2025 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Men's 400 metres hurdles 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	37 from 22 nations
Winning time	48.01 CR , PB
Medalists
Owe Fischer-Breiholz    Germany   İsmail Nezir    Turkey   Matic Ian Guček    Slovenia
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The men's 400 metres hurdles 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	Karsten Warholm  (NOR)	47.64	Berlin, Germany	9 August 2018
Championship U23 record		48.37	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 July 2017

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jake Minshull	Great Britain	50.03	Q
2	Simon Deschamps	France	50.33	Q
3	Victor Blanco	Spain	50.34	Q
4	Levente Soos	Hungary	50.64	Q
5	Mustafa Çinpolat	Turkey	51.26	q, PB
6	Lasse Schmitt	Germany	51.87
7	Thierry Cajeux	Switzerland	51.99
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Owe Fischer-Breiholz	Germany	50.01	Q
2	Csaba Molnár	Hungary	50.93	Q
3	Harry Barton	Great Britain	50.97	Q
4	Mitja Zubin	Slovenia	51.04	Q
5	Abdulkeri̇m İran	Turkey	51.34	q
6	Eloi Vilella Escolano	Andorra	52.72
7	Fintan Dewhirst	Ireland	56.24
[5]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mimoun Abdoul Wahab  [ nl ]	Belgium	49.57	Q, PB
2	İsmail Nezir	Turkey	50.16	Q
3	David Thid  [ sv ]	Sweden	50.19	Q
4	Dario Bressanello	Italy	50.69	Q, PB
5	Maximilian Köhler	Germany	51.03	q
6	Danilo Küchler	Switzerland	51.56
7	Matan Dan	Israel	52.70
[6]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Antti Sainio	Finland	49.87	Q
2	Vittorio Ghedina	Italy	50.10	Q
3	Sebastian Monneret	Denmark	50.58	Q, PB
4	Aymeric Dutrevis	France	50.75	Q
5	Tijm Oosterom	Netherlands	50.87	q, PB
6	Mihajlo Katanić	Serbia	51.47
7	Petros Papagiannis	Greece	52.05	SB
8	Denis Bartek	Slovakia	52.71
[7]

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Matic Ian Guček	Slovenia	50.42	Q
2	Diogo Barrigana	Portugal	50.69	Q
3	Jere Haapalainen  [ de; fi ]	Finland	50.94	Q, SB
4	Gergő Takács	Hungary	51.15	Q
5	Davide Capobianco	Italy	51.46
6	David Friedrich	Luxembourg	52.33	PB
7	Lucas Grimstad Nilsen	Norway	54.30
8	Tobias Eberhard	Switzerland	57.00
[8]

Semi-finals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals. ^[9]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Owe Fischer-Breiholz	Germany	49.30	Q
2	Jake Minshull	Great Britain	49.39	Q
3	Diogo Barrigana	Portugal	49.69
4	Csaba Molnár	Hungary	50.55
5	Jere Haapalainen  [ de; fi ]	Finland	51.11
6	Mustafa Çinpolat	Turkey	51.20	PB
7	Tijm Oosterom	Netherlands	51.67
8	Aymeric Dutrevis	France	52.04
[10]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Antti Sainio	Finland	48.97	Q, NR
2	Matic Ian Guček	Slovenia	49.29	Q, SB
3	Simon Deschamps	France	49.42	q, PB
4	David Thid  [ sv ]	Sweden	49.60	q, SB
5	Gergő Takács	Hungary	50.38
6	Harry Barton	Great Britain	50.60
7	Dario Bressanello	Italy	50.96
8	Abdulkeri̇m İran	Turkey	51.48
[11]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	İsmail Nezir	Turkey	49.52	Q
2	Vittorio Ghedina	Italy	49.61	Q, PB
3	Mimoun Abdoul Wahab  [ nl ]	Belgium	50.24
4	Levente Soos	Hungary	50.31	PB
5	Victor Blanco	Spain	50.73
6	Maximilian Köhler	Germany	50.92
7	Sebastian Monneret	Denmark	51.04
8	Mitja Zubin	Slovenia	51.88
[12]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Owe Fischer-Breiholz	Germany	48.01	CR , PB
	İsmail Nezir	Turkey	48.33	PB
	Matic Ian Guček	Slovenia	48.34	= NR
4	Antti Sainio	Finland	48.61	NR
5	Jake Minshull	Great Britain	49.18
6	Simon Deschamps	France	49.72
7	Vittorio Ghedina	Italy	49.85
8	David Thid  [ sv ]	Sweden	49.85
[13]

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 hurdles - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
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5. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 2/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
6. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 3/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
7. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 4/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
8. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 4/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
9. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
10. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals - Heat 1/3 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
11. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals - Heat 2/3 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
12. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals - Heat 3/3 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
13. "Men's 400 metres hurdles - Final results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.