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

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	14–15 July
Competitors:	28
Nations:	21
Win Value:	49.19
Gold:	İsmail Nezir
Goldnoc:	TUR
Silver:	Berke Akçam
Silvernoc:	TUR
Bronze:	Oskar Edlund
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 14 and 15 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		47.64	Berlin, Germany	9 August 2018
Championship U23 record		48.37	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 July 2017

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals.^[2] ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Time
1	4	align=left	align=left	50.37	Q
2	4	align=left	align=left	50.75	Q
3	2	align=left	align=left	50.86	Q
4	2	align=left	align=left	50.96	Q
5	1	align=left	align=left	51.00	Q
6	3	align=left	align=left	51.18	Q
7	1	align=left	align=left	51.20	Q
8	1	align=left	align=left	51.25	Q
9	4	align=left	align=left	51.27	Q
10	3	align=left	align=left	51.30	Q
11	3	align=left	align=left	51.33	Q
12	3	align=left	align=left	51.39	q
13	1	align=left	align=left	51.49	q
14	4	align=left	align=left	51.49	q,
15	2	align=left	align=left	51.55	Q
16	2	align=left	align=left	51.61	q
17	4	align=left	align=left	51.84
18	4	align=left	align=left	51.84
19	3	align=left	align=left	52.11
20	1	align=left	align=left	52.18
21	1	align=left	align=left	52.28
22	3	align=left	align=left	52.61
23	3	align=left	align=left	52.82
24	2	align=left	align=left	52.98
25	2	align=left	align=left	53.23
26	4	align=left	align=left	53.79
27	1	align=left	align=left	54.40
	2	align=left	align=left

Semifinals

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[4] ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Time
1	1	align=left	align=left	50.08	Q
2	1	align=left	align=left	50.12	Q
3	1	align=left	align=left	50.13	Q
4	2	align=left	align=left	50.23	Q
5	2	align=left	align=left	50.28	Q
6	2	align=left	align=left	50.39	Q
7	2	align=left	align=left	50.57	q
8	1	align=left	align=left	50.63	q,
9	1	align=left	align=left	50.72
10	1	align=left	align=left	50.92
11	2	align=left	align=left	51.14
12	2	align=left	align=left	51.25
13	1	align=left	align=left	51.41
14	1	align=left	align=left	51.46
15	2	align=left	align=left	51.98
16	2	align=left	align=left	53.01

Final

^[6]

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Time
	5	align=left	align=left	49.19
	3	align=left	align=left	49.48
	6	align=left	align=left	49.57
4	4	align=left	align=left	49.70
5	7	align=left	align=left	50.12
6	2	align=left	align=left	51.10
7	8	align=left	align=left	51.30
	1	align=left	align=left

Notes and References

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.
Web site: 14 July 2023 . 400m Hurdles Men Round 1 Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718184608/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM400MHURD----------RND1--------.pdf . 18 July 2023 . 14 July 2023 . European Athletics.
Web site: 14 July 2023 . 400m Hurdles Men Round 1 Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718183059/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73B_ATHM400MHURD----------RND1--------.pdf . 18 July 2023 . 14 July 2023 . European Athletics.
Web site: 15 July 2023 . 400m Hurdles Men Semi-Finals Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718183101/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM400MHURD----------SFNL--------.pdf . 18 July 2023 . 15 July 2023 . European Athletics.
Web site: 15 July 2023 . 400m Hurdles Men Semi-Finals Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718184603/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73B_ATHM400MHURD----------SFNL--------.pdf . 18 July 2023 . 15 July 2023 . European Athletics.
Web site: 400m Hurdles Men Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716160334/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73A_ATHM400MHURD----------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . 15 July 2023 . European Athletics.