Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen (born 21 September 2002) is a Norwegian track and field athlete. He has won multiple national championship titles over 200 metres and 400 metres. In 2023, he became the European U23 champion over 400m and took the Norwegian national 400m record from Karsten Warholm.
Biography At the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, he ran a new personal best time of 46.70 seconds in the final of the 400 metres to win a bronze medal. Later that summer, still aged 18 years-old, he recorded a national U20 record time of 45.95s as he won the 400m Norwegian Championships. He also ran the 400 meters during the 2022 European Athletics Championships in August 2022, in Munich but overall his 2022 season was hampered by injuries.
On 15 June 2023, he set a new personal best time of 44.86s for the 400m at the Diamond League event in Oslo. This also took the national record from Karsten Warholm. Ingvaldsen won gold at the 2023 European Team Championships in Chorzów in June 2023. He ran 44.88s which was a championship record for the European Team Championships format.
Competing at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland, he won the gold medal in the 400m.
Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he lowered his national record in the 400 metres to 44.39 to qualify for the semi final. He finished sixth overall in the final.
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-finals.
In August 2026, he competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England in the 400 metres.
Achievements Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
International competitions Representing 2021European Team Championships First LeagueCluj-Napoca, Romania7th4 x 400 m relay3:08.42Final B (47.9 split)European U20 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia3rd400 m46.708th4 x 400 m relay3:14.392022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia16th (h)400 m46.95European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany17th (h)400 m46.182023European Athletics Team Championships First DivisionChorzów, Poland1st400 m44.88DQ4 x 100 m relay —10th4 x 400 m relay mixed3:15.67European U23 ChampionshipsEspoo, Finland1st400 m45.13World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th400 m45.082024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy11th (sf)400 m45.37Olympic GamesParis, France22nd (sf)400 m45.602025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands11th (sf)400 m47.672026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom16th (h)400 m46.16
National titles Norwegian Championships (2) 200 metres: 2023 400 metres: 2021
See also List of Norwegian records in athletics European Athletics Team Championships
References
External links
Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)