The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16, 17, and 18 July.
Medalists Gold Perri Shakes-Drayton Silver Eilidh Child Bronze Darya Korableva
Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Perri Shakes-Drayton 55.26 Eilidh Child 55.32 Darya Korableva 56.08 4 Hanna Titimets 56.27 5 Irina Davydova 56.75 6 Sara Petersen 56.77 7 Tina Polak 56.88 8 Anna Yaroshchuk 57.26
Semifinals 17 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Perri Shakes-Drayton 55.84 Q 2 Darya Korableva 56.12 Q 3 Tina Polak 56.54 Q 4 Anna Yaroshchuk 57.23 q 5 Fabienne Kohlmann 57.55 6 Jill Richards 58.06 7 Frida Persson 58.27 8 Cécile Bernaleau 58.54
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Eilidh Child 56.45 Q 2 Hanna Titimets 56.71 Q 3 Irina Davydova 57.05 Q 4 Sara Petersen 57.08 q 5 Meghan Beesley 57.32 6 Katarzyna Janecka 58.00 7 Laetitia Denis 58.04 8 Kristina Volfová 58.80
Heats 16 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Meghan Beesley 57.91 Q 2 Hanna Titimets 58.85 Q 3 Irina Davydova 58.95 Q 4 Hege Vold 59.57 5 Lucie Perrin 59.87 6 Sandra Jiménez 61.03 7 Petra Fontanive 61.03
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Eilidh Child 56.53 Q 2 Fabienne Kohlmann 57.81 Q 3 Anna Yaroshchuk 57.90 Q 4 Cécile Bernaleau 58.39 q 5 Marzena Kościelniak 58.80 6 Ieva Ješkina 60.76 7 Kitti Zircher 61.28
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Darya Korableva 56.71 Q 2 Sara Petersen 57.20 Q 3 Katarzyna Janecka 57.41 Q 4 Kristina Volfová 58.04 q 5 Frida Persson 58.60 q 6 Benedicte Hauge 58.62
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Perri Shakes-Drayton 57.35 Q 2 Tina Polak 57.95 Q 3 Jill Richards 58.42 Q 4 Laetitia Denis 58.55 q 5 Eglė Staišiūnaitė 60.32 6 Noora Toivo 60.60 7 Evelin Farsang 61.09
Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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