# 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997.

## Medalists

| Gold | Frank Busemann Germany |
| Silver | Sven Pieters Belgium |
| Bronze | Andrey Kislykh Russia |

## Results
### Final

11 July Wind: 2.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Frank Busemann | Germany | 13.54 w |
| | Sven Pieters | Belgium | 13.56 w |
| | Andrey Kislykh | Russia | 13.56 w |
| 4 | Jerome Crews | Germany | 13.69 w |
| 5 | Ross Baillie | Great Britain | 13.94 w |
| 6 | Matti Niemi | Finland | 13.97 w |
| 7 | Damien Greaves | Great Britain | 14.25 w |
| | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | DNF |

### Semifinals

11 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: 1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sven Pieters | Belgium | 13.70 | Q |
| 2 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 13.77 | Q |
| 3 | Jerome Crews | Germany | 13.88 | Q |
| 4 | Damien Greaves | Great Britain | 13.96 | Q |
| 5 | Luca Giovannelli | Italy | 13.98 | |
| 6 | Vitaliy Balykin | Russia | 14.12 | |
| 7 | Peter Coghlan | Ireland | 14.66 | |
| 8 | Ivan Bitzi | Switzerland | 14.68 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: 3.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrey Kislykh | Russia | 13.56 w | Q |
| 2 | Frank Busemann | Germany | 13.77 w | Q |
| 3 | Ross Baillie | Great Britain | 13.90 w | Q |
| 4 | Matti Niemi | Finland | 13.98 w | Q |
| 5 | Zhivko Videnov | Bulgaria | 14.06 w | |
| 6 | Balázs Kovács | Hungary | 14.15 w | |
| 7 | Zoran Miljuš | Croatia | 14.18 w | |
| 8 | Stefan Heinas | Sweden | 14.19 w | |

### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

Wind: 0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frank Busemann | Germany | 13.85 | Q |
| 2 | Zhivko Videnov | Bulgaria | 13.95 | Q |
| 3 | Damien Greaves | Great Britain | 13.97 | Q |
| 4 | Balázs Kovács | Hungary | 14.02 | Q |
| 5 | Ivan Bitzi | Switzerland | 14.15 | q |
| 6 | Vitaliy Balykin | Russia | 14.16 | q |
| 7 | Blaž Korent | Slovenia | 14.56 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 2.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrey Kislykh | Russia | 13.59 | Q |
| 2 | Jerome Crews | Germany | 13.74 | Q |
| 3 | Ross Baillie | Great Britain | 13.92 | Q |
| 4 | Matti Niemi | Finland | 13.93 | Q |
| 5 | Stefan Heinas | Sweden | 14.20 | q |
| 6 | Kenneth Halhjem | Norway | 14.24 | |
| 7 | Javier Vega | Spain | 14.36 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sven Pieters | Belgium | 13.56 | Q |
| 2 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 13.85 | Q |
| 3 | Luca Giovannelli | Italy | 14.06 | Q |
| 4 | Peter Coghlan | Ireland | 14.08 | Q |
| 5 | Zoran Miljuš | Croatia | 14.15 | q |
| 6 | Serhat Ulucan | Turkey | 15.70 | |
| 7 | Philippe Lamine | France | 16.63 | |
| | Daniel Carrillo | Spain | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Norway (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)