# 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ángelos Pavlakakis Greece |
| Silver | Carlos Calado Portugal |
| Bronze | Marlon Devonish Great Britain |

## Results
### Final

11 July Wind: 2.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ángelos Pavlakakis | Greece | 10.18 w |
| | Carlos Calado | Portugal | 10.29 w |
| | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 10.32 w |
| 4 | Gábor Dobos | Hungary | 10.36 w |
| 5 | Patrik Lövgren | Sweden | 10.42 w |
| 6 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.46 w |
| 7 | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.57 w |
| 8 | Ivan Šlehobr | Czech Republic | 10.59 w |

### Semifinals

10 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: 1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ángelos Pavlakakis | Greece | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 10.36 | Q |
| 3 | Gábor Dobos | Hungary | 10.40 | Q |
| 4 | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.47 | Q |
| 5 | David Patros | France | 10.50 | |
| 6 | Patrick Weimer | Germany | 10.51 | |
| 7 | Mário Barbosa | Portugal | 10.63 | |
| 8 | Petko Yankov | Bulgaria | 16.16 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: 3.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carlos Calado | Portugal | 10.25 w | Q |
| 2 | Patrik Lövgren | Sweden | 10.31 w | Q |
| 3 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.32 w | Q |
| 4 | Ivan Šlehobr | Czech Republic | 10.36 w | Q |
| 5 | Leonard Koryukov | Russia | 10.39 w | |
| 6 | Jérôme Éyana | France | 10.43 w | |
| 7 | Piotr Balcerzak | Poland | 10.44 w | |
| 8 | Cédric Grand | Switzerland | 10.47 w | |

### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

Wind: 0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carlos Calado | Portugal | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | Piotr Balcerzak | Poland | 10.42 | Q |
| 3 | Patrik Lövgren | Sweden | 10.46 | Q |
| 4 | Leonard Koryukov | Russia | 10.50 | q |
| 5 | Diego Santos | Spain | 10.71 | |
| 6 | Tommy Kafri | Israel | 10.77 | |
| 7 | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 10.78 | |
| 8 | Vegar Hollas | Norway | 10.96 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 10.43 | Q |
| 2 | Patrick Weimer | Germany | 10.47 | Q |
| 3 | Marcin Krzywański | Poland | 10.55 | Q |
| 4 | Jérôme Éyana | France | 10.61 | q |
| 5 | Niklas Sjöstrand | Sweden | 10.68 | |
| 6 | Gabriele Carubini | Italy | 10.72 | |
| 7 | Hans-Peter Welz | Austria | 10.95 | |
| 8 | Christos Magos | Greece | 11.36 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gábor Dobos | Hungary | 10.50 | Q |
| 2 | Ángelos Pavlakakis | Greece | 10.53 | Q |
| 3 | Cédric Grand | Switzerland | 10.57 | Q |
| 4 | Mário Barbosa | Portugal | 10.60 | q |
| 5 | Martin Duda | Czech Republic | 10.62 | |
| 6 | Gabriel Burtea | Romania | 10.62 | |
| 7 | Thomas Mellin-Olsen | Norway | 10.69 | |
| 8 | Uwe Eisenbeis | Germany | 10.70 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ivan Šlehobr | Czech Republic | 10.50 | Q |
| 2 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.52 | Q |
| 3 | David Patros | France | 10.54 | Q |
| 4 | Petko Yankov | Bulgaria | 10.56 | q |
| 5 | José Illán | Spain | 10.61 | |
| 6 | Vitaly Seniv | Ukraine | 10.72 | |
| | Sergey Slukin | Russia | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Ukraine (1)