2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates	13 July (heats & semi-final) 14 July (final)
Competitors	25 from 16 nations
Medalists
Yemi Mary John   Great Britain   Henriette Jæger   Norway   Keely Hodgkinson   Great Britain

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.

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

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Catia Gubelmann	Switzerland	52.51	Q, PB
2	1	Carmen Avilés	Spain	52.61	Q, PB
3	1	Ilaria Elvira Accame	Italy	52.61	Q, PB
4	1	Zoë Sedney	Netherlands	52.72	q
5	4	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	53.08	Q
6	2	Yemi Mary John	Great Britain	53.16	Q
7	3	Berta Segura	Spain	53.22	Q
8	2	Giulia Senn	Switzerland	53.51	Q
9	3	Henriette Jæger	Norway	53.65	Q
10	3	Aleksandra Formella	Poland	53.67	Q
11	4	Katriina Wright	Finland	53.72	Q
12	3	Eleonora Foudraz	Italy	53.72	q
13	2	Veronika Drljačić	Croatia	53.83	Q
14	4	Astri Ertzgaard	Norway	53.87	Q
15	2	Tetiana Kharashchuk	Ukraine	54.06	q
16	4	Laura Elena Rami	Italy	54.11	q
17	1	Anna Orlova	Ukraine	54.20	PB
18	4	Aline Yuille	Switzerland	54.32	PB
19	2	Virág Simon	Hungary	54.46
20	3	Ajda Kaučič	Slovenia	54.93
21	4	Emma Maria Adnana Matyus	Romania	55.31
22	2	Sigrid Kongssund Amlie	Norway	56.03
23	3	Vanesa Yankova	Bulgaria	57.01	SB
24	2	Carlota Meritxell Málaga Morán	Andorra	58.79

Semi-final

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	2	Yemi Mary John	Great Britain	51.80	Q
2	1	Zoë Sedney	Netherlands	52.11	Q, PB
3	1	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	52.44	Q
4	2	Henriette Jæger	Norway	52.78	Q
5	1	Katriina Wright	Finland	52.92	Q
6	1	Berta Segura	Spain	52.95	q
7	1	Astri Ertzgaard	Norway	52.97	q, SB
8	1	Catia Gubelmann	Switzerland	53.13
9	1	Ilaria Elvira Accame	Italy	53.19
10	2	Giulia Senn	Switzerland	53.20	Q
11	2	Carmen Avilés	Spain	53.56
12	2	Veronika Drljačić	Croatia	53.83
13	1	Laura Elena Rami	Italy	54.49
14	2	Tetiana Kharashchuk	Ukraine	54.55
15	2	Eleonora Foudraz	Italy	54.64
16	2	Aleksandra Formella	Poland	54.78

Final

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	7	Yemi Mary John	Great Britain	51.04	PB
	6	Henriette Jæger	Norway	51.06	NR
	5	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	51.76	PB
4	4	Zoë Sedney	Netherlands	52.02	PB
5	3	Giulia Senn	Switzerland	52.33
6	8	Katriina Wright	Finland	52.65
7	2	Astri Ertzgaard	Norway	52.95	SB
8	1	Berta Segura	Spain	53.56