2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Men's 400 metres ; at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates	13 July (heats & semi-final); 14 July (final)
Competitors	30 from 19 nations
Winning time	45.13
Medalists
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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 edit

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	44.33	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
Championship U23 record	Ricky Petrucciani (SUI)	45.02	Tallinn, Estonia	10 July 2021

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	Attila Molnár	Hungary	45.82	Q
2	1	Lorenzo Benati	Italy	45.96	Q
3	2	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway	46.12	Q
4	1	Jack Raftery	Ireland	46.20	Q, SB
5	3	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	46.22	Q
6	4	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	46.29	Q
7	1	Andreas Grimerud	Norway	46.39	Q
8	3	Mihai Sorin Dringo	Romania	46.40	Q
9	1	Tomas Keršulis	Lithuania	46.47	q
10	4	Riccardo Meli	Italy	46.54	Q
11	2	Luca Sito	Italy	46.61	Q
12	1	Bernat Erta	Spain	46.63	q
13	3	Markel Fernandez	Spain	46.67	q
14	2	Ludovic Oucéni	France	46.70	Q
15	4	Ernő Steigerwald	Hungary	46.78	Q
16	4	Jonas Phijffers	Netherlands	46.90	q
17	3	Daniel Sołtysiak	Poland	46.99
18	2	Brodie Young	Great Britain	46.99
19	3	Mykyta Barabanov	Ukraine	47.15
20	2	Emil Johansson	Sweden	47.18
21	4	Callum Baird	Ireland	47.26
22	2	Ilyas Çanakçi	Turkey	47.32
23	1	Isaya Klein Ikkink	Netherlands	47.42
24	1	Kubilay Ençü	Turkey	47.44
25	4	Sorin Alexandru Voinea	Romania	47.49
26	2	Manuel Bea	Spain	47.57
27	3	Artũrs Pastors	Latvia	47.60
28	4	Oğuzhan Kaya	Turkey	47.76
29	3	Ivan Galușco	Moldova	48.01
30	1	Probo Benvenuti	San Marino	49.05	PB

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	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway	45.35	Q
2	1	Attila Molnár	Hungary	45.35	Q
3	1	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.50	Q, SB
4	2	Mihai Sorin Dringo	Romania	45.84	Q
5	1	Jack Raftery	Ireland	45.89	Q, PB
6	2	Lorenzo Benati	Italy	45.94	Q
7	2	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	45.99	q, PB
8	1	Tomas Keršulis	Lithuania	46.30	q
9	1	Luca Sito	Italy	46.34
10	2	Jonas Phijffers	Netherlands	46.60
11	2	Riccardo Meli	Italy	46.68
12	1	Andreas Grimerud	Norway	46.88
13	1	Markel Fernandez	Spain	46.92
14	2	Ernő Steigerwald	Hungary	46.92
15	2	Bernat Erta	Spain	47.10
	1	Ludovic Oucéni	France	DNF

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	5	Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen	Norway	45.13
	4	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	45.27	PB
	7	Attila Molnár	Hungary	45.36
4	6	Mihai Sorin Dringo	Romania	45.56	SB
5	3	Lorenzo Benati	Italy	45.70
6	2	Omar Elkhatib	Portugal	45.73	NU23R
7	8	Jack Raftery	Ireland	46.00
8	1	Tomas Keršulis	Lithuania	46.89

^ "Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
^ "400m Men Round 1 Start List" (PDF). European Athletics. 11 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2023.
^ "400m Men Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). European Athletics. 13 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2023.
^ "400m Men Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). European Athletics. 13 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2023.
^ "400m Men Final Results" (PDF). European Athletics. 14 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2023.