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

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	13 July (heats & semi-final) 14 July (final)
Competitors:	25
Nations:	16
Gold:	Yemi Mary John
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Henriette Jæger
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Keely Hodgkinson
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The women'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		48.60	Turin, Italy	4 August 1979
Championship U23 record		50.72	Erfurt, Germany	16 July 2005

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1			52.51	Q,
2	1			52.61	Q,
3	1			52.61	Q,
4	1			52.72	q
5	4			53.08	Q
6	2			53.16	Q
7	3			53.22	Q
8	2			53.51	Q
9	3			53.65	Q
10	3			53.67	Q
11	4			53.72	Q
12	3			53.72	q
13	2			53.83	Q
14	4			53.87	Q
15	2			54.06	q
16	4			54.11	q
17	1			54.20
18	4			54.32
19	2			54.46
20	3			54.93
21	4			55.31
22	2			56.03
23	3			57.01
24	2			58.79

Semi-final

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	2			51.80	Q
2	1			52.11	Q,
3	1			52.44	Q
4	2			52.78	Q
5	1			52.92	Q
6	1			52.95	q
7	1			52.97	q,
8	1			53.13
9	1			53.19
10	2			53.20	Q
11	2			53.56
12	2			53.83
13	1			54.49
14	2			54.55
15	2			54.64
16	2			54.78

Final

^[4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	7			51.04
	6			51.06
	5			51.76
4	4			52.02
5	3			52.33
6	8			52.65
7	2			52.95
8	1			53.56

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 Women Round 1 Start List . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230712111606/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C51B_ATHW400M--------------RND1--------.pdf . 12 July 2023 . European Athletics.
3. Web site: 13 July 2023 . 400m Women Semi-Finals Start List . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230713114023/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C51B_ATHW400M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . 13 July 2023 . European Athletics.
4. Web site: 14 July 2023 . 400m Women Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716135311/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.