2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	13 July (heats & semi-final) 14 July (final)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	19
Win Value:	45.13
Gold:	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Lionel Spitz
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Attila Molnár
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The Men's 400 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 13 and 14 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		44.33	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
Championship U23 record		45.02	Tallinn, Estonia	10 July 2021

Results

Heats

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) will qualify for the semi-finals.^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	3			45.82	Q
2	1			45.96	Q
3	2			46.12	Q
4	1			46.20	Q,
5	3			46.22	Q
6	4			46.29	Q
7	1			46.39	Q
8	3			46.40	Q
9	1			46.47	q
10	4			46.54	Q
11	2			46.61	Q
12	1			46.63	q
13	3			46.67	q
14	2			46.70	Q
15	4			46.78	Q
16	4			46.90	q
17	3			46.99
18	2			46.99
19	3			47.15
20	2			47.18
21	4			47.26
22	2			47.32
23	1			47.42
24	1			47.44
25	4			47.49
26	2			47.57
27	3			47.60
28	4			47.76
29	3			48.01
30	1			49.05

Semi-final

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) will qualify for the semi-finals.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	2			45.35	Q
2	1			45.35	Q
3	1			45.50	Q,
4	2			45.84	Q
5	1			45.89	Q,
6	2			45.94	Q
7	2			45.99	q,
8	1			46.30	q
9	1			46.34
10	2			46.60
11	2			46.68
12	1			46.88
13	1			46.92
14	2			46.92
15	2			47.10
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Final

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Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	5			45.13
	4			45.27
	7			45.36
4	6			45.56
5	3			45.70
6	2			45.73
7	8			46.00
8	1			46.89

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 6 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204031/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4422/event-schedule-european-athletics-u23-championships-2023 . 28 November 2023 . live.
2. Web site: 11 July 2023 . 400m Men Round 1 Start List . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230712112810/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C51B_ATHM400M--------------RND1--------.pdf . 12 July 2023 . European Athletics.
3. Web site: 13 July 2023 . 400m Men Round 1 Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717172802/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM400M--------------RND1--------.pdf . 17 July 2023 . European Athletics.
4. Web site: 13 July 2023 . 400m Men Semi-Finals Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717172805/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM400M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . 17 July 2023 . European Athletics.
5. Web site: 14 July 2023 . 400m Men Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716152651/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73A_ATHM400M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.