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.

1st European Athletics U23 Championships
Dates10–13 July 1997
Host cityTurku, Finland
LevelU23
TypeOutdoor
Events43
Participation652 athletes from
37 nations

Complete results and medal winners were published.[1][2][3][4]

Results

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia73515
2 Germany58720
3 Great Britain52310
4 Italy4228
5 Finland*3339
6 Czech Republic3227
7 Poland25411
8 Romania2215
9 Spain1416
10 Ukraine1337
11 Belarus1146
12 Netherlands1113
 Portugal1113
 Sweden1113
15 Bulgaria1001
 Denmark1001
 Greece1001
 Hungary1001
 Latvia1001
 Serbia and Montenegro1001
21  Switzerland0202
22 France0145
23 Belgium0112
24 Slovenia0101
25 Norway0011
Totals (25 nations)434344130

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 652 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. Gordon, Ed (13 July 1997), European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Championnats d'Europe Espoirs - LES "BLEUETS" SE TROUVENT UNE ÂME", L'Athlétisme (in French), Fédération française d'athlétisme, 08 (N403): 17–18, 1997, retrieved 24 October 2014
  4. Athletics Weekly, EUROPEAN UNDER 23 CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved 24 October 2014
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