# 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lev Mosin Russia |
| Silver | Vitaliy Butrym Ukraine |
| Bronze | Nikita Uglov Russia |

## Results
### Final

12 July 2013
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| | Lev Mosin | Russia | 3 | 0.158 | 45.51 | PB |
| | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 6 | 0.157 | 45.88 | PB |
| | Nikita Uglov | Russia | 4 | 0.187 | 46.04 | SB |
| 4 | Bram Peters | Netherlands | 7 | 0.146 | 46.05 | |
| 5 | Jürgen Wielart | Netherlands | 5 | 0.178 | 46.35 | |
| 6 | Daniel Němeček | Czech Republic | 8 | 0.168 | 46.47 | SB |
| 7 | Richard Morrissey | Ireland | 1 | 0.158 | 46.61 | |
| 8 | Sorin Vatamanu | Romania | 2 | 0.170 | 47.80 | |

### Heats

Qualified: First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lev Mosin | Russia | 46.20 | Q |
| 2 | Jürgen Wielart | Netherlands | 46.26 | Q PB |
| 3 | Nikita Uglov | Russia | 46.35 | Q |
| 4 | Richard Morrissey | Ireland | 46.57 | q PB |
| 5 | Sorin Vatamanu | Romania | 46.58 | q |
| 6 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 46.67 | Q |
| 7 | Bram Peters | Netherlands | 46.67 | Q |
| 8 | Daniel Němeček | Czech Republic | 46.71 | Q |
| 9 | Johannes Trefz | Germany | 46.97 | |
| 10 | Samuel García | Spain | 46.98 | |
| 10 | Marco Lorenzi | Italy | 46.98 | |
| 12 | Lorenzo Valentini | Italy | 47.03 | |
| 13 | Bertrán Alcaraz | Spain | 47.11 | |
| 14 | Michele Tricca | Italy | 47.16 | |
| 15 | Jānis Baltušs | Latvia | 47.43 | =SB |
| 16 | Dara Kervick | Ireland | 47.44 | |
| 17 | Florin Purcea | Romania | 47.75 | |
| 18 | Axel Bergrahm | Sweden | 47.99 | |
| 19 | Nika Kartavtsev | Georgia | 48.98 | |
| | Andreas Roth | Norway | DNF | |

#### Details
##### Heat 1

11 July 2013 / 20:00
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vitaliy Butrym | Ukraine | 3 | 0.172 | 46.67 | Q |
| 2 | Bram Peters | Netherlands | 2 | 0.157 | 46.67 | Q |
| 3 | Samuel García | Spain | 4 | 0.186 | 46.98 | |
| 4 | Michele Tricca | Italy | 6 | 0.217 | 47.16 | |
| 5 | Dara Kervick | Ireland | 5 | 0.178 | 47.44 | |
| 6 | Axel Bergrahm | Sweden | 7 | 0.202 | 47.99 | |

##### Heat 2

11 July 2013 / 20:08
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jürgen Wielart | Netherlands | 8 | 0.181 | 46.26 | Q PB |
| 2 | Nikita Uglov | Russia | 4 | 0.189 | 46.35 | Q |
| 3 | Richard Morrissey | Ireland | 3 | 0.152 | 46.57 | q PB |
| 4 | Sorin Vatamanu | Romania | 6 | 0.175 | 46.58 | q |
| 5 | Lorenzo Valentini | Italy | 7 | 0.189 | 47.03 | |
| 6 | Jānis Baltušs | Latvia | 5 | 0.178 | 47.43 | =SB |
| 7 | Nika Kartavtsev | Georgia | 2 | 0.212 | 48.98 | |

##### Heat 3

11 July 2013 / 20:16
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lev Mosin | Russia | 3 | 0.172 | 46.20 | Q |
| 2 | Daniel Němeček | Czech Republic | 6 | 0.169 | 46.71 | Q |
| 3 | Johannes Trefz | Germany | 7 | 0.168 | 46.97 | |
| 4 | Marco Lorenzi | Italy | 4 | 0.205 | 46.98 | |
| 5 | Bertrán Alcaraz | Spain | 5 | 0.196 | 47.11 | |
| 6 | Florin Purcea | Romania | 2 | 0.157 | 47.75 | |
| | Andreas Roth | Norway | 8 | 0.213 | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Czech Republic (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (3)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (1)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Ukraine (1)