2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
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
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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	Marita Koch (GDR)	48.60	Turin, Italy	4 August 1979
Championship U23 record	Olga Zaytseva (RUS)	50.72	Erfurt, Germany	16 July 2005

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	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

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	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

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

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