	q
11	4	8	Lucia Slaničková	Slovakia	57.55	q
12	3	4	Hilla Uusimäki	Finland	57.59	q, PB
13	4	6	Christine McMahon	Ireland	57.73	q
14	1	3	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	57.84	q
15	1	6	Robine Schürmann	Switzerland	57.91	SB
16	3	3	Tereza Vokálová	Czech Republic	57.97
17	3	5	Jackie Baumann	Germany	58.17
18	3	7	Frida Persson	Sweden	58.26
19	1	7	Maeva Contion	France	58.31
20	4	4	Elif Yıldırım	Turkey	58.40
21	1	5	Alena Hrusoci	Croatia	58.98
22	2	2	Tina Matusińska	Poland	59.22
23	2	3	Anniina Laitinen	Finland	1:01.56
24	4	2	Drita Islami	Macedonia	1:02.36
	4	5	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	DQ

Heat 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 2 (q) advance to the Final.[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Sara Slott Petersen*	Denmark	55.59	Q
2	1	5	Lea Sprunger*	Switzerland	55.72	Q
3	3	5	Joanna Linkiewicz*	Poland	55.74	Q
4	2	8	Amalie Hammild Iuel	Norway	55.79	Q, NR
5	3	6	Katsiaryna Belanovich*	Belarus	55.82	Q
6	1	6	Ayomide Folorunso*	Italy	55.87	Q
7	3	8	Stina Troest	Denmark	56.03	q, SB
8	1	7	Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland	56.05	q, PB
9	2	4	Viktoriya Tkachuk*	Ukraine	56.17
10	3	4	Anna Titimets*	Ukraine	56.18
11	2	7	Bianca Baak	Netherlands	56.34	PB
12	2	3	Marzia Caravelli*	Italy	56.45
13	2	6	Axelle Dauwens*	Belgium	56.62
14	1	4	Olena Kolesnychenko*	Ukraine	56.84
15	3	7	Christine McMahon	Ireland	56.87
16	3	3	Phara Anacharsis	France	57.05
17	2	2	Līga Velvere	Latvia	57.11
18	2	1	Arna Stefanía Gudmundsdóttir	Iceland	57.24
19	3	1	Petra Fontanive	Switzerland	57.42
20	1	2	Aurelie Chaboudez	France	57.50
21	1	8	Nenah de Coninck	Belgium	57.63
22	1	1	Hilla Uusimäki	Finland	57.76
23	3	2	Lucia Slaničková	Slovakia	57.86
24	1	3	Vera Barbosa	Portugal	57.92

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals[4]

[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Sara Slott Petersen	Denmark	55.12	SB
	5	Joanna Linkiewicz	Poland	55.33
	4	Lea Sprunger	Switzerland	55.41
4	7	Ayomide Folorunso	Italy	55.50	PB
5	8	Katsiaryna Belanovich	Belarus	56.10
6	6	Amalie Hammild Iuel	Norway	56.24
7	1	Stina Troest	Denmark	56.34
8	2	Emilia Ankiewicz	Poland	57.31