# 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gävle, Sweden, at Gavlehof Stadium Park on 11, 12, and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Fabrisio Saïdy France | Cameron Chalmers Great Britain | Brayan Lopez Italy |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| European U23 record | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) | 44.33 | Rome, Italy | 3 September 1987 |
| Championship U23 record | Leslie Djhone (FRA) | 45.04 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 19 July 2003 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification rule: First 3 (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Franko Burraj | Albania | 47.14 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Tymoteusz Zimny | Poland | 47.16 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Vladimir Aceti | Italy | 47.30 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Fabrisio Saïdy | France | 47.31 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Lovro Mesec Košir | Slovenia | 47.32 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Cameron Chalmers | Great Britain | 47.33 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Alexander Doom | Belgium | 47.39 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Fredrik Øvereng | Norway | 47.48 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 3 | Charles Devantay | Switzerland | 47.50 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Akın Özyürek | Turkey | 47.55 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Maciej Hołub | Poland | 47.63 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Dominik Hufnagl | Austria | 47.67 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Brayan Lopez | Italy | 47.67 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Jovan Stojoski | North Macedonia | 47.68 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 4 | João Ricardo Coelho | Portugal | 47.70 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Benjamin Lobo Vedel | Denmark | 47.78 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Robert Parge | Romania | 47.80 | |
| 18 | 2 | Rok Ferlan | Slovenia | 47.84 | |
| 19 | 1 | Cathal Crosbie | Ireland | 47.98 | |
| 20 | 1 | Vincent Notz | Switzerland | 47.93 | |
| 21 | 3 | Eran Siboni | Israel | 47.99 | |
| 22 | 2 | Christopher O'Donnell | Ireland | 48.04 | |
| 23 | 3 | Austris Karpinskis | Latvia | 48.05 | |
| 24 | 2 | Mauro Pereira | Portugal | 48.07 | |
| 25 | 3 | Thomas Pitkin | Ireland | 48.23 | |
| 26 | 3 | Mihail Pappas | Greece | 48.49 | |
| 27 | 1 | Zeno Moraru | Romania | 48.53 | |
| 28 | 4 | Filippo Moggi | Switzerland | 48.65 | |
| 29 | 1 | Nico Garea | Austria | 48.68 | |
| 30 | 1 | Valērijs Valiņščikovs | Latvia | 49.24 | |
| 31 | 3 | Mihai Cristian Pislaru | Romania | 49.29 | |
| 32 | 2 | Alessandro Gasperoni | San Marino | 49.85 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Fabrisio Saïdy | France | 46.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Brayan Lopez | Italy | 46.34 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Cameron Chalmers | Great Britain | 46.39 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Tymoteusz Zimny | Poland | 46.41 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | Franko Burraj | Albania | 46.66 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Lovro Mesec Košir | Slovenia | 46.91 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Jovan Stojoski | North Macedonia | 47.02 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | Vladimir Aceti | Italy | 47.03 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Benjamin Lobo Vedel | Denmark | 47.17 | |
| 10 | 2 | Charles Devantay | Switzerland | 47.18 | |
| 11 | 1 | Maciej Hołub | Poland | 47.34 | |
| 12 | 1 | Akın Özyürek | Turkey | 47.48 | |
| 13 | 2 | Dominik Hufnagl | Austria | 47.48 | SB |
| 14 | 2 | João Coelho | Portugal | 47.49 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | Fredrik Øvereng | Norway | 48.18 | |
| | 1 | Alexander Doom | Belgium | DQ | R163.3(a) |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Fabrisio Saïdy | France | 45.79 | EU23L, PB |
| | 5 | Cameron Chalmers | Great Britain | 45.92 | SB |
| | 3 | Brayan Lopez | Italy | 46.16 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Tymoteusz Zimny | Poland | 46.52 | |
| 5 | 4 | Franko Burraj | Albania | 46.79 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jovan Stojoski | North Macedonia | 47.01 | PB |
| 7 | 1 | Vladimir Aceti | Italy | 47.16 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lovro Mesec Košir | Slovenia | 47.32 | |