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

The Women's 400 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lénora Guion-Firmin France |
| Silver | Mirela Lavric Romania |
| Bronze | Justyna Święty Poland |

## Results
### Final

13 July 2013
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| | Lénora Guion-Firmin | France | 3 | 0.159 | 51.68 | PB |
| | Mirela Lavric | Romania | 5 | 0.176 | 52.06 | PB |
| | Justyna Święty | Poland | 6 | 0.183 | 52.22 | PB |
| 4 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 4 | 0.180 | 52.28 | PB |
| 5 | Adelina Pastor | Romania | 7 | 0.199 | 52.44 | PB |
| 6 | Madiea Ghafoor | Netherlands | 1 | 0.204 | 52.52 | |
| 7 | Yuliya Yurenia | Belarus | 2 | 0.179 | 52.66 | PB |
| 8 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | 8 | 0.187 | 53.97 | |

### Heats

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

#### Summary

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 52.27 | Q PB |
| 2 | Mirela Lavric | Romania | 52.45 | Q SB |
| 3 | Madiea Ghafoor | Netherlands | 52.46 | q PB |
| 4 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 52.76 | Q |
| 5 | Adelina Pastor | Romania | 52.78 | Q |
| 6 | Lénora Guion-Firmin | France | 52.80 | Q |
| 7 | Yuliya Yurenia | Belarus | 52.83 | q PB |
| 8 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | 52.93 | Q PB |
| 9 | Natália Zsigovics | Hungary | 53.45 | PB |
| 10 | Natalya Danilova | Russia | 53.49 | |
| 11 | Magdalena Gorzkowska | Poland | 53.65 | |
| 12 | Agnès Raharolahy | France | 53.67 | |
| 13 | Liona Rebernik | Slovenia | 53.79 | |
| 14 | Camelia Florina Gal | Romania | 53.91 | PB |
| 15 | Tara Marie Norum | Norway | 54.22 | |
| 16 | Flavia Battaglia | Italy | 54.45 | |
| 17 | Eva Misiūnaitė | Lithuania | 54.63 | SB |
| 18 | Simone Werner | Switzerland | 54.79 | |
| 19 | Marta Maffioletti | Italy | 55.07 | |
| 20 | Hristina Risteska | North Macedonia | 59.49 | SB |

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

11 July 2013 / 19:35
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Małgorzata Hołub | Poland | 3 | 0.195 | 52.76 | Q |
| 2 | Adelina Pastor | Romania | 4 | 0.184 | 52.78 | Q |
| 3 | Yuliya Yurenia | Belarus | 6 | 0.200 | 52.83 | q PB |
| 4 | Agnès Raharolahy | France | 7 | 0.267 | 53.67 | |
| 5 | Tara Marie Norum | Norway | 5 | 0.205 | 54.22 | |
| 6 | Marta Maffioletti | Italy | 2 | 0.206 | 55.07 | |

##### Heat 2

11 July 2013 / 19:43
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Justyna Święty | Poland | 2 | 0.186 | 52.27 | Q PB |
| 2 | Mirela Lavric | Romania | 3 | 0.186 | 52.45 | Q SB |
| 3 | Madiea Ghafoor | Netherlands | 7 | 0.187 | 52.46 | q PB |
| 4 | Liona Rebernik | Slovenia | 6 | 0.162 | 53.79 | |
| 5 | Flavia Battaglia | Italy | 4 | 0.211 | 54.45 | |
| 6 | Simone Werner | Switzerland | 5 | 0.177 | 54.79 | |
| 7 | Hristina Risteska | North Macedonia | 8 | 0.259 | 59.49 | SB |

##### Heat 3

11 July 2013 / 19:51
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Reaction Time | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lénora Guion-Firmin | France | 8 | 0.164 | 52.80 | Q |
| 2 | Lisanne de Witte | Netherlands | 5 | 0.178 | 52.93 | Q PB |
| 3 | Natália Zsigovics | Hungary | 4 | 0.182 | 53.45 | PB |
| 4 | Natalya Danilova | Russia | 2 | 0.210 | 53.49 | |
| 5 | Magdalena Gorzkowska | Poland | 3 | 0.202 | 53.65 | |
| 6 | Camelia Florina Gal | Romania | 6 | 0.159 | 53.91 | PB |
| 7 | Eva Misiūnaitė | Lithuania | 7 | 0.166 | 54.63 | SB |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (1)
* France (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* North Macedonia (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* Switzerland (1)