# 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 1st European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Turku, Finland on 10–13 July 1997. The competition succeeded the European Athletics U23 Cup, which had been held in 1992 and 1994.
Complete results and medal winners were published.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Angelos Pavlakakis Greece | 10.18 | Carlos Calado Portugal | 10.29 | Marlon Devonish Great Britain | 10.32 |
| 200 metres details | Julian Golding Great Britain | 20.46 | Alessandro Attene Italy | 20.68 | Ryszard Pilarczyk Poland | 20.87 |
| 400 metres details | Mark Hylton Great Britain | 45.71 | Piotr Haczek Poland | 45.72 | Kjell Provost Belgium | 45.99 |
| 800 metres details | Andrea Longo Italy | 1:46.49 | André Bucher Switzerland | 1:47.13 | Grzegorz Krzosek Poland | 1:47.45 |
| 1500 metres details | Reyes Estévez Spain | 3:42.37 | Carlos García Spain | 3:43.24 | Alexandru Vasile Romania | 3:43.36 |
| 5000 metres details | Simone Zanon Italy | 13:45.90 | Rachid Berradi Italy | 13:47.08 | Sergey Lukin Russia | 13:48.04 |
| 10,000 metres details | Rachid Berradi Italy | 28:31.12 | Serhiy Lebid Ukraine | 28:39.71 | Simone Zanon Italy | 28:56.33 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Frank Busemann Germany | 13.54 | Sven Pieters Belgium | 13.56 | Andrey Kislykh Russia | 13.56 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Lukáš Souček Czech Republic | 49.08 | Marcel Schelbert Switzerland | 49.43 | Xavier Ravenet France | 49.63 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Luciano Di Pardo Italy | 8:34.24 | Vincent Le Dauphin France | 8:36.92 | Konstantin Tomskiy Russia | 8:37.81 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain (GBR) Dan Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Julian Golding | 38.99 | Poland (POL) Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk | 39.27 | Germany (GER) Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrik Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis | 39.45 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Poland (POL) Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek | 3:03.07 | Czech Republic (CZE) David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štejfa Jiří Mužík | 3:04.13 | Germany (GER) Thomas Goller Maik Liebe Lars Figura Carlos Gachanja | 3:04.32 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Aigars Fadejevs Latvia | 1:19:58 | Paquillo Fernández Spain | 1:21:59 | Artur Meliashkevich Belarus | 1:22:26 |
| High jump details | Staffan Strand Sweden | 2.28 | Martin Buß Germany | 2.24 | Marcin Kaczocha Poland | 2.24 |
| Pole vault details | Yevgeniy Smiryagin Russia | 5.70 | Montxu Miranda Spain | 5.50 | Petr Špaček Czech Republic | 5.50 |
| Long jump details | Carlos Calado Portugal | 8.32 | Kirill Sosunov Russia | 8.30 | Olexiy Lukashevych Ukraine | 8.09 |
| Triple jump details | Vyacheslav Taranov Russia | 16.95 | Marat Safiullin Russia | 16.29 | Tayo Erogbobgo Great Britain | 16.28 |
| Shot put details | Conny Karlsson Finland | 19.48 | Gunnar Pfingsten Germany | 19.11 | Andreas Gustafsson Sweden | 19.09 |
| Discus throw details | Andrzej Krawczyk Poland | 59.54 | Timo Sinervo Finland | 57.20 | Kiril Chuprinin Ukraine | 56.78 |
| Hammer throw details | Ivan Tsikhan Belarus | 77.46 | Szymon Ziółkowski Poland | 73.68 | Nikolay Avlasevich Belarus | 72.40 |
| Javelin throw details | Pietari Skyttä Finland | 81.58 | Matti Närhi Finland | 80.72 | Christian Nicolay Germany | 78.18 |
| Decathlon details | Klaus Isekenmeier Germany | 7926 | Oleksandr Yurkov Ukraine | 7888 | Pierre-Alexandre Vial France | 7866 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Nora Ivanova Bulgaria | 11.50 | Esther Möller Germany | 11.53 | Marie-Joelle Dogbo France | 11.54 |
| 200 metres details | Hana Benešová Czech Republic | 22.57 | Shanta Ghosh Germany | 22.80 | Katia Benth France | 23.19 |
