2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	4	3	Ilona Vusovich	Belarus	51.98	Q
2	4	4	Muriel Hurtis	France	52.11	Q, SB
3	1	4	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	52.18	Q
4	1	2	Moa Hjelmer	Sweden	52.33	Q
5	3	2	Marie Gayot	France	52.46	Q
6	2	6	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	52.48	Q
7	3	8	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	52.58	Q
8	2	8	Esther Cremer	Germany	52.76	Q
9	2	2	Agnė Šerkšnienė	Lithuania	52.89	Q
10	2	5	Libania Grenot	Italy	53.09	q
DQ	3	3	Pınar Saka	Turkey	53.13	Q, Doping
11	4	7	Jitka Bartoničková	Czech Republic	53.15	Q
12	1	8	Darya Prystupa	Ukraine	53.16	Q
13	2	3	Agata Bednarek	Poland	53.22	q
14	1	1	Aauri Bokesa	Spain	53.23	q
15	3	4	Maria Enrica Spacca	Italy	53.26	q
16	2	7	Sanda Belgyan	Romania	53.32
17	3	1	Olessa Cojuhari	Moldova	53.52
18	3	5	Justyna Święty	Poland	53.68
19	1	7	Magdalena Gorzkowska	Poland	53.74
20	4	6	Chiara Bazzoni	Italy	53.92
DQ	2	4	Meliz Redif	Turkey	53.99	Doping
21	3	6	Adelina Pastor	Romania	54.35
22	1	3	Kelly Massey	Great Britain	54.44
23	4	8	Ella Räsänen	Finland	54.52	SB
24	4	2	Josefin Magnusson	Sweden	55.01
25	1	5	Anita Banović	Croatia	55.50
26	1	6	Birsen Engen	Turkey	55.82
	4	1	Nicola Sanders	Great Britain	DNS
	3	7	Maris Mägi	Estonia	DQ
	4	5	Joanne Cuddihy	Ireland	DQ

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	4	Ksenia Zadorina	Russia	51.35	Q, SB
2	1	3	Moa Hjelmer	Sweden	51.40	Q, NR
3	1	6	Lee McConnell	Great Britain	51.98	Q, SB
4	2	2	Libania Grenot	Italy	52.02	Q
5	2	5	Olha Zemlyak	Ukraine	52.10	Q
6	2	4	Ilona Vusovich	Belarus	52.10	Q
7	2	3	Muriel Hurtis	France	52.13	q
8	1	8	Darya Prystupa	Ukraine	52.15	q
9	1	5	Marie Gayot	France	52.17
10	1	1	Aauri Lorena Bokesa	Spain	52.47	PB
11	2	6	Esther Cremer	Germany	52.77
12	2	7	Jitka Bartoničková	Czech Republic	52.78
DQ	1	7	Pınar Saka	Turkey	52.84	Doping
13	1	2	Maria Enrica Spacca	Italy	53.02
14	2	8	Agnė Šerkšnienė	Lithuania	53.07
	2	1	Agata Bednarek	Poland	DQ