2025 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men'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	31 from 19 nations
Winning time	44.82 CR , NU23R
Medalists
Jonas Phijffers    Netherlands   Maksymilian Szwed    Poland   Brodie Young    Great Britain
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The men'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	Thomas Schönlebe  (GDR)	44.33	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
Championship U23 record	Ricky Petrucciani  (SUI)	45.02	Tallinn, Estonia	10 July 2021

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	Maksymilian Szwed	Poland	45.77	Q
2	Markel Fernández	Spain	46.06	Q, SB
3	Tyrel Prenz  [ de ]	Germany	46.18	Q
4	Maj Janža  [ de ]	Slovenia	46.70	q, PB
5	Alexandru Gabriel Vochin	Romania	47.34
6	Keenan Blake	Netherlands	48.50
7	Probo Benvenuti	San Marino	49.43
—	Matteo di Benedetto	Italy	DNF
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jonas Phijffers	Netherlands	45.76	Q
2	Gerson Pozo  [ de ]	Spain	46.28	Q
3	Florian Kroll  [ de ]	Germany	46.49	Q
4	Mario Alexandru Dobrescu	Romania	46.70	q
5	Milan Ščibráni	Czech Republic	47.07
6	Marko Orešković  [ de ]	Croatia	47.63
7	Marcell Szilveszter	Hungary	47.78
[5]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Felix Levasseur	France	45.78	Q, PB
2	Brodie Young	Great Britain	46.04	Q
3	Manuel Gerber	Switzerland	46.55	Q, PB
4	Sorin Voinea  [ de ]	Romania	46.71	q
5	Federico Falsetti	Italy	46.90
6	Árpád Kovács	Hungary	46.94
7	Max Husemann	Germany	47.20
8	Franklin Henry	Slovakia	48.18
[6]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	David García Zurita	Spain	45.77	Q, PB
2	Andreas Grimerud  [ no ]	Norway	46.22	Q, SB
3	Luca Sito	Italy	46.31	Q
4	George John Franks	Greece	46.49	q
5	Balázs Plisz	Hungary	46.78
6	Darijo BašIć Palković	Serbia	47.02
7	Nabil Tezkratt	France	47.27
8	Lukas Sutkus  [ de ]	Lithuania	47.28
[7]

Semi-finals

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

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jonas Phijffers	Netherlands	45.77	Q
2	Brodie Young	Great Britain	46.06	Q
3	Felix Levasseur	France	46.18	Q
4	Gerson Pozo  [ de ]	Spain	45.91	q
5	George John Franks	Greece	46.37
6	Tyrel Prenz  [ de ]	Germany	46.68
7	Sorin Voinea  [ de ]	Romania	46.81
8	Manuel Gerber	Switzerland	47.18
[9]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Maksymilian Szwed	Poland	45.39	Q
2	David García Zurita  [ de; es; no ]	Spain	45.46	Q, PB
3	Markel Fernández	Spain	46.22	Q
4	Florian Kroll  [ de ]	Germany	46.29	q, SB
5	Luca Sito	Italy	46.56
6	Mario Alexandru Dobrescu	Romania	46.57
7	Andreas Grimerud  [ no ]	Norway	46.62
8	Maj Janža  [ de ]	Slovenia	46.77
[10]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Jonas Phijffers	Netherlands	44.82	CR , NU23R
	Maksymilian Szwed	Poland	45.28
	Brodie Young	Great Britain	45.34	PB
4	David García Zurita  [ de; es; no ]	Spain	45.43	PB
5	Felix Levasseur	France	46.00
6	Markel Fernández	Spain	46.02	SB
7	Florian Kroll  [ de ]	Germany	46.36
8	Gerson Pozo  [ de ]	Spain	46.53
[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. "Men's 400 metres - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
4. "Men's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 1/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
5. "Men's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 2/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
6. "Men's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 3/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
7. "Men's 400 metres - Round 1 - Heat 4/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
8. "Men's 400 metres - Semi-finals - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
9. "Men's 400 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
10. "Men's 400 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
11. "Men's 400 metres - Final results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.