| 400 metres details | Allison Curbishley Great Britain | 50.85 | Hana Benešová Czech Republic | 51.82 | Claudia Angerhausen Germany | 53.45 |
| 800 metres details | Irina Nedelenko Ukraine | 2:01.72 | Dorota Fiut Poland | 2:02.44 | Lyudmila Goncharova Russia | 2:02.72 |
| 1500 metres details | Andrea Šuldesová Czech Republic | 4:13.92 | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 4:14.70 | Natalya Chernyshova Ukraine | 4:15.43 |
| 5000 metres details | Oksana Zheleznyak Russia | 15:45.22 | Cristina Iloc Romania | 15:46.59 | Marta Domínguez Spain | 15:49.96 |
| 10,000 metres details | Olivera Jevtić Serbia and Montenegro | 32:44.22 | Annemari Sandell Finland | 32:48.57 | Stine Larsen Norway | 33:11.09 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Irina Korotya Russia | 12.97 | Diane Allahgreen Great Britain | 13.03 | Johanna Halkoaho Finland | 13.35 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Rikke Rønholt Denmark | 57.22 | Vicki Jamison Great Britain | 57.43 | Małgorzata Pskit Poland | 57.68 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Germany (GER) Esther Möller Shanta Ghosh Nancy Kette Silke Eichmann | 43.94 | Russia (RUS) Yelena Tishkova Irina Korotya Olga Maksimova Yuliya Vertyanova | 44.41 | Italy (ITA) Elena Apollonio Elena Sordelli Manuela Grillo Manuela Levorato | 44.73 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain (GBR) Vicki Jamison Jo Sloane Jeina Mitchell Allison Curbishley | 3:32.81 | Germany (GER) Nicole Marahrens Shanta Ghosh Claudia Gesell Claudia Angerhausen | 3:33.77 | Czech Republic (CZE) Jitka Burianová Eva Kasalová Andrea Šuldesová Hana Benešová | 3:33.83 |
| 10 kilometres walk details | Olga Panfyorova Russia | 43:33 | María Vasco Spain | 44:01 | Susana Feitor Portugal | 44:26 |
| High jump details | Yuliya Lyakhova Russia | 1.97 | Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden | 1.93 | Daniela Rath Germany | 1.91 |
| Pole vault details | Eszter Szemerédi Hungary | 4.10 | Janet Zach Germany | 4.05 | Sabine Schulte Germany Monique de Wilt Netherlands | 3.80 |
| Long jump details | Tatyana Kotova Russia | 6.57 | Cristina Nicolau Romania | 6.43 | Sofia Schulte Germany | 6.39 |
| Triple jump details | Cristina Nicolau Romania | 14.22 | Anja Valant Slovenia | 13.98 | Heli Koivula Finland | 13.88 |
| Shot put details | Nadine Kleinert Germany | 18.27 | Corrie de Bruin Netherlands | 18.06 | Yanina Karolchyk Belarus | 13.98 |
| Discus throw details | Corrie de Bruin Netherlands | 57.72 | Kathleen Hering Germany | 56.78 | Yanina Karolchyk Belarus | 56.36 |
| Hammer throw details | Mihaela Melinte Romania | 70.26 | Simone Mathes Germany | 64.38 | Lyn Sprules Great Britain | 61.70 |
| Javelin throw details | Taina Uppa Finland | 56.48 | Alina Serdyuk Belarus | 55.56 | Merja Pitkänen Finland | 55.24 |
| Heptathlon details | Kathleen Gutjahr Germany | 6130 | Yuliya Akulenko Ukraine | 6117 | Diana Koritskaya Russia | 6014 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Finland* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Poland | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Spain | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | France | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 43 | 43 | 44 | 130 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 652 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (2)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (6)
* Belarus (25)
* Belgium (10)
* Bulgaria (6)
* Croatia (3)
* Cyprus (5)
* Czech Republic (22)
* Denmark (3)
* Estonia (4)
* Finland (34)
* France (47)
* Germany (55)
* Great Britain (31)
* Greece (12)
* Hungary (27)
* Iceland (2)
* Ireland (10)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (48)
* Latvia (7)
* Lithuania (4)
* Netherlands (11)
* Norway (15)
* Poland (39)
* Portugal (10)
* Romania (18)
* Russia (60)
* Slovakia (3)
* Slovenia (9)
* Spain (36)
* Sweden (30)
* Switzerland (10)
* Turkey (10)
* Ukraine (27)
* Yugoslavia (7)