# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships were held between 16 and 19 July 2009 in the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Complete results and medal winners were published.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (GBR) | 10.15 SB | Leevan Yearwood (GBR) | 10.26 SB | Rion Pierre (GBR) | 10.28 SB |
| 200 metres details | Toby Sandeman (GBR) | 20.37 PB | Aleixo-Platini Menga (GER) | 20.59 | Ihor Bodrov (UKR) | 20.61 PB |
| 400 metres details | Yannick Fonsat (FRA) | 45.68 PB | Nigel Levine (GBR) | 45.78 PB | Jan Ciepiela (POL) | 45.81 PB |
| 800 metres details | Adam Kszczot (POL) | 1:45.81 | Marcin Lewandowski (POL) | 1:46.52 | Robin Schembera (GER) | 1:46.63 |
| 1500 metres details | Ivan Tukhtachev (RUS) | 3:51.19 | James Brewer (GBR) | 3:51.33 | Jakub Holuša (CZE) | 3:51.46 |
| 5000 metres details | Mohamed Elbendir (ESP) | 13:55.10 | Noureddine Smaïl (FRA) | 13:59.23 SB | David McCarthy (IRL) | 14:00.78 |
| 10,000 metres details | Selim Bayrak (TUR) | 29:47.15 | Andrea Lalli (ITA) | 29:49.80 | Dmytro Lashyn (UKR) | 30:08.44 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Aleksandr Pavelyev (RUS) | 8:40.55 | José Luis Galván (ESP) | 8:41.53 PB | Krystian Zalewski (POL) | 8:42.06 PB |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Artur Noga (POL) | 13.47 | Gianni Frankis (GBR) | 13.57 PB | Callum Priestley (GBR) | 13.63 PB |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Lloyd Gumbs (GBR) | 49.62 PB | Stanislav Melnykov (UKR) | 49.88 | Vincent Vanryckeghem (BEL) | 49.90 PB |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Miguel Ángel López (ESP) | 1:22:23 PB | Dzianis Simanovich (BLR) | 1:22:57 | Matteo Giupponi (ITA) | 1:23:00 PB |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Ryan Scott Toby Sandeman Rion Pierre Leevan Yearwood Great Britain (GBR) | 39.09 | Emmanuel Biron Mickael Arminana Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Teddy Tinmar France (FRA) | 39.26 | Kamil Kryński Artur Zaczek Olaf Paruzel Jakub Adamski Poland (POL) | 39.52 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Marcin Sobiech Jakub Krzewina Michał Pietrzak Jan Ciepiela Łukasz Krawczuk Sebastian Porządny Poland (POL) | 3:03.74 | Marco Vistalli Isalbet Juarez Domenico Fontana Matteo Galvan Italy (ITA) | 3:03.79 | Bruno Naprix Mame-Ibra Anne Yoann Décimus Yannick Fonsat Abdesslam Merabet Adrien Clemenceau France (FRA) | 3:04.06 |
| High jump details | Sylwester Bednarek (POL) | 2.28 PB | Oleksandr Nartov (UKR) | 2.26 | Andriy Protsenko (UKR) | 2.24 =SB |
| Pole vault details | Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) | 5.65 SB | Luke Cutts (GBR) | 5.60 PB | Dimitrios Patsoukakis (GRE) | 5.55 PB |
| Long jump details | Janis Leitis (LAT) | 7.90 PB | Pavel Karavayev (RUS) | 7.86 | Mikko Kivinen (FIN) | 7.85 =PB |
| Triple jump details | Daniele Greco (ITA) | 17.20 PB | Zhivko Petkov (BUL) | 16.81 | Aliaksandr Liabedzka (BLR) | 16.80 PB |
| Shot put details | Valeriy Kokoyev (RUS) | 20.20 PB | Nick Petersen (DEN) | 18.94 PB | Mateusz Mikos (POL) | 18.89 PB |
| Discus throw details | Nikolay Sedyuk (RUS) | 60.80 SB | Ivan Hryshyn (UKR) | 59.61 | Martin Wierig (GER) | 59.12 |
| Hammer throw details | Yury Shayunou (BLR) | 78.16 | Anatoliy Pozdnyakov (RUS) | 72.42 | Alexander Ziegler (GER) | 72.32 |
| Javelin throw details | Ari Mannio (FIN) | 84.57 CR | Petr Frydrych (CZE) | 80.53 | Spiridon Lebesis (GRE) | 79.37 PB |
| Decathlon details | Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) | 8112 PB | Mateo Sossah (FRA) | 7885 | Mihail Dudaš (SRB) | 7855 PB |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## Women's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Lina Grincikaitė (LTU) | 11.37 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak (UKR) | 11.45 | Marika Popowicz (POL) | 11.50 |
| 200 metres details | Aleksandra Fedoriva (RUS) | 22.97 SB | Ewelina Ptak (POL) | 23.07 PB | Marika Popowicz (POL) | 23.25 |
| 400 metres details | Kseniya Ustalova (RUS) | 51.74 | Kseniya Zadorina (RUS) | 51.76 | Anna Sedova (RUS) | 52.58 |
| 800 metres details | Elena Kofanova (RUS) | 1:58.94 | Nataliya Lupu (UKR) | 2:01.08 | Agnieszka Leszczyńska (POL) | 2:01.53 PB |
| 1500 metres details | Sultan Haydar (TUR) | 4:14.12 | Kristina Khalayeva (RUS) | 4:14.78 | Yelena Fesenko (RUS) | 4:15.86 |
| 5000 metres details | Natalya Popkova (RUS) | 15:54.11 | Sviatlana Kudzelich (BLR) | 16:03.85 | Emily Pidgeon (GBR) | 16:04.71 SB |
| 10,000 metres details | Natalya Popkova (RUS) | 33:37.31 | Zsofia Erdelyi (HUN) | 33:39.89 PB | Azra Eminović (SRB) | 33:47.19 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Ancuţa Bobocel (ROU) | 9:47.90 | Julia Hiller (GER) | 9:57.44 | Susanne Lutz (GER) | 10:01.87 PB |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Christina Vukicevic (NOR) | 12.99 | Yekaterina Shtepa (RUS) | 13.28 | Alina Talay (BLR) | 13.30 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Perri Shakes-Drayton (GBR) | 55.26 PB | Eilidh Child (GBR) | 55.32 PB | Darya Korableva (RUS) | 56.08 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Yelena Shumkina (RUS) | 1:33:05 | Zuzana Schindlerová (CZE) | 1:33:42 | Tatyana Shemyakina (RUS) | 1:34:13 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Annabelle Lewis Joey Duck Lucy Sargent Elaine O'Neill Great Britain (GBR) | 43.89 | Agnieszka Ceglarek Marika Popowicz Milena Pędziwiatr Weronika Wedler Poland (POL) | 43.90 | Silvija Peseckaitė Lina Andrijauskaitė Sonata Tamošaitytė Lina Grinčikaitė Lithuania (LTU) | 44.09 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Anna Sedova Kseniya Zadorina Kseniya Vdovina Kseniya Ustalova Lyudmila Mochalina Russia (RUS) | 3:27.59 | Esther Cremer Jill Richards Janin Lindenberg Sorina Nwachukwu Lena Schmidt Germany (GER) | 3:29.21 | Maryna Liboza Katsiaryna Mishyna Hanna Tashpulatava Alena Kievich Maryia Kavaliova Belarus (BLR) | 3:30.45 |
| High jump details | Aleksandra Shamsutdinova (RUS) | 1.89 | Melanie Bauschke (GER) | 1.89 | Urszula Domel (POL) | 1.86 PB |
| Pole vault details | Elisaveta Ryzih (GER) | 4.50 =PB | Minna Nikkanen (FIN) | 4.45 =PB | Vanessa Vandy (FIN) | 4.35 |
| Long jump details | Melanie Bauschke (GER) | 6.83 PB | Nastassia Mironchyk (BLR) | 6.76 | Éloyse Lesueur (FRA) | 6.72 SB |
| Triple jump details | Paraskevi Papachristou (GRE) | 14.34 PB | Cristina Bujin (ROU) | 14.26 PB | Liliya Kulyk (UKR) | 13.88 |
| Shot put details | Denise Hinrichs (GER) | 19.18 | Irina Tarasova (RUS) | 17.90 | Alena Kopets (BLR) | 17.72 |
| Discus throw details | Eden Francis (GBR) | 57.29 | Vera Karmishina (RUS) | 54.48 | Jade Nicholls (GBR) | 54.44 PB |
| Hammer throw details | Zalina Marghieva (MDA) | 67.67 | Katerina Safrankova (CZE) | 63.01 | Sarah Holt (GBR) | 62.55 |
| Javelin throw details | Madara Palameika (LAT) | 64.51 NR CR | Vira Rebryk (UKR) | 61.43 | Anna Wessman (SWE) | 55.91 PB |
| Heptathlon details | Aiga Grabuste (LAT) | 6396 NR | Olga Kurban (RUS) | 6205 | Nadezhda Sergeeva (RUS) | 6118 PB |
| WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |||||| |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Lithuania)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 12 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | Latvia (LAT) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Lithuania (LTU)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 19 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 901 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.
* Armenia (2)
* Austria (8)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (31)
* Belgium (17)
* Bulgaria (9)
* Croatia (8)
* Cyprus (9)
* Czech Republic (22)
* Denmark (11)
* Estonia (15)
* Finland (36)
* France (72)
* Germany (59)
* Great Britain (48)
* Greece (22)
* Hungary (22)
* Ireland (14)
* Israel (6)
* Italy (56)
* Latvia (23)
* Lithuania (39)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Moldova (4)
* Monaco (1)
* Netherlands (28)
* Norway (15)
* Poland (67)
* Portugal (16)
* Romania (28)
* Russia (61)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (3)
* Slovakia (8)
* Slovenia (6)
* Spain (50)
* Sweden (23)
* Switzerland (13)
* Turkey (16)
* Ukraine (28)