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

Women'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	38 from 21 nations
Winning time	54.08 CR , PB
Medalists
Emily Newnham    Great Britain   Vanessa Baldé    Germany   Vivienne Morgenstern    Germany
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The women'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	Femke Bol  (NED)	52.03	Tokyo, Japan	4 August 2021
Championship U23 record	Emma Zapletalová  (SVK)	54.28	Tallinn, Estonia	10 July 2021

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	Ester Bendová	Czech Republic	57.41	Q
2	Vanessa Baldé	Germany	57.53	Q
3	Wiktoria Oko	Poland	57.57	Q
4	Heidi Salminen	Finland	57.88	Q
5	Rebecca Slezáková  [ de ]	Slovakia	57.93	q, SB
6	Lilla Bartha  [ d ]	Hungary	58.13	q
7	Mia Lisett Meringo	Estonia	59.27
8	Vasiliki-Paraskevi Mitsiouli	Greece	59.35
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Emily Newnham	Great Britain	56.14	Q
2	Paulina Kubis	Poland	57.53	Q
3	Ludovica Cavo	Italy	57.74	Q
4	Laura Aguilera	Spain	58.14	Q
5	Vanessa Mercera	Netherlands	58.15
6	Uršula Černelč	Slovenia	59.61
7	Hanna Karlsson  [ es; sv ]	Sweden	1:00.41
[5]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Barbora Vaňková	Czech Republic	56.45	Q, PB
2	Moa Granat	Sweden	56.64	Q
3	Yasmin Amaadacho	Germany	56.78	Q
4	Selma Ims	Norway	57.78	Q
5	Anja Dlauhy	Austria	58.54
6	Giulia Ingenito	Italy	59.56
7	Eva Mačković	Croatia	59.74
[6]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Aada Aho  [ fi ]	Finland	57.26	Q
2	Sofia Lavreshina	Portugal	57.58	Q
3	Alessia Seramondi	Italy	57.62	Q
4	Regina Mohai	Hungary	57.69	Q
5	Elimpiona Zenegia	Greece	58.08	q, PB
6	Tilde Bjerager	Sweden	58.48
7	Miranda Lauvstad	Norway	1:00.21
8	Mia Pirnat Kopač	Slovenia	1:00.34
[7]

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Magdalena Šlapáková	Czech Republic	57.03	Q
2	Vivienne Morgenstern	Germany	57.54	Q
3	Laoura Zenegia	Greece	57.71	Q, SB
4	Gülşah Cebeci̇	Turkey	58.06	Q, PB
5	Candice von Plauen	France	58.07	q
6	Aleksandra Wołczak  [ pl ]	Poland	58.25
7	Maša Garić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:01.29
8	Neža Dolenc	Slovenia	1:01.41
[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	Emily Newnham	United Kingdom	55.13	Q
2	Vanessa Baldé	Germany	55.96	Q, PB
3	Ester Bendová	Czech Republic	56.30	PB
4	Alessia Seramondi	Italy	56.36	PB
5	Wiktoria Oko	Poland	56.76	PB
6	Heidi Salminen	Finland	57.66
7	Elimpiona Zenegia	Greece	58.34
8	Gülşah Cebeci̇	Turkey	1:00.51
[10]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Aada Aho  [ fi ]	Finland	56.00	Q, PB
2	Vivienne Morgenstern	Germany	56.22	Q
3	Magdalena Šlapáková	Czech Republic	56.66	PB
4	Ludovica Cavo	Italy	57.06	PB
5	Sofia Lavreshina	Portugal	57.73
6	Candice von Plauen	France	57.97
7	Rebecca Slezáková  [ de ]	Slovakia	58.75
8	Regina Mohai	Hungary	59.11
[11]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Moa Granat	Sweden	55.67	Q
2	Barbora Vaňková	Czech Republic	55.79	Q, PB
3	Paulina Kubis	Poland	55.88	q, PB
4	Yasmin Amaadacho	Germany	56.27	q, PB
5	Laoura Zenegia	Greece	56.69	NU23R
6	Selma Ims	Norway	57.30
7	Laura Aguilera	Spain	58.00
8	Lilla Bartha  [ d ]	Hungary	58.89
[12]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Emily Newnham	United Kingdom	54.08	CR , PB
	Vanessa Baldé	Germany	55.36	PB
	Vivienne Morgenstern	Germany	55.45	PB
4	Moa Granat	Sweden	55.56
5	Paulina Kubis	Poland	55.89
6	Aada Aho  [ fi ]	Finland	56.13
7	Yasmin Amaadacho	Germany	56.22	PB
8	Barbora Vaňková	Czech Republic	56.34
[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.
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5. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 2/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
6. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 3/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
7. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 4/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
8. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Round 1 - Heat 5/5 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
9. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
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11. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals - Heat 2/3 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
12. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Semi-finals - Heat 3/3 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
13. "Women's 400 metres hurdles - Final results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.