2025 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Fana Stadion
Location	Bergen, Norway
Dates	17 July (heats) 18 July (semi-finals) 19 July (final)
Competitors	28 from 19 nations
Winning time	49.74 CR
Medalists
Henriette Jæger    Norway   Yemi Mary John    Great Britain   Alexe Deau    France
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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  [ sv ]	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  [ de; lt ]	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  [ de ]	Slovenia	53.66	Q
4	Ioana Andrei  [ de ]	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  [ d ]	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  [ sv ]	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  [ d ]	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  [ de ]	Slovenia	53.58
7	Berta Segura	Spain	54.16
8	Nancy Dematte'	Italy	54.39
[10]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Henriette Jæger	Norway	49.74	CR
	Yemi Mary John	Great Britain	50.50	PB
	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  [ sv ]	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.