The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 11, 12 and 13 July.
| Gold | Emir Bekrić | |
| Silver | Sebastian Rodger | |
| Bronze | Rasmus Mägi |
13 July 2013
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 4 | 0.218 | 48.76 | NR | |||
| align=left | align=left | 5 | 0.168 | 49.19 | PB | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 6 | 0.146 | 49.19 | NR | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 3 | 0.175 | 49.76 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 7 | 0.167 | 49.78 | PB | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 1 | 0.233 | 49.90 | SB | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 2 | 0.137 | 50.01 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 8 | 0.189 | 50.14 |
Qualified: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 49.57 | Q PB | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 49.68 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 49.78 | Q PB | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 49.83 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 50.10 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 50.13 | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 50.36 | Q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 50.44 | q | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 50.55 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 50.84 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 50.95 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.04 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.06 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 51.88 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.99 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | DQ | R 162.7 |
12 July 2013 / 17:25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 4 | 0.225 | 49.83 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 6 | 0.166 | 50.13 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 7 | 0.158 | 50.36 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 3 | 0.227 | 50.44 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 8 | 0.201 | 51.06 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 1 | 0.182 | 51.88 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 2 | 0.221 | 51.99 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | 5 | F1 | DQ R 162.7 |
12 July 2013 / 17:33
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 4 | 0.176 | 49.57 | Q PB | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 5 | 0.159 | 49.68 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 3 | 0.217 | 49.78 | Q NUR | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 6 | 0.148 | 50.10 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 8 | 0.190 | 50.55 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 7 | 0.199 | 50.84 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 1 | 0.191 | 50.95 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 2 | 0.209 | 51.04 |
Qualified: First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 49.97 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 50.11 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 50.23 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 50.30 | Q PB | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 50.34 | Q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 50.48 | Q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 50.65 | Q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 50.74 | q | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 50.87 | Q | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 50.91 | q PB | ||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 50.93 | q | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 50.93 | Q | ||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 50.93 | Q SB | ||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 50.99 | q PB | ||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 51.06 | Q | ||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.09 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 51.10 | Q | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | | 51.25 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | | 51.25 | PB | ||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 51.26 | ||||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | | 51.35 | |||
| 22 | align=left | align=left | | 51.68 | |||
| 23 | align=left | align=left |  | 51.91 | |||
| 24 | align=left | align=left |  | 52.11 | |||
| 25 | align=left | align=left | 52.71 | ||||
| 26 | align=left | align=left | 52.89 | ||||
| 27 | align=left | align=left | | 53.08 | |||
| 28 | align=left | align=left |  | 53.30 | |||
| 29 | align=left | align=left |  | 53.44 | |||
| 30 | align=left | align=left | | 53.96 | |||
| 31 | align=left | align=left |  | 54.99 | |||
| align=left | align=left | DNF |
11 July 2013 / 13:50
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 2 | 0.161 | 49.97 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 1 | 0.208 | 50.23 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 4 | 0.167 | 50.30 | Q PB | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 8 | 0.164 | 50.74 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 3 | 0.204 | 50.91 | q PB | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 7 | 0.213 | 50.99 | q PB | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 5 | 0.159 | 51.68 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 6 | 0.274 | 53.96 |
11 July 2013 / 13:58
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 3 | 0.248 | 50.87 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 6 | 0.135 | 50.93 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 7 | 0.220 | 51.10 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 1 | 0.162 | 51.35 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 8 | 0.209 | 51.91 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 2 | 0.215 | 53.08 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 5 | 0.157 | 53.30 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 4 | 0.249 | 53.44 |
11 July 2013 / 14:06
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 2 | 0.157 | 50.48 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 3 | 0.232 | 50.65 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 5 | 0.158 | 50.93 | Q SB | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 6 | 0.183 | 50.93 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 4 | 0.188 | 51.25 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 1 | 0.219 | 52.11 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 8 | 0.160 | 52.89 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 7 | 0.171 | 54.99 |
11 July 2013 / 14:14
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 1 | 0.182 | 50.11 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 7 | 0.157 | 50.34 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 5 | 0.173 | 51.06 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 3 | 0.216 | 51.09 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 6 | 0.197 | 51.25 | PB | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 8 | 0.153 | 51.26 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 4 | 0.156 | 52.71 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 2 | 0.206 | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.