2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 14 and 16 July.^[1]

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium
Location	Espoo, Finland
Dates	14 July (heats) 15 July (semi-finals) 16 July (final)
Competitors	40 from 20 nations
Winning time	55.78
Medalists
Ditaji Kambundji    Norway   Elena Carraro    France   Lena Pressler [de; es]    Austria
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Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Femke Bol (NED)	52.03	Tokyo, Japan	4 August 2021
Championship U23 record	Emma Zapletalová (SVK)	54.28	Tallinn, Estonia	10 July 2021

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals.^[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lena Preßler	Austria	57.60	Q
2	5	Carla García	Spain	57.65	Q
3	5	Louise Maraval	France	57.83	Q
4	5	Hanna Karlsson	Sweden	57.97	q, SB
5	1	Aada Aho	Finland	57.99	Q, PB
6	3	Ester Bendová	Czech Republic	58.04	Q
7	1	Salome Hüsler	Switzerland	58.07	q
8	2	Andrea Rooth	Norway	58.10	Q
9	5	Alessia Seramondi	Italy	58.14	q
10	5	Heidi Salminen	Finland	58.20	q
11	2	Juliana Guerreiro	Portugal	58.22	Q
12	2	Maena Drouin	France	58.42	q
13	3	Anna Mager	Austria	58.54	Q
14	4	Mariya Buryak	Ukraine	58.60	Q
15	3	Janka Molnár	Hungary	58.61	q
16	4	Nina Hespel	Belgium	58.66	Q
17	4	Regina Mohai	Hungary	58.74	Q
18	2	Romy Dannenburg	Netherlands	58.92	Q
19	3	Marin Stray Gautadottir	Norway	58.98	Q
20	1	Giorgia Marcomin	Italy	59.09	Q
21	1	Martha Rasmussen	Denmark	59.12	Q
22	3	Vasiliki-Paraskevi Mitsiouli	Greece	59.34	Q
23	1	Ebba Åhman	Sweden	59.59	Q
24	5	Sofia Lavreshina	Portugal	59.75	Q
25	4	Lena Wernli	Switzerland	59.75	Q
26	2	Sofia Faggion	Italy	59.85	Q
27	2	Rahela Leščak	Croatia	1:00.06	Q
28	3	Debby Schenk	Switzerland	1:00.10	Q
29	5	Natalija Švenda	Croatia	1:00.22	Q
30	2	Yaroslava Yalysovetska	Ukraine	1:00.37	Q
31	5	Anja Dlauhy	Austria	1:00.46	Q
32	1	Laura Dobránszky	Hungary	1:00.59	Q
33	2	Mia Pirnat Kopač	Slovenia	1:01.17	Q
34	4	Zuzana Cymbálová	Czech Republic	1:01.23	Q
35	4	Tyra Landin	Sweden	1:01.24	Q
36	4	Elimpiona Zenegia	Greece	1:01.27	Q
37	4	Iida Verainen	Finland	1:01.84	Q
38	3	Andrea Švecová	Slovakia	1:02.71	Q
39	1	Laoura Zenegia	Greece	1:03.24	Q
40	3	Dragana Macanović	Serbia	1:07.66	Q

Semifinals

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[4][5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lena Preßler	Austria	56.48	Q
2	1	Nina Hespel	Belgium	56.57	Q
3	1	Andrea Rooth	Norway	56.93	Q
4	2	Louise Maraval	France	56.95	Q
5	2	Carla García	Spain	57.19	Q
6	2	Janka Molnár	Hungary	57.27	Q
7	2	Aada Aho	Finland	57.46	q, PB
8	1	Mariya Buryak	Ukraine	57.57	q, PB
9	2	Ester Bendová	Czech Republic	57.82
10	1	Maena Drouin	France	58.21
11	1	Heidi Salminen	Finland	58.58
12	1	Juliana Guerreiro	Portugal	58.85
13	2	Hanna Karlsson	Sweden	58.86
14	2	Alessia Seramondi	Italy	59.02
15	1	Salome Hüsler	Switzerland	59.15
16	2	Anna Mager	Austria	1:06.10

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Andrea Rooth	Norway	55.78	EU23L
	6	Louise Maraval	France	55.83	PB
	5	Lena Preßler	Austria	55.94	NR
4	8	Janka Molnár	Hungary	56.16
5	7	Nina Hespel	Belgium	56.25
6	2	Mariya Buryak	Ukraine	56.92	PB
7	4	Carla García	Spain	56.94	SB
8	1	Aada Aho	Finland	58.14