2025 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships
VenueFana Stadion
LocationBergen, Norway
Dates17 July (heats)
18 July (semi-finals)
19 July (final)
Competitors28 from 19 nations
Winning time49.74 CR
Medalists
gold medal    Norway
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    France

The women's 400 metres event at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bergen, Norway, at Fana Stadion on 17, 18 and 19 July.[1][2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
European U23 record  Marita Koch (GDR) 48.60 Turin, Italy 4 August 1979
Championship U23 record  Olga Zaytseva (RUS) 50.72 Erfurt, Germany 16 July 2005

Results

Heats

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.[3]

Heat 1

Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Henriette Jæger  Norway 52.19 Q
2 Ana Prieto  Spain 52.64 Q
3 Elna Wester  Sweden 52.95 Q
4 Clarissa Vianelli  Italy 53.10 q, PB
5 Nataliia Besidovska  Ukraine 54.81
6 Ajda KaučIč  Slovenia 55.01
7 Helene Vogel  Austria 55.14
[4]

Heat 2

Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Rebecca Grieve  Great Britain 52.30 Q
2 Myrte van der Schoot  Netherlands 52.97 Q
3 Klaudia Osipiuk  Poland 53.36 Q, =PB
4 Berta Segura  Spain 53.79 q
5 Nancy Dematte'  Italy 53.84 q
6 Ema Sarafinaitė  Lithuania 54.73
7 Cecilie Gedsö Färge  Denmark 55.66 PB
[5]

Heat 3

Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Alexe Déau  France 52.26 Q
2 Poppy Malik  Great Britain 52.84 Q
3 Karolina Zbičajnik  Slovenia 53.66 Q
4 Ioana Andrei  Romania 54.34
5 Zoe Tessarolo  Italy 54.51
6 Ani Mamatsashvili  Georgia 55.16
7 Hege-Lee Pielberg  Estonia 55.60
[6]

Heat 4

Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Yemi Mary John  Great Britain 52.39 Q
2 Anouk Krause-Jentsch  Germany 53.45 Q
3 Dominika Duraj  Poland 53.47 Q, SB
4 Lou-Anne Pouzancre-Hoyer  France 53.51 q
5 Laura van der Veen  Norway 53.91
6 Kaya Simasotchi  Switzerland 54.66
7 Nicole Milić  Croatia 55.50
[7]

Semi-finals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[8]

Heat 1

Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Yemi Mary John  Great Britain 51.64 Q
2 Henriette Jæger  Norway 51.69 Q
3 Ana Prieto  Spain 52.11 Q, PB
4 Elna Wester  Sweden 52.50 q
5 Anouk Krause-Jentsch  Germany 52.98 PB
6 Dominika Duraj  Poland 53.53
7 Clarissa Vianelli  Italy 53.68
8 Lou-Anne Pouzancre-Hoyer  France 53.97
[9]

Heat 2

Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Alexe Déau  France 51.67 Q, PB
2 Myrte van der Schoot  Netherlands 52.00 [.997] Q, PB
3 Poppy Malik  Great Britain 52.00 [.999] Q
4 Rebecca Grieve  Great Britain 52.56 q
5 Klaudia Osipiuk  Poland 53.31 PB
6 Karolina Zbičajnik  Slovenia 53.58
7 Berta Segura  Spain 54.16
8 Nancy Dematte'  Italy 54.39
[10]

Final

Place Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henriette Jæger  Norway 49.74 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yemi Mary John  Great Britain 50.50 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexe Déau  France 50.94 PB
4 Ana Prieto  Spain 51.75 PB
5 Poppy Malik  Great Britain 52.03
6 Myrte van der Schoot  Netherlands 52.21
7 Elna Wester  Sweden 52.33
8 Rebecca Grieve  Great Britain 52.59
[11]

References

  1. ^ "2025 U23 European Athletics Championships Bergen schedule". Etusuora. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  2. ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships 2025 - Results & Schedule". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 1/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 2/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 3/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 4/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Semi-finals - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Women's 400 metres - Final results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.