Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen

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.^[2]

Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen

Ingvaldsen in 2024.
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(2002-09-21) 21 September 2002 (age 22)
Home town	Moelv, Ringsaker Municipality, Norway
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
Coached by	Mari Ann Bentdal[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	200 m: 20.68m (Jessheim 2021) 400 m: 44.39 (Budapest 2023) NR Indoors 200 m: 22.38 (Stange 2021) 400 m: 46.50 (Steinkjer 2022)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Norway European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 400 m European U23 Championships 2023 Espoo 400 m European U20 Championships 2021 Tallinn 400 m

Career

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.^[3][4]

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.^[5][6] Ingvaldsen won gold at the 2023 European Team Championships in Chorzow in June 2023. He ran 44.88s which was a championship record for the European Team Championships format.^[7][8]

Competing at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland, he won the gold medal in the 400m.^[9]

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.^[10]

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-finals.^[11]

Achievements

Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Representing  Norway
2021	European Team Championships First League	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	7th	4 x 400 m relay	3:08.42	Final B (47.9 split)
	European U20 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	400 m	46.70	PB
			8th	4 x 400 m relay	3:14.39
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	16th (h)	400 m	46.95
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	17th (h)	400 m	46.18	SB
2023	European Athletics Team Championships First Division	Chorzów, Poland	1st	400 m	44.88	CR
			DQ	4 x 100 m relay	—
			10th	4 x 400 m relay mixed	3:15.67	SB
	European U23 Championships	Espoo, Finland	1st	400 m	45.13
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	400 m	45.08
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	11th (sf)	400 m	45.37
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	22nd (sf)	400 m	45.60
2025	European Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	11th (sf)	400 m	47.67

National titles

• Norwegian Championships (2)
  • 200 metres: 2023
  • 400 metres: 2021 NU20R

See also

• List of Norwegian records in athletics
• European Athletics Team Championships