# 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 1997 European Athletics Junior Championships were held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on July 24–27.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Dwain Chambers Great Britain | 10.06 | Christian Malcolm Great Britain | 10.24 | Frédéric Krantz France | 10.35 |
| 200 m | Christian Malcolm Great Britain | 20.51 | Piotr Berestiuk Poland | 20.91 | Mark Findlay Great Britain | 20.99 |
| 400 m | David Canal Spain | 46.04 | Periklis Iakovakis Greece | 46.68 | David Naismith Great Britain | 47.11 |
| 800 m | Nils Schumann Germany | 1:51.00 | Robert Neryng Poland | 1:51.45 | Roman Oravec Czech Republic | 1:51.51 |
| 1500 m | Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands | 3:46.91 | Benjamin Hetzler Germany | 3:48.15 | Gareth Turnbull Ireland | 3:48.16 |
| 5000 m | Bouabdellah Tahri France | 14:25.71 | Ferenc Békési Hungary | 14:27.87 | Juan Carlos Higuero Spain | 14:31.79 |
| 10,000 m | Ovidiu Tat Romania | 29:56.35 | Mustafa Mohamed Sweden | 30:04.33 | Jussi Utriainen Finland | 30:23.02 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Günther Weidlinger Austria | 8:41.54 | Roman Usov Russia | 8:48.47 | Antonio Martínez Spain | 8:56.60 |
| 110 m hurdles | Tomasz Ścigaczewski Poland | 13.55 | Stanislavs Olijars Latvia | 13.74 | Jan Schindzielorz Germany | 14.10 |
| 400 m hurdles | Boris Gorban Russia | 50.95 | Aljoscha Nemitz Germany | 51.08 | Boris Vazovan Slovakia | 51.26 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Great Britain Uvie Ugono Mark Findlay Christian Malcolm Dwain Chambers | 39.62 | France Vincent Caure Frédéric Krantz Didier Héry Dimitri Demoniere | 39.89 | Germany Thomas Hüttinger Tim Studzinski Thomas Zeimentz Jirka Zapletal | 40.26 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Spain Adrián Fernández Luis María Flores Alberto Martínez David Canal | 3:08.18 | Greece Evággelos Moustakidis Yeóryios Ikonomídis Ioánnis Lessis Periklis Iakovakis | 3:08.29 | Great Britain Lee Black Michael Parper Mark Rowlands David Naismith | 3:08.97 |
| 10,000 m walk | Andrea Manfredini Italy | 42:43.75 | André Höhne Germany | 43:00.71 | Martin Pupiš Slovakia | 43:11.53 |
| High jump | Hennazdy Maroz Belarus | 2.20 m | Ben Challenger Great Britain | 2.20 m | Aleksey Lesnichiy Belarus | 2.17 m |
| Pole vault | Lars Börgeling Germany | 5.40 m | Pavel Gerasimov Russia | 5.30 m | Christian Linskey Great Britain | 5.00 m |
| Long jump | Nathan Morgan Great Britain | 7.90 m | Raúl Fernández Spain | 7.90 m | Yann Domenech France | 7.87 m |
| Triple jump | Viktor Gushchinskiy Russia | 16.78 m | Ionut Punga Romania | 16.43 m | Eduardo Pérez Spain | 16.40 m |
| Shot put | Ralf Bartels Germany | 18.30 m | Mikuláš Konopka Slovakia | 17.63 m | Peter Sack Germany | 17.23 m |
| Discus throw | Emeka Udechuku Great Britain | 53.90 m | Patrick Stang Germany | 53.02 m | Zoltán Kővágó Hungary | 52.90 m |
| Hammer throw | Maciej Pałyszko Poland | 74.12 m | Sergey Martemyanov Belarus | 70.62 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland | 69.84 m |
| Javelin throw | Adrian Markowski Poland | 78.42 m | Juha Aarnio Finland | 77.60 m | Christian Fusenig Germany | 75.86 m |
| Decathlon | Chiel Warners Netherlands | 7664 pts | Steffen Munz Germany | 7258 pts | Sebastian Knabe Germany | 7218 pts |

## Women's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m | Johanna Manninen Finland | 11.39 | Agné Visockaité Lithuania | 11.42 | Erica Marchetti Italy | 11.47 |
| 200 m | Sabrina Mulrain Germany | 23.35 | Muriel Hurtis France | 23.36 | Johanna Manninen Finland | 23.43 |
| 400 m | Kristina Perica Croatia | 53.07 | Alina Râpanu Romania | 53.10 | Cindy Éga France | 53.17 |
| 800 m | Anca Safta Romania | 2:03.47 | Aleksandra Dereń Poland | 2:03.70 | Miriam Mašeková Slovakia | 2:06.17 |
| 1500 m | Natalya Yevdokimova Ukraine | 4:23.34 | Małgorzata Bury Poland | 4:24.37 | Ljiljana Ćulibrk Croatia | 4:24.75 |
| 3000 m | Laura Suffa Germany | 9:13.44 | Sonja Stolić Yugoslavia | 9:15.45 | Sandra Levenez France | 9:15.61 |
| 5000 m | Katalin Szentgyörgyi Hungary | 16:38.73 | Tatyana Gerasimova Russia | 16:39.31 | Ionela Bungardean Romania | 16:39.97 |
| 100 m hurdles | Tatyana Mishakova Russia | 13.49 | Éva Miklós Romania | 13.81 | Hanna Korell Finland | 13.92 |
| 400 m hurdles | Florence Delaune France | 57.91 | Thelma Joziasse Netherlands | 58.65 | Medina Tudor Romania | 58.85 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Germany Anne Reucher Marion Wagner Alice Reuss Sabrina Mulrain | 44.24 | Great Britain Rebecca Drummond Sarah Wilhelmy Melanie Purkiss Tatum Nelson | 45.55 | Poland Ewa Klarecka Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz Monika Giemzo Anna Pacholak | 45.59 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | France Katiana Rene Florence Delaune Sylvanie Morandais Cindy Ega | 3:33.73 | Hungary Enikő Szabó Renata Balazsic Krisztina Doma Barbara Petráhn | 3:34.90 | Germany Kerstin Seitz Jennifer Vollrath Doreen Harstick Claudia Marx | 3:34.94 |
| 5000 m walk | Claudia Iovan Romania | 21:15.99 | Lyudmila Dedekina Russia | 21:42.21 | Lyudmila Yefimkina Russia | 22:04.11 |
| High jump | Linda Horvath Austria | 1.92 m | Marina Kuptsova Russia | 1.90 m | Svetlana Lapina Russia | 1.90 m |
| Pole vault | Annika Becker Germany | 4.00 m | Vala Flosadóttir Iceland | 4.00 m | Monika Erlach Austria | 3.95 m |
| Long jump | Aurélie Félix France | 6.52 m | Sandra Stube Germany | 6.50 m | Olivia Wöckinger Austria | 6.47 m |
| Triple jump | Adelina Gavrilă Romania | 13.58 m | Marija Martinović Yugoslavia | 13.54 m | Diana Nikitina Estonia | 13.45 m |
| Shot put | Yelena Ivanenko Belarus | 17.05 m | Nadine Banse Germany | 16.60 m | Assunta Legnante Italy | 16.18 m |
| Discus throw | Lacramioara Ionescu Romania | 52.54 m | Satu Järvenpää Finland | 51.48 m | Philippa Roles Great Britain | 50.62 m |
| Hammer throw | Kamila Skolimowska Poland | 59.72 m | Sini Pöyry Finland | 59.42 m | Susanne Keil Germany | 59.22 m |
| Javelin throw | Nikolett Szabó Hungary | 61.86 m | Sarah Walter France | 57.34 m | Bina Ramesh France | 55.78 m |
| Heptathlon | Saskia Meijer Netherlands | 5882 pts | Yelena Chernyavskaya Russia | 5827 pts | Sonja Kesselschläger Germany | 5753 pts |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Romania (ROM) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |