# 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 3rd European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 12–15 July 2001.

## Results

Complete results and medal winners were published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Jonathan Barbour Great Britain | 10.26 | Fabrice Calligny France | 10.40 | Przemysław Rogowski Poland | 10.45 |
| 200 metres details | Marcin Jędrusiński Poland | 20.94 | Łukasz Chyła Poland | 20.99 | Mark Howard Ireland | 21.00 |
| 400 metres details | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia | 46.06 | Marc Alexander Scheer Germany | 46.43 | Rafał Wieruszewski Poland | 46.57 |
| 800 metres details | Antonio Manuel Reina Spain | 1:47.74 | Joeri Jansen Belgium | 1:47.80 | Nicolas Aïssat France | 1:47.81 |
| 1500 metres details | Wolfram Müller Germany | 3:38.94 | Ivan Heshko Ukraine | 3:39.37 | Sergio Gallardo Spain | 3:39.50 |
| 5000 metres details | Yousef El Nasri Spain | 14:02.97 | Dmytro Baranovskyy Ukraine | 14:03.67 | Balázs Csillag Hungary | 14:04.84 |
| 10,000 metres details | Dmytro Baranovskyy Ukraine | 29:13.36 | Koen Raymaekers Netherlands | 29:15.24 | Mattia Maccagnan Italy | 29:15.32 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Artur Budziłło Poland | 13.76 | Felipe Vivancos Spain | 13.79 | Chris Baillie Great Britain | 13.85 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Matthew Elias Great Britain | 49.57 | Periklis Iakovakis Greece | 49.63 | Mikael Jakobsson Sweden | 50.86 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Pavel Potapovich Russia | 8:35.85 | Vadim Slobodenyuk Ukraine | 8:37.09 | Henrik Skoog Sweden | 8:38.27 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Juan Manuel Molina Spain | 1:23:03 | Stepan Yudin Russia | 1:23:10 | José David Domínguez Spain | 1:23:16 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Poland Tomasz Kondratowicz Łukasz Chyła Marcin Placheta Przemysław Rogowski | 39.41 | Great Britain Jonathan O'Parka Jonathan Barbour Darren Chin Ben Lewis | 39.45 | Slovenia Matic Šušteršic Matic Osovnikar Boštjan Fridrih Rok Orel | 39.95 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain David Naismith Adam Potter Richard McDonald Matthew Elias | 3:05.24 | Germany Simon Kirch Stefan Holz Ruwen Faller Marc Alexander Scheer | 3:05.39 | Russia Oleg Mishukov Maksim Babarykin Dmitriy Bogdanov Yevgeniy Lebedev | 3:06.41 |
| High jump details | Rožle Prezelj Slovenia | 2.21 | Aleksandr Veryutin Belarus | 2.18 | Fabrice Saint Jean France | 2.18 |
| Pole vault details | Lars Börgeling Germany | 5.60 | Mikko Latvala Finland | 5.50 | Giuseppe Gibilisco Italy | 5.50 |
| Long jump details | Yann Domenech France | 8.00 | Volodymyr Zyuskov Ukraine | 7.90 | Schahriar Bigdeli Germany | 7.81 |
| Triple jump details | Christian Olsson Sweden | 17.24 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy Russia | 17.08 | Ionut Punga Romania | 16.81 |
| Shot put details | Mikuláš Konopka Slovakia | 19.79 | Yury Bialou Belarus | 19.38 | Leszek Śliwa Poland | 19.08 |
| Discus throw details | Zoltán Kővágó Hungary | 63.85 | Heinrich Seitz Germany | 59.50 | Gábor Máté Hungary | 59.45 |
| Hammer throw details | Nicolas Figère France | 80.88 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland | 80.54 | Miloslav Konopka Slovakia | 76.28 |
| Javelin throw details | Björn Lange Germany | 80.85 | Alexander Baranovskiy Russia | 76.74 | Janis Liepa Latvia | 74.26 |
| Decathlon details | André Niklaus Germany | 8042 | Jaakko Ojaniemi Finland | 7907 | William Frullani Italy | 7871 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Sina Schielke Germany | 11.52 | Abiodun Oyepitan Great Britain | 11.58 | Johanna Manninen Finland | 11.61 |
| 200 metres details | Johanna Manninen Finland | 23.30 | Sina Schielke Germany | 23.45 | Ciara Sheehy Ireland | 23.54 |
| 400 metres details | Antonina Yefremova Ukraine | 52.29 | Helen Thieme Great Britain | 52.75 | Aneta Lemiesz Poland | 53.25 |
| 800 metres details | Anna Zagorska Poland | 2:07.27 | Irina Somesan Romania | 2:07.27 | Tatyana Rodionova Russia | 2:07.60 |
| 1500 metres details | Alesia Turava Belarus | 4:09.71 | Natalia Rodríguez Spain | 4:11.20 | Kelly Caffel Great Britain | 4:12.30 |
| 5000 metres details | Katalin Szentgyörgy Hungary | 15:40.55 | Anastasiya Zubova Russia | 15:40.78 | Tatyana Khmeleva Russia | 15:51.88 |
| 10,000 metres details | Olga Romanova Russia | 33:36.03 | Sonja Stolić Yugoslavia | 33:37.02 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt Germany | 33:38.38 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Susanna Kallur Sweden | 12.96 | Jenny Kallur Sweden | 13.19 | Tessy Prediger Germany | 13.31 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Sylvanie Morandais France | 56.30 | Aleksandra Pielużek Poland | 56.51 | Irēna Žauna Latvia | 57.03 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Melanie Schulz Germany | 10:03.34 | Lívia Tóth Hungary | 10:04.99 | Sigrid Vanden Bempt Belgium | 10:08.46 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Elisa Rigaudo Italy | 1:29:54 | Ryta Turava Belarus | 1:30:15 | Larissa Sofronova Russia | 1:32:06 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain Susan Burnside Helen Roscoe Sabrina Scott Abiodun Oyepitan | 44.31 | Belarus Yuliya Bartsevich Aksana Drahun Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Yevgeniya Likhuta | 44.64 | Finland Elina Lax Heidi Hannula Johanna Manninen Katja Salivaara | 44.76 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain Karen Gear Jenny Meadows Tracey Duncan Helen Thieme | 3:31.74 | Poland Aleksandra Pielużek Aneta Lemiesz Monika Bejnar Justyna Karolkiewicz | 3:32.38 | Ukraine Natalya Zhuravlyova Natalya Sidorenko Yuliya Gurtovenko Antonina Yefremova | 3:34.16 |
| High jump details | Ruth Beitia Spain | 1.87 | Marina Kuptsova Russia Candeger Kilincer Turkey | 1.87 | | |
| Pole vault details | Monika Pyrek Poland | 4.40 | Annika Becker Germany | 4.40 | Carolin Hingst Germany | 4.30 |
| Long jump details | Jade Johnson Great Britain | 6.52 | Concepción Montaner Spain | 6.46 | Aurélie Felix France | 6.41 |
| Triple jump details | Irina Vasilieva Russia | 13.80 | Marija Martinović Yugoslavia | 13.72 | Amy Zongo France | 13.68 |
| Shot put details | Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus | 19.73 | Lucica Ciobanu Romania | 17.59 | Kathleen Kluge Germany | 17.06 |
| Discus throw details | Mélina Robert-Michon France | 58.52 | Ileana Brindusoiu Romania | 58.25 | Olga Goncharenko Belarus | 57.71 |
| Hammer throw details | Manuela Montebrun France | 66.73 | Sini Pöyry Finland | 64.71 | Cecilia Nilsson Sweden | 64.06 |
| Javelin throw details | Nikolett Szabó Hungary | 60.69 | Mercedes Chilla Spain | 57.78 | Moonika Aava Estonia | 56.12 |
| Heptathlon details | Līga Kļaviņa Latvia | 6279 | Svetlana Sokolova Russia | 6179 | Austra Skujytė Lithuania | 6087 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Russia | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Spain | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Belarus | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Finland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Romania | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Netherlands* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 44 | 45 | 43 | 132 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 737 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (9)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Belarus (27)
* Belgium (11)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Croatia (8)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (20)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (7)
* Finland (29)
* France (73)
* Germany (71)
* Great Britain (50)
* Greece (27)
* Hungary (25)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (13)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (38)
* Latvia (10)
* Lithuania (14)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Moldova (3)
* Netherlands (23)
* Norway (9)
* Poland (45)
* Portugal (16)
* Romania (25)
* Russia (36)
* San Marino (1)
* Slovakia (8)
* Slovenia (13)
* Spain (45)
* Sweden (27)
* Switzerland (8)
* Turkey (4)
* Ukraine (20)
* Yugoslavia (5)