2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 9.
Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.
Medalists
Schedule
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Yevgeniya Isakova | 55.21 | Q | ||
| 2 | Fani Chalkia | 55.42 | Q | ||
| 4 | Anna Jesień | 55.46 | Q | ||
| 1 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | 55.47 | Q | ||
| 2 | Natalia Ivanova | 55.55 | Q | ||
| 3 | Tasha Danvers-Smith | 55.64 | Q | ||
| 3 | Angela Moroşanu | 55.74 | Q | ||
| 4 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | 55.76 | Q | ||
| 2 | Andri Sialou | 55.87 | Q, SB | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lee McConnell | 56.02 | q | |
| 11 | 4 | Claudia Marx | 56.04 | Q | |
| 12 | 1 | Anastasiya Trifonova | 56.10 | Q | |
| 13 | 1 | Zuzana Hejnová | 56.29 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | Alena Rücklová | 56.44 | q | |
| 15 | 2 | Erica Mårtensson | 56.75 | q, PB | |
| 16 | 1 | Hristina Hantzi-Neag | 56.80 | q, SB | |
| 17 | 3 | Marta Chrust-Rożej | 56.90 | ||
| 18 | 1 | Cora Olivero | 57.08 | ||
| 19 | 4 | Benedetta Ceccarelli | 57.12 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Sara Orešnik | 57.50 | ||
| 21 | 3 | Michelle Carey | 57.61 | ||
| 22 | 2 | Agnieszka Karpiesiuk | 57.65 | ||
| 23 | 4 | Laia Forcadell | 57.81 | ||
| 24 | 3 | Nadja Petersen | 57.90 | ||
| 25 | 1 | Dora Jémma | 57.94 | ||
| 26 | 2 | Nikolina Horvat | 57.95 | ||
| 27 | 4 | Anneli Melin | 58.00 | ||
| 28 | 4 | Emma Duck | 58.03 | ||
| 29 | 2 | Martina Näf | 58.08 | ||
| 30 | 1 | Özge Gürler | 58.39 | ||
| 31 | 3 | Zuzana Bergrová | 58.64 | ||
| 3 | Ilona Ranta | DNF |