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.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: European U23 record44.33Rome, Italy3 September 1987Championship U23 record45.02Tallinn, Estonia10 July 2021
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 Lorenzo Benati 45.96 2 Jack Raftery 46.20 , 3 46.39 4 46.47 5 Bernat Erta 46.63 6 Isaya Klein Ikkink 47.42 7 Kubilay Ençü 47.44 8 Probo Benvenuti 49.05
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 46.12 2 Luca Sito 46.61 3 Ludovic Oucéni 46.70 4 Brodie Young 46.99 5 Emil Johansson 47.18 6 İlyas Çanakçı 47.32 7 Manuel Bea 47.57
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Attila Molnár 45.86 2 Omar Elkhatib 46.22 3 Mihai Dringo 46.40 4 Markel Fernández 46.67 5 46.99 6 Mykyta Barabanov 47.15 7 47.60 8 Ivan Galuşco 48.01
Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Lionel Spitz 46.29 2 Riccardo Meli 46.54 3 Ernő Steigerwald 46.78 4 Jonas Phijffers 46.90 5 Callum Baird 47.26 6 47.49 7 47.76
Semi-final First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) will qualify for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Attila Molnár 45.35 2 Lionel Spitz 45.50 , 3 Jack Raftery 45.89 , 4 46.30 5 Luca Sito 46.34 6 46.88 7 Markel Fernández 46.92 — Ludovic Oucéni
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 45.35 2 Mihai Dringo 45.84 3 Lorenzo Benati 45.94 4 Omar Elkhatib 45.99 , 5 Jonas Phijffers 46.60 6 Riccardo Meli 46.68 7 Ernő Steigerwald 46.92 8 Bernat Erta 47.10
Final Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 5 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 45.13 4Lionel Spitz 45.27 7Attila Molnár 45.36 4 6 Mihai Dringo 45.56 5 3 Lorenzo Benati 45.70 6 2 Omar Elkhatib 45.73 7 8 Jack Raftery 46.00 8 1 46.89
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