The women's 400 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 and 17 July.

Medalists Gold Kseniya Ustalova Silver Kseniya Zadorina Bronze Anna Sedova

Results Final 17 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kseniya Ustalova 51.74 Kseniya Zadorina 51.76 Anna Sedova 52.58 4 Sorina Nwachukwu 52.59 5 Agnė Orlauskaitė 52.81 6 Marta Milani 52.94 7 Yuliya Olishevska 53.43 8 Katsiaryna Mishyna 53.56

Semifinals 16 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sorina Nwachukwu 52.70 Q 2 Kseniya Zadorina 52.76 Q 3 Katsiaryna Mishyna 53.05 Q 4 Yuliya Olishevska 53.42 q 5 Maris Mägi 53.85 6 Marie-Angélique Lacordelle 54.04 7 Bianka Varga 54.32 8 Eleonora Sirtoli 55.92

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kseniya Ustalova 52.59 Q 2 Anna Sedova 52.68 Q 3 Marta Milani 52.72 Q 4 Agnė Orlauskaitė 52.98 q 5 Agata Bednarek 54.04 6 Aauri Lorena Bokesa 54.25 7 Elena Bonfanti 54.80 8 Florina Rusu 55.68

Heats 16 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Agnė Orlauskaitė 53.55 Q 2 Kseniya Ustalova 53.65 Q 3 Aauri Lorena Bokesa 54.34 Q 4 Elena Bonfanti 54.46 q 5 Bérénice Manimba 55.41 6 Mihaela Nunu 57.75

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kseniya Zadorina 53.02 Q 2 Katsiaryna Mishyna 53.43 Q 3 Maris Mägi 53.49 Q 4 Bianka Varga 53.64 q 5 Agata Bednarek 54.22 q 6 Vera Barbosa 54.84 7 Anniina Laitinen 57.65

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sorina Nwachukwu 53.81 Q 2 Yuliya Olishevska 54.18 Q 3 Eleonora Sirtoli 54.36 Q 4 Marie-Angélique Lacordelle 54.67 q 5 Iga Baumgart 54.97 6 Militsa Georgieva 56.28

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anna Sedova 53.43 Q 2 Marta Milani 53.62 Q 3 Florina Rusu 54.00 Q 4 Josefin Magnusson 55.22 5 Anaïs Desroses 55.41 6 Natalia Romero 55.94

Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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