# Athletics at the 1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days

The athletics competition at the 1997 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was held from 20 to 23 July. The events took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Boys and girls born 1980 or 1981 or later participated 29 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes with the exception of 3000 metres, 2000 metres steeplechase and pole vault for boys but not girls.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Luke Davis (GBR) | 10.45 | Athanásios Tsiouris (GRE) | 10.76 | Rudy Colabella (BEL) | 10.83 |
| 200 metres (wind: +3.0 m/s) | Marco Cuneo (ITA) | 21.34 w | Guido Helfenstein (SUI) | 21.57 w | Matic Osovnikar (SLO) | 21.68 w |
| 400 metres | Kris Stewart (GBR) | 47.31 | Ralf Hegny (AUT) | 48.10 | Adrian Guianu (ROU) | 48.39 |
| 800 metres | Bram Som (NED) | 1:54.81 | Vasyl Tsikalo (UKR) | 1:55.34 | Geert Waelput (BEL) | 1:55.36 |
| 1500 metres | Colm McLean (IRL) | 3:54.54 | Ishak Kaya (TUR) | 3:56.44 | Javier Areny (ESP) | 3:57.88 |
| 3000 metres | Francisco Javier Alves (ESP) | 8:20.69 | Filipe Pedro (POR) | 8:22.96 | Yeóryios Kobogiánnis (GRE) | 8:23.18 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Cédric Assouvie (FRA) | 13.82 | Dominique Kunzler (SUI) | 13.85 | Felipe Vivancos (ESP) | 13.90 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Richard McDonald (GBR) | 52.80 | Bernat Bartolomé (ESP) | 53.50 | Mikael Jakobsson (SWE) | 53.77 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Ivan Murcia (ESP) | 5:57.99 | Alin Savu (ROU) | 5:59.97 | Georg Mlynek (AUT) | 6:01.00 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) | 41.08 | Slovenia (SLO) | 42.28 | Greece (GRE) | 42.35 |
| High jump | Einar Karl Hjartarson (ISL) | 2.11 m | Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) | 2.09 m | Yaroslav Vasilevskiy (BLR) | 2.09 m |
| Pole vault | Fabrice Fortin (FRA) | 5.00 m | Adam Ptácek (CZE) | 4.90 m | Spas Bukhalov (BUL) | 4.75 m |
| Long jump | Brian Robinson (GBR) | 7.60 m | David Frykholm (SWE) | 7.53 m | Jože Vrtacic (SLO) | 7.45 m |
| Shot put | Pavlos Atmatsidis (GRE) | 19.41 m | Teijo Kööpikkä (FIN) | 19.33 m | Dmitriy Lopatin (RUS) | 19.31 m |
| Discus throw | Mikko Kyyrö (FIN) | 60.82 m | Rune Johansen (NOR) | 56.76 m | Antonín Žalský (CZE) | 56.76 m |
| Javelin throw | Tim Kitney (GBR) | 64.56 m | Aleksey Danilyuk (BLR) | 61.28 m | Alexander Baranovskiy (RUS) | 60.94 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Jenny Kallur (SWE) | 11.75 | Sandra Dufour (FRA) | 11.92 | Kelly Thomas (GBR) | 12.00 |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.7 m/s) | Ciara Sheehy (IRL) | 24.11 w | Karlene Palmer (GBR) | 24.41 w | Cécilia Seraline (FRA) | 24.70 w |
| 400 metres | Tetiana Petlyuk (UKR) | 55.47 | Alexia Oberstolz (ITA) | 55.85 | Femke Rietveld (NED) | 56.00 |
| 800 metres | Ludivine Michel (BEL) | 2:09.64 | Olesya Chumakova (RUS) | 2:11.08 | Yuliya Gurtovenko (UKR) | 2:12.45 |
| 1500 metres | Sonja Stolić (YUG) | 4:26.95 | Rasa Drazdauskaitė (LTU) | 4:28.69 | Tinneke Boonen (BEL) | 4:30.13 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.6 m/s) | Marilia Gregoriou (CYP) | 13.51 w | Fanny Gérance (FRA) | 13.61 w | Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya (UKR) | 13.78 w |
| 400 metres hurdles | Natalya Antyukh (RUS) | 59.75 | Elodie Cruchant (FRA) | 61.06 | Ruža Matković (CRO) | 61.41 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | France (FRA) | 46.25 | Sweden (SWE) | 46.52 | Great Britain (GBR) | 46.93 |
| High jump | Hanna Mikkonen (FIN) | 1.80 m | Viktoriya Slivka (RUS) | 1.80 m | Nelly Sebastien (FRA) | 1.75 m |
| Long jump | Yevgeniya Stavchanskaya (UKR) | 6.25 m | Aldona Wozignój (POL) | 6.24 m | Danielle Freeman (GBR) | 6.19 m |
| Shot put | Oksana Zakharchuk (UKR) | 15.27 m | Oksana Gromova (RUS) | 14.63 m | Niina Kelo (FIN) | 14.40 m |
| Discus throw | Niina Kelo (FIN) | 49.54 m | Alina Lenghel (ROU) | 47.88 m | Amélie Perrin (FRA) | 47.66 m |
| Javelin throw | Jarmila Klimešová (CZE) | 51.64 m | Oksana Ospishcheva (RUS) | 50.50 m | Linda Wicksell (SWE) | 47.62 m |