2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships
Women's 400 metres ; at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Dates	8–10 July
Competitors	26 from 18 nations
Winning time	51.19
Medalists
	← 2019 2023 →

The women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Marita Koch (GDR)	48.60	Turin, Italy	4 August 1979
Championship U23 record	Olga Zaytseva (RUS)	50.72	Erfurt, Germany	16 July 2005

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Silke Lemmens	Switzerland	52.73	Q, NU23R
2	3	Lada Vondrová	Czech Republic	53.03	Q
3	1	Barbora Malíková	Czech Republic	53.09	Q
4	4	Sokhna Lacoste	France	53.26	Q
5	4	Mona Mayer	Germany	53.32	Q
6	3	Asnāte Kalniņa	Latvia	53.44	Q, PB
7	4	Mette Baas	Finland	53.46	Q
8	3	Anna Polinari	Italy	53.53	Q
9	4	Samantha Zago	Italy	53.62	q
10	3	Luna Thiel	Germany	53.63	q
11	2	Alessandra Bonora	Italy	53.69	Q
12	2	Kinga Gacka	Poland	54.04	Q
13	1	Andrea Jiménez	Spain	54.09	Q
14	3	Aleksandra Formella	Poland	54.10	q
15	3	Maryana Shostak	Ukraine	54.17	q, SB
16	1	Veronika Drljačić	Croatia	54.28
17	2	Yasmin Liverpool	Great Britain	54.45	Q
18	2	Asteria Uzo Limai	Belarus	54.82
19	4	Veronica Vancardo	Switzerland	54.89
20	2	Věra Holubářová	Czech Republic	54.92
21	2	Julia Niederberger	Switzerland	54.96	=PB
22	1	Elif Polat	Turkey	55.11
23	4	Josefine Tomine Eriksen	Norway	55.77
24	1	Hanna Répássy	Hungary	55.86
25	2	Noragia Catherine Johnson	Greece	56.67
26	3	Natália Bučičová	Slovakia	59.63
	1	Alina Luchshava	Belarus	DNS

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	2	Barbora Malíková	Czech Republic	52.41	Q
2	1	Lada Vondrová	Czech Republic	52.58	Q
3	1	Sokhna Lacoste	France	52.71	Q
4	2	Silke Lemmens	Switzerland	53.07	Q
5	1	Mona Mayer	Germany	53.27	Q
6	1	Samantha Zago	Italy	53.48	q
7	2	Mette Baas	Finland	53.53	Q
8	2	Kinga Gacka	Poland	53.55	q
9	1	Andrea Jiménez	Spain	53.67
10	1	Asnāte Kalniņa	Latvia	53.90
11	1	Anna Polinari	Italy	54.07
12	2	Alessandra Bonora	Italy	54.14
13	2	Luna Thiel	Germany	54.35
14	2	Maryana Shostak	Ukraine	54.39
15	1	Aleksandra Formella	Poland	54.41
16	2	Yasmin Liverpool	Great Britain	56.27

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Lada Vondrová	Czech Republic	51.19	PB
	3	Barbora Malíková	Czech Republic	51.23	=PB
	5	Silke Lemmens	Switzerland	52.09	NU23R
4	4	Sokhna Lacoste	France	52.19	PB
5	7	Mona Mayer	Germany	52.25	PB
6	2	Kinga Gacka	Poland	52.53	PB
7	8	Mette Baas	Finland	53.26	PB
8	1	Samantha Zago	Italy	53.57

^ Women's 400 metres
^ "Round 1 Summary Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
^ "Round 1 Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
^ "Semifinals Summary Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
^ "Semifinals Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2021-07-15.