2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

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
Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen    Norway   Lionel Spitz     Switzerland   Attila Molnár    Hungary

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

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

Results

Heats

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

Semi-final

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

Final

^[5]

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

References

1. "Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
2. "400m Men Round 1 Start List" (PDF). European Athletics. 11 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2023.
3. "400m Men Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). European Athletics. 13 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2023.
4. "400m Men Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). European Athletics. 13 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2023.
5. "400m Men Final Results" (PDF). European Athletics. 14 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2023.