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 record48.60Turin, Italy4 August 1979Championship U23 record50.72Erfurt, Germany16 July 2005

Results

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

Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 52.51 , 2 Carmen Avilés 52.61 , 3 Ilaria Accame 52.61 , 4 Zoë Sedney 52.72 5 54.20

Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Yemi Mary John 53.16 2 53.51 3 53.83 4 Tetiana Kharashchuk 54.06 5 Virág Simon 54.46 6 Sigrid Kongssund Amlie 56.03 7 Carlota Morán 58.79

Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Berta Segura 53.22 2 Henriette Jæger 53.65 3 Aleksandra Formella 53.67 4 Eleonora Foudraz 53.72 5 Ajda KaučIč 54.93 6 57.01

Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Keely Hodgkinson 53.08 2 53.72 3 Lakeri Ertzgaard 53.87 4 Laura Elena Rami 54.11 5 Aline Yuille 54.32 6 55.31

Semi-finals First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) will qualify for the final.

Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Zoë Sedney 52.11 , 2 Keely Hodgkinson 52.44 3 52.92 4 Berta Segura 52.95 5 Lakeri Ertzgaard 52.97 , 6 53.13 7 Ilaria Accame 53.19 8 Laura Elena Rami 54.49

Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Yemi Mary John 51.80 2 Henriette Jæger 52.78 3 53.20 4 Carmen Avilés 53.56 5 53.83 6 Tetiana Kharashchuk 54.55 7 Eleonora Foudraz 54.64 8 Aleksandra Formella 54.78

Final Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 7 Yemi Mary John 51.04 6 Henriette Jæger 51.06 5 Keely Hodgkinson 51.76 4 4 Zoë Sedney 52.02 5 3 52.33 6 8 52.65 7 2 Lakeri Ertzgaard 52.95 8 1 Berta Segura 53.56

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