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

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	14–16 July
Competitors:	40
Nations:	20
Win Value:	55.78
Gold:	Andrea Rooth
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Louise Maraval
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Lena Preßler
Bronzenoc:	AUT
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 14 and 16 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		52.03	Tokyo, Japan	4 August 2021
Championship U23 record		54.28	Tallinn, Estonia	10 July 2021

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals.^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		57.60	Q
2	5	align=left		align=left		57.65	Q
3	5	align=left		align=left		57.83	Q
4	5	align=left		align=left		57.97	q,
5	1	align=left		align=left		57.99	Q,
6	3	align=left		align=left		58.04	Q
7	1	align=left		align=left		58.07	q
8	2	align=left		align=left		58.10	Q
9	5	align=left		align=left		58.14	q
10	5	align=left		align=left		58.20	q
11	2	align=left		align=left		58.22	Q
12	2	align=left		align=left		58.42	q
13	3	align=left		align=left		58.54	Q
14	4	align=left		align=left		58.60	Q
15	3	align=left		align=left		58.61	q
16	4	align=left		align=left		58.66	Q
17	4	align=left		align=left		58.74	Q
18	2	align=left		align=left		58.92	Q
19	3	align=left		align=left		58.98	Q
20	1	align=left		align=left		59.09	Q
21	1	align=left		align=left		59.12	Q
22	3	align=left		align=left		59.34	Q
23	1	align=left		align=left		59.59	Q
24	5	align=left		align=left		59.75	Q
25	4	align=left		align=left		59.75	Q
26	2	align=left		align=left		59.85	Q
27	2	align=left		align=left		1:00.06	Q
28	3	align=left		align=left		1:00.10	Q
29	5	align=left		align=left		1:00.22	Q
30	2	align=left		align=left		1:00.37	Q
31	5	align=left		align=left		1:00.46	Q
32	1	align=left		align=left		1:00.59	Q
33	2	align=left		align=left		1:01.17	Q
34	4	align=left		align=left		1:01.23	Q
35	4	align=left		align=left		1:01.24	Q
36	4	align=left		align=left		1:01.27	Q
37	4	align=left		align=left		1:01.84	Q
38	3	align=left		align=left		1:02.71	Q
39	1	align=left		align=left		1:03.24	Q
40	3	align=left		align=left		1:07.66	Q

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	align=left		align=left		56.48	Q
2	1	align=left		align=left		56.57	Q
3	1	align=left		align=left		56.93	Q
4	2	align=left		align=left		56.95	Q
5	2	align=left		align=left		57.19	Q
6	2	align=left		align=left		57.27	Q
7	2	align=left		align=left		57.46	q,
8	1	align=left		align=left		57.57	q,
9	2	align=left		align=left		57.82
10	1	align=left		align=left		58.21
11	1	align=left		align=left		58.58
12	1	align=left		align=left		58.85
13	2	align=left		align=left		58.86
14	2	align=left		align=left		59.02
15	1	align=left		align=left		59.15
16	2	align=left		align=left		1:06.10

Final

^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	align=left		align=left		55.78
	6	align=left		align=left		55.83
	5	align=left		align=left		55.94
4	8	align=left		align=left		56.16
5	7	align=left		align=left		56.25
6	2	align=left		align=left		56.92
7	4	align=left		align=left		56.94
8	1	align=left		align=left		58.14

Notes and References

1. https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/result-400m-hurdles-women-rnd1-000100-.htm Women's 400 metres hurdles
2. Web site: Round 1 Summary Results . 2023-07-31 .
3. Web site: Round 1 Results . 2023-07-31 .
4. Web site: Semifinals Summary Results . 2023-07-31 .
5. Web site: Semifinals Results . 2023-07-31 .
6. Web site: Final Results . 2023-07-31 .