1997 European Athletics U23 Championships

Host City Turku
Country FIN
Held 10 – 13 July 1997
Competitors 148
Countries 25

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men 10 – 11 July 1997 Medal 3 3
200 m Men 11 – 13 July 1997 Medal 3 3
400 m Men 10 – 12 July 1997 Medal 3 3
800 m Men 11 – 13 July 1997 Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men 10 – 12 July 1997 Medal 3 2
5,000 m Men 13 July 1997 Medal 3 2
10,000 m Men 10 July 1997 Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men 10 – 11 July 1997 Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 15 3
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women 12 July 1997 Medal 3 3
5,000 m Women 10 July 1997 Medal 3 3
10,000 m Women 13 July 1997 Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women 11 July 1997 Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 12 3
10 km Walk Women — Medal 3 3
High Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Women — Medal 4 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Russia RUS 7 3 5 15
2 Germany GER 5 8 7 20
3 Great Britain GBR 5 2 3 10
4 Italy ITA 4 2 2 8
5 Finland FIN 3 3 3 9
6 Czech Republic CZE 3 2 2 7
7 Poland POL 2 5 4 11
8 Romania ROU 2 2 1 5
9 Spain ESP 1 4 1 6
10 Ukraine UKR 1 3 3 7
11 Belarus BLR 1 1 4 6
12 Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
= Portugal POR 1 1 1 3
= Sweden SWE 1 1 1 3
15 Bulgaria BUL 1 0 0 1
= Denmark DEN 1 0 0 1
= Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
= Hungary HUN 1 0 0 1
= Latvia LAT 1 0 0 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 0 0 1
21 Switzerland SUI 0 2 0 2
22 France FRA 0 1 4 5
23 Belgium BEL 0 1 1 2
24 Slovenia SLO 0 1 0 1
25 Norway NOR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Angelos Pavlakakis GRE Carlos Calado POR Marlon Devonish GBR
200 m, Men Julian Golding GBR Alessandro Attene ITA Ryszard Pilarczyk POL
400 m, Men Mark Hylton GBR Piotr Haczek POL Kjell Provost BEL
800 m, Men Andrea Longo ITA André Bucher SUI Grzegorz Krzosek POL
1,500 m, Men Reyes Estévez ESP Carlos García ESP Alexandru Vasile ROU
5,000 m, Men Simone Zanon ITA Rachid Berradi ITA Sergey Lukin RUS
10,000 m, Men Rachid Berradi ITA Serhiy Lebid UKR Simone Zanon ITA
110 m Hurdles, Men Frank Busemann GER Sven Pieters BEL Andrey Kislykh RUS
400 m Hurdles, Men Lukáš Souček CZE Marcel Schelbert SUI Xavier Ravenet FRA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Luciano Di Pardo ITA Vincent Le Dauphin FRA Konstantin Tomsky RUS
4 x 100 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR Poland POL Germany GER
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Poland POL Czech Republic CZE Germany GER
20 km Walk, Men Aigars Fadejevs LAT Francisco Javier Fernández ESP Artur Meleshkevich BLR
High Jump, Men Staffan Strand SWE Martin Buss GER Marcin Kaczocha POL
Pole Vault, Men Yevgeny Smiryagin RUS Montxu Miranda ESP Petr Špaček CZE
Long Jump, Men Carlos Calado POR Kirill Sosunov RUS Oleksiy Lukashevych UKR
Triple Jump, Men Vyacheslav Taranov RUS Marat Safiullin RUS Tayo Erogbobgo GBR
Shot Put, Men Conny Karlsson FIN Gunnar Pfingsten GER Andreas Gustafsson SWE
Discus Throw, Men Andrzej Krawczyk POL Timo Sinervo FIN Kyrylo Chuprynin UKR
Hammer Throw, Men Ivan Tsikan BLR Szymon Ziółkowski POL Mikalai Avlasevich BLR
Javelin Throw, Men Pietari Skyttä FIN Matti Närhi FIN Christian Nicolay GER
Decathlon, Men Klaus Isekenmeier GER Oleksandr Yurkov UKR Pierre-Alexandre Vial FRA
100 m, Women Nora Ivanova-Güner BUL Esther Möller GER Marie-Joëlle Dogbo FRA
200 m, Women Hana Benešová CZE Shanta Ghosh GER Katia Benth FRA
400 m, Women Allison Curbishley GBR Hana Benešová CZE Claudia Angerhausen GER
800 m, Women Iryna Lishchynska UKR Dorota Fiut POL Lyudmila Goncharova RUS
1,500 m, Women Andrea Šuldesová CZE Lidia Chojecka POL Nataliya Chernyshova UKR
5,000 m, Women Oksana Zheleznyak RUS Cristina Iloc ROU Marta Domínguez ESP
10,000 m, Women Olivera Jevtić SCG Annemari Sandell FIN Stine Larsen NOR
100 m Hurdles, Women Irina Korotya RUS Diane Allahgreen GBR Johanna Halkoaho FIN
400 m Hurdles, Women Rikke Rønholt DEN Vicki Jamison GBR Małgorzata Pskit POL
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Germany GER Russia RUS Italy ITA
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Great Britain GBR Germany GER Czech Republic CZE
10 km Walk, Women Olga Panfyorova RUS María Vasco ESP Susana Feitor POR
High Jump, Women Yuliya Lyakhova RUS Kajsa Bergqvist SWE Daniela Rath GER
Pole Vault, Women Eszter Szemerédi HUN Janet Zach GER Sabine Schulte
Monique De Wilt 		GER
NED
Long Jump, Women Tatyana Kotova RUS Cristina Nicolau ROU Sofia Schulte GER
Triple Jump, Women Cristina Nicolau ROU Anja Valant SLO Heli Koivula-Kruger FIN
Shot Put, Women Nadine Kleinert GER Corrie de Bruin NED Yanina Karolchik BLR
Discus Throw, Women Corrie de Bruin NED Kathleen Hering GER Yanina Karolchik BLR
Hammer Throw, Women Mihaela Melinte ROU Simone Mathes GER Lyn Sprules GBR
Javelin Throw, Women Taina Uppa-Kolkkala FIN Alina Serdyuk BLR Merja Pitkänen FIN
Heptathlon, Women Kathleen Gutjahr GER Yuliya Akulenko UKR Dina Koritskaya RUS