# 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11, 12, and 13 July 1997.

## Medalists

| Gold | Julian Golding Great Britain |
| Silver | Alessandro Attene Italy |
| Bronze | Ryszard Pilarczyk Poland |

## Results
### Final

13 July Wind: 0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Julian Golding | Great Britain | 20.46 |
| | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 20.68 |
| | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 20.87 |
| 4 | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | 20.99 |
| 5 | Dan Money | Great Britain | 20.99 |
| 6 | Venancio José | Spain | 21.13 |
| 7 | Gábor Dobos | Hungary | 21.14 |
| 8 | Jean-David Bastien | France | 21.14 |

### Semifinals

12 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: 1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 20.85 | Q |
| 2 | Dan Money | Great Britain | 20.93 | Q |
| 3 | Jean-David Bastien | France | 21.03 | Q |
| 4 | Venancio José | Spain | 21.09 | Q |
| 5 | Uwe Eisenbeis | Germany | 21.11 | |
| 6 | Gabriel Burtea | Romania | 21.41 | |
| 7 | Patric Clerc | Switzerland | 21.49 | |
| 8 | Martin Duda | Czech Republic | 21.78 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: 1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Julian Golding | Great Britain | 20.50 | Q |
| 2 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 20.79 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | 20.95 | Q |
| 4 | Gábor Dobos | Hungary | 21.11 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksandr Slyunkov | Belarus | 21.17 | |
| 6 | Vitaly Seniv | Ukraine | 21.22 | |
| 7 | Hans-Peter Welz | Austria | 21.38 | |
| 8 | Aldo Tonazzi | Switzerland | 21.46 | |

### Heats

11 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

#### Heat 1

Wind: 3.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Julian Golding | Great Britain | 20.44 w | Q |
| 2 | Jean-David Bastien | France | 21.07 w | Q |
| 3 | Gábor Dobos | Hungary | 21.10 w | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Slyunkov | Belarus | 21.14 w | q |
| 5 | Martin Duda | Czech Republic | 21.32 w | q |
| 6 | Panagiótis Sarris | Greece | 21.35 w | |
| 7 | Tommy Kafri | Israel | 21.57 w | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | Poland | 20.72 | Q |
| 2 | Uwe Eisenbeis | Germany | 21.16 | Q |
| 3 | Venancio José | Spain | 21.17 | Q |
| 4 | Martin Blekkerud | Norway | 21.69 | |
| 5 | Michele Paggi | Italy | 21.73 | |
| 6 | Sergey Bychkov | Russia | 21.86 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 2.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 20.85 w | Q |
| 2 | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | 20.96 w | Q |
| 3 | Gabriel Burtea | Romania | 21.19 w | Q |
| 4 | Patric Clerc | Switzerland | 21.33 w | q |
| 5 | Hans-Peter Welz | Austria | 21.34 w | q |
| | Konstadinos Vogiatzákis | Greece | DNF | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: 1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dan Money | Great Britain | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | Vitaly Seniv | Ukraine | 21.37 | Q |
| 3 | Aldo Tonazzi | Switzerland | 21.39 | Q |
| 4 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 21.48 | |
| 5 | Ruddy Zami | France | 21.51 | |
| 6 | Unai Landa | Spain | 21.74 | |
| 7 | Vegar Hollas | Norway | 21.82 | |
| 8 | Géza Pauer | Hungary | 21.88 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Ukraine (1)