2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships
Men's 400 metres ; at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
Dates	8–10 July
Competitors	33 from 20 nations
Winning time	45.02
Medalists
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The men's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	44.33	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
Championship U23 record	Leslie Djhone (FRA)	45.04	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 July 2003

Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals.^[2]^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.95	Q
2	5	Mihai Sorin Dringo	Romania	46.30	Q
3	4	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	46.34	Q
4	2	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	46.41	Q
5	4	Mihai Cristian Pislaru	Romania	46.42	Q
6	3	Oleksandr Pohorilko	Ukraine	46.45	Q
7	1	Ericsson Tavares	Portugal	46.61	Q, PB
8	2	Ludovic Oucéni	France	46.62	Q
9	1	Javier Sánchez	Spain	46.70	Q
10	1	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	46.70	Q
11	1	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	46.72	Q, SB
12	5	Bernat Erta	Spain	46.81	Q
13	3	João Coelho	Portugal	46.85	Q
14	4	Netanel Dorothea	Netherlands	46.91	Q
15	2	Oliver Murcko	Slovakia	46.93	Q
16	3	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	46.96	Q
17	4	Lovro Mesec Košir	Slovenia	47.00	Q, SB
18	5	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	47.15	Q
19	5	Riccardo Meli	Italy	47.22	Q
20	1	Gregor Grahovac	Slovenia	47.33	q
21	5	Ioannis Ntetsikas	Greece	47.36	q, PB
22	3	Jure Grkman	Slovenia	47.37	Q
23	3	Matteo Raimondi	Italy	47.44	q
23	4	Iļja Petrušenko	Latvia	47.44	q
25	5	Mykyta Barabanov	Ukraine	47.58
26	3	Daniel Lehár	Czech Republic	47.70
27	2	Jakub Majercák	Czech Republic	47.72
28	1	Andreas Haara Bakketun	Norway	47.90
29	2	Yaroslav Demchenko	Ukraine	47.95
30	4	Filippo Moggi	Switzerland	48.02
31	5	Karl-Oskar Pajus	Estonia	49.19
32	3	Senad Ramadani	North Macedonia	51.82
	2	Jack Raftery	Ireland	DNF

Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[4]^[5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.72	Q
2	3	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	45.77	Q, SB
3	3	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.84	Q
4	1	Mihai Cristian Pislaru	Romania	45.89	Q, =PB
5	3	Bernat Erta	Spain	46.00	q
6	3	Oleksandr Pohorilko	Ukraine	46.04	q, PB
7	2	Mihai Sorin Dringo	Romania	46.16	Q
8	2	Ludovic Oucéni	France	46.23	Q
9	1	João Coelho	Portugal	46.29	PB
10	1	Alex Haydock-Wilson	Great Britain	46.40
11	3	Boško Kijanović	Serbia	46.47	PB
12	1	Netanel Dorothea	Netherlands	46.61
13	2	Ericsson Tavares	Portugal	46.62
14	2	Oliver Murcko	Slovakia	46.65	SB
15	2	Javier Sánchez	Spain	46.71
16	2	Lionel Spitz	Switzerland	46.90
17	1	Lovro Mesec Košir	Slovenia	46.99	SB
18	1	Iļja Petrušenko	Latvia	47.17	PB
19	3	Matěj Krsek	Czech Republic	47.18
20	3	Gregor Grahovac	Slovenia	47.24
21	2	Jure Grkman	Slovenia	47.27
22	3	Ioannis Ntetsikas	Greece	47.53
23	1	Riccardo Meli	Italy	47.83
	2	Matteo Raimondi	Italy	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Ricky Petrucciani	Switzerland	45.02	CR
	3	Jonathan Sacoor	Belgium	45.17	SB
	5	Edoardo Scotti	Italy	45.68	SB
4	1	Oleksandr Pohorilko	Ukraine	45.87	PB
5	4	Mihai Sorin Dringo	Romania	45.93	PB
6	8	Ludovic Oucéni	France	45.93	PB
7	2	Bernat Erta	Spain	46.01
8	7	Mihai Cristian Pislaru	Romania	46.67