# 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships

The 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships were the 24th edition of the biennial European U20 athletics championships. They were held in Grosseto, Italy from 20 July to 23 July.

## Medal summary
### Men
#### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Filippo Tortu Italy | 10.73 | Samuel Purola [fr] Finland | 10.79 | Oliver Bromby Great Britain | 10.88 |
| 200 metres | Toby Harries Great Britain | 20.81 PB | Jona Efoloko Great Britain | 20.92 PB | Samuel Purola [fi] Finland | 21.00 |
| 400 metres | Vladimir Aceti Italy | 45.92 EU20L | Tymoteusz Zimny Poland | 46.04 PB | Jonathan Sacoor Belgium | 46.23 |
| 800 metres | Marino Bloudek [fr] Croatia | 1:48.70 | Markhim Lonsdale Great Britain | 1:48.82 | John Fitzsimons Ireland | 1:49.15 |
| 1500 metres | Jake Heyward Great Britain | 3:56.73 | Dries De Smet Belgium | 3:56.98 | Adrián Ben Spain | 3:57.32 |
| 5000 metres | Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway | 14:41.67 | Tariku Novales Spain | 14:44.66 | Dorin Andrei Rusu [de] Romania | 14:46.07 |
| 10000 metres | Dorin Andrei Rusu [de] Romania | 31:08.86 | Sergiy Polikarpenko Italy | 31:10.85 PB | Sezgin Ataç Turkey | 31:12.18 |
| 110 metres hurdles (99 cm) | Jason Joseph Switzerland | 13.41 | Robert Sakala Great Britain | 13.48 PB | Luis Salort Spain | 13.48 NU20R |
| 400 metres hurdles | Wilfried Happio France | 49.93 EU20L | Alessandro Sibilio Italy | 50.34 PB | David José Pineda Spain | 50.41 NU20R |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway | 8:50.00 | Alexis Phelut France | 8:53.73 | Louis Gilavert France | 8:57.12 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Germany Milo Skupin-Alfa Thomas Barthel [es] Jonathan Petzke Emanuel Stubican [de] | 39.48 EU20L | Italy Andrei Alexandru Zlatan Nicholas Artuso Mario Marchei Filippo Tortu | 39.50 NU20R | Spain Javier Troyano Pol Retamal Daniel Ambros Sergio López [de] | 39.59 NU20R |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Italy Vladimir Aceti Edoardo Scotti Klaudio Gjetja Alessandro Sibilio | 3:08.68 WU20L | France Fabrisio Saïdy Téo Andant Lidji Mbaye [es] Wilfried Happio | 3:09.04 | Poland Mateusz Rzeźniczak Antoni Walicki [pl] Maciej Hołub Tymoteusz Zimny | 3:09.32 |
| 10,000 m walk | Sergey Shirobokov Individual Athletes | 43:21.29 | José Manuel Pérez Spain | 44:17.23 | Eduard Zabuzhenko Ukraine | 44:22.16 |

#### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Maksim Nedasekau Belarus | 2.33 CR | Dmytro Nikitin Ukraine | 2.28 PB | Tom Gale Great Britain | 2.28 PB |
| Pole vault | Armand Duplantis Sweden | 5.65 CR | Bo Kanda Lita Bähre Germany | 5.45 | Romain Gavillon [fr] France | 5.35 PB |
| Long jump | Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece | 8.07 | Jakub Andrzejczak [pl] Poland | 8.02 PB | Héctor Santos Spain | 7.96 PB |
| Triple jump | Martin Lamou [fr] France | 16.97 EU20L | Andrea Dallavalle Italy | 16.87 NU20R | Melvin Raffin France | 16.82 |
| Shot put (6 kg) | Marcus Thomsen Norway | 21.36 WU20L | Szymon Mazur [pl] Poland | 20.70 | Odisseas Mouzenidis [fr] Greece | 20.67 NU20R |
| Discus throw (1.75 kg) | Oskar Stachnik Poland | 62.01 SB | Hleb Zhuk [es] Belarus | 60.16 | George Evans Great Britain | 59.05 |
| Hammer throw (6 kg) | Hlib Piskunov Ukraine | 81.75 CR | Aliaksandr Shymanovich [be] Belarus | 77.74 | Dániel Rába Hungary | 75.95 |
| Javelin throw | Cyprian Mrzygłód Poland | 80.52 NU20R | Aliaksei Katkavets Belarus | 76.91 PB | Lukas Moutarde [fr] France | 74.22 PB |

#### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Decathlon | Niklas Kaul Germany | 8435 CR, WJR | Johannes Erm Estonia | 8141 PB | Karel Tilga Estonia | 8002 PB |

### Women
#### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Gina Akpe-Moses Ireland | 11.71 | Keshia Kwadwo Germany | 11.75 | Ingvild Meinseth Norway | 11.77 |
| 200 metres | Maya Bruney Great Britain | 23.04 EU20L | Sophia Junk Germany | 23.45 | Katrin Fehm Germany | 23.49 PB |
| 400 metres | Anastasiya Bryzhina Ukraine | 52.01 | Andrea Miklós Romania | 52.31 PB | Hannah Williams Great Britain | 52.55 PB |
| 800 metres | Khahisa Mhlanga Great Britain | 2:06.96 | Ellie Baker Great Britain | 2:07.01 | Gabriela Gajanová Slovakia | 2:07.15 |
| 1500 metres | Jemma Reekie Great Britain | 4:13.25 | Liliana Georgieva Bulgaria | 4:16.73 PB | Harriet Knowles-Jones Great Britain | 4:17.53 |
| 3000 metres | Delia Sclabas Switzerland | 9:10.13 | Mathilde Sénéchal France | 9:20.05 PB | Nadia Battocletti Italy | 9:24.01 PB |
| 5000 metres | Jasmijn Lau Netherlands | 16:38.85 | Miriam Dattke Germany | 16:39.81 | Floor Doornwaard Netherlands | 16:41.71 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Solène Ndama France | 13.15 PB | Alicia Barrett Great Britain | 13.28 | Klaudia Siciarz Poland | 13.33 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yasmin Giger Switzerland | 55.90 EU20L | Agata Zupin Slovenia | 55.96 NR | Viivi Lehikoinen Finland | 56.49 NU20R |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Lisa Oed Germany | 10:00.79 PB | Tatsiana Shabanava Belarus | 10:03.32 PB | Gülnaz Uskun Turkey | 10:19.44 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Germany Katrin Fehm Keshia Kwadwo Sophia Junk Jennifer Montag | 43.44 | France Éloïse de la Talle Sarah Mingas Estelle Raffai Marine Mignon | 44.03 | Great Britain Ebony Carr Alisha Rees Maya Bruney Olivia Okoli | 44.17 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Ukraine Ivanna Avramchuk Dzhoys Koba Iryna Marchak Anastasiya Bryzhina | 3:32.82 WU20L | Germany Vanessa Aniteye Meike Gerlach Alica Schmidt Corinna Schwab | 3:33.08 | Great Britain Mair Edwards Maya Bruney Ella Barrett Hannah Williams | 3:33.68 |
| 10,000 m walk | Yana Smerdova Individual Athletes | 47:19.69 | Teresa Zurek Germany | 47:33.20 | Meryem Bekmez Turkey | 48:33.88 NJR |

#### Field

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High jump | Michaela Hrubá Czech Republic | 1.93 | Karina Taranda Belarus | 1.87 | Maja Nilsson Sweden | 1.85 |
| Pole vault | Lisa Gunnarsson Sweden | 4.40 | Molly Caudery Great Britain | 4.35 PB | Wilma Murto Finland | 4.15 |
| Long jump | Milica Gardašević Serbia | 6.46 | Tabea Christ Germany | 6.41 PB | Kaiza Karlén Sweden | 6.32 |
| Triple jump | Violetta Skvartsova Belarus | 14.21 WU20L | Ilionis Guillaume France | 13.97 | Naomi Ogbeta Great Britain | 13.68 |
| Shot put | Julia Ritter Germany | 17.24 WU20L | Jorinde van Klinken Netherlands | 16.89 PB | Anna Niedbała Poland | 16.32 PB |
| Discus throw | Alexandra Emilianov Moldova | 56.38 | Karolina Urban Poland | 53.88 PB | Kristina Rakočević Montenegro | 53.56 |
| Hammer throw | Katerina Skypalová Czech Republic | 64.78 | Eva Mustafić Croatia | 63.09 PB | Michaela Walsh Ireland | 61.27 |
| Javelin throw | Nikol Tabačková Czech Republic | 55.10 | Carolina Visca Italy | 53.65 | Elina Kinnunen Finland | 52.94 |

#### Combined

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Heptathlon | Alina Shukh Ukraine | 6381 WU20L | Géraldine Ruckstuhl Switzerland | 6357 NR | Sarah Lagger Austria | 6083 NU20R |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA)* | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| – | Individual Athletes (EAA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 1,227 athletes from 47 countries participated in the event.
* Andorra (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (18)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (26)
* Belgium (33)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
* Bulgaria (14)
* Croatia (22)
* Cyprus (6)
* Czech Republic (47)
* Denmark (9)
* Estonia (20)
* Finland (46)
* France (68)
* Georgia (3)
* Germany (86)
* Gibraltar (2)
* Great Britain (59)
* Greece (35)
* Hungary (42)
* Iceland (2)
* Individual Athletes (4)
* Ireland (42)
* Israel (12)
* Italy (104) (host)
* Latvia (21)
* Lithuania (16)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Macedonia (2)
* Malta (1)
* Moldova (6)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (1)
* Netherlands (29)
* Norway (40)
* Poland (65)
* Portugal (33)
* Romania (33)
* San Marino (2)
* Serbia (13)
* Slovakia (15)
* Slovenia (16)
* Spain (54)
* Sweden (39)
* Switzerland (38)
* Turkey (62)
* Ukraine (30)