# 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.

## 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.
| 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.
| 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

| 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 | |