European Athletics U23 Championships 1997

1st European Athletics U23 Championships 1997
The Paavo Nurmi Stadium 2007
city	Turku , Finland
Stadion	Paavo Nurmi Stadium
participating countries	37
Participating athletes	729
Competitions	43
opening	July 10, 1997
Final day	July 13, 1997
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The 1st European Athletics U23 Championships were held from July 10th to 13th, 1997 in the Paavo Nurmi Stadium in the Finnish city ​​of Turku , the city where Paavo Nurmi was born .

Attendees

729 athletes from 37 countries took part.

Results men

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Angelos Pavlakakis	GRE	10.18
2	Carlos Calado	POR	10.29
3	Marlon Devonish	GBR	10.32
4th	Gábor Dobos	HUN	10.36
5	Patrik Lövgren	SWE	10.42
6th	Jamie Henthorn	GBR	10.46
7th	Marcin Krzywański	POLE	10.57
8th	Ivan Šlehobr	CZE	10.59

Wind: +2.8 m / s

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Julian Golding	GBR	20.46
2	Alessandro Attene	ITA	20.68
3	Ryszard Pilarczyk	POLE	20.87
4th	Paul Brizzel	IRL	20.99
5	Daniel Money	GBR	20.99
6th	Venancio José	ESP	21.13
7th	Gábor Dobos	HUN	21.14
8th	Jean David Bastien	FRA	21.14

Wind: +0.3 m / s

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mark Hylton	GBR	45.71
2	Piotr Haczek	POLE	45.72
3	Kjell Provost	BEL	45.99
4th	Quincy Douglas	NOR	46.47
5	Jimisola Laursen	SWE	46.48
6th	Richard Knowles	GBR	46.63
7th	Carlos Gachanja	GER	46.80
8th	Piotr Długosielski	POLE	46.91

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Andrea Longo	ITA	1: 46.49
2	André Bucher	SUI	1: 47.13
3	Grzegorz Krzosek	POLE	1: 47.45
4th	Tim Rogge	BEL	1: 47.77
5	James Nolan	IRL	1: 47.98
6th	Viktors Lācis	LAT	1: 48.49
7th	Artem Mastrow	RUS	1: 48.74
8th	Wojciech Kałdowski	POLE	1: 49.48

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Reyes Estévez	ESP	3: 42.37
2	Carlos García	ESP	3: 43.24
3	Alexandru Vasile	ROU	3: 43.36
4th	Dirk Heinze	GER	3: 44.81
5	Juha Kukkamo	FIN	3: 45.16
6th	David Salvati	FRA	3: 45.25
7th	Andrew Walker	IRL	3: 45.85
8th	Sami Valtonen	FIN	3: 45.97

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Simone Zanon	ITA	13: 45.60
2	Rachid Berradi	ITA	13: 47.08
3	Sergei Lukin	RUS	13: 48.04
4th	Mikhail Yeginov	RUS	13: 49.08
5	Neil Caddy	GBR	13: 58.84
6th	Iván Sánchez	ESP	14: 00.68
7th	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	14: 01.15
8th	Kris Bowditch	GBR	14: 07.13

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rachid Berradi	ITA	28: 31.12
2	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	28: 39.71
3	Simone Zanon	ITA	28: 56.33
4th	José Antonio Ramallo	ESP	29: 22.70
5	Sergei Lukin	RUS	29: 23.70
6th	Sorislav Gapejenko	BLR	29: 27.36
7th	Jussi Virtanen	FIN	29: 34.84
8th	Dariusz Kruczkowski	POLE	29: 40.29

20 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Aigars Fadejevs	LAT	1:19:58
2	Francisco Javier Fernández	ESP	1:21:59
3	Artur Meljaschkewitsch	BLR	1:22:26
4th	Yevgeny Shmalyuk	RUS	1:22:38
5	Andreas Erm	GER	1:22:55
6th	Anthony Gillet	FRA	1:23:10 ONLY
7th	Lorenzo Civallero	ITA	1:23:45
8th	Pavel Nikolaev	RUS	1:24:25

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Frank Busemann	GER	13.54
2	Sven Pieters	BEL	13.56
3	Andrei Kislych	RUS	13.56
4th	Jérôme Crews	GER	13.69
5	Ross Baillie	GBR	13.94
6th	Matti Niemi	FIN	13.97
7th	Damien Greaves	GBR	14.25
	Robert Kronberg	SWE	DNF

Wind: +2.2 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lukáš Souček	CZE	49.08
2	Marcel Schelbert	SUI	49.43
3	Xavier Ravenet	FRA	49.63
4th	Jiří Mