# 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 14 and 15 July.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| European U23 record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 47.64 | Berlin, Germany | 9 August 2018 |
| Championship U23 record | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 48.37 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 16 July 2017 |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Michele Bertoldo | Italy | 50.37 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Oskar Edlund | Sweden | 50.75 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | İsmail Nezir | Turkey | 50.86 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Fantin Crsci | France | 50.96 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Berke Akçam | Turkey | 51.00 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Matic Ian Guček | Slovenia | 51.18 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Árpád Bánóczy | Hungary | 51.20 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Pablo Drees | Spain | 51.25 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Nahom Yirga | Switzerland | 51.27 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Karl Wållgren | Sweden | 51.30 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | George Seery | United Kingdom | 51.33 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Hugo Menin | France | 51.39 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Clement Ducos | France | 51.49 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Jaakko Linnus | Finland | 51.49 | q, PB |
| 15 | 2 | David Thid | Sweden | 51.55 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Riccardo Berrino | Italy | 51.61 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Leo Köhldorfer | Austria | 51.84 | |
| 18 | 4 | Rostyslav Holubovych | Belarus | 51.84 | |
| 19 | 3 | Daan Kneppers | Netherlands | 52.11 | |
| 20 | 1 | Tobias Eberhard | Switzerland | 52.18 | |
| 21 | 1 | Alberto Montanari | Italy | 52.28 | |
| 22 | 3 | Diogo Barrigana | Portugal | 52.61 | |
| 23 | 3 | Dmitrijs Ļašenko | Latvia | 52.82 | |
| 24 | 2 | Andreas Haara Bakketun | Norway | 52.98 | |
| 25 | 2 | Charalampos Nikolaos Charatsidis | Greece | 53.23 | |
| 26 | 4 | Denis Bartek | Slovakia | 53.79 | |
| 27 | 1 | Sebastian Monneret | Denmark | 54.40 | |
| | 2 | Niklas Strohmayer-Dangl | Austria | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Matic Ian Guček | Slovenia | 50.08 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Michele Bertoldo | Italy | 50.12 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Berke Akçam | Turkey | 50.13 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | İsmail Nezir | Turkey | 50.23 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Oskar Edlund | Sweden | 50.28 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Fantin Crsci | France | 50.39 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Clement Ducos | France | 50.57 | q |
| 8 | 1 | David Thid | Sweden | 50.63 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Hugo Menin | France | 50.72 | |
| 10 | 1 | Karl Wållgren | Sweden | 50.92 | |
| 11 | 2 | Riccardo Berrino | Italy | 51.14 | PB |
| 12 | 2 | George Seery | United Kingdom | 51.25 | |
| 13 | 1 | Jaakko Linnus | Finland | 51.41 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Pablo Drees | Spain | 51.46 | |
| 15 | 2 | Nahom Yirga | Switzerland | 51.98 | |
| 16 | 2 | Árpád Bánóczy | Hungary | 53.01 | |

### Final

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | İsmail Nezir | Turkey | 49.19 | |
| | 3 | Berke Akçam | Turkey | 49.48 | SB |
| | 6 | Oskar Edlund | Sweden | 49.57 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Matic Ian Guček | Slovenia | 49.70 | |
| 5 | 7 | Michele Bertoldo | Italy | 50.12 | |
| 6 | 2 | David Thid | Sweden | 51.10 | |
| 7 | 8 | Fantin Crisci | France | 51.30 | |
| | 1 | Clement Ducos | France | DQ | DQ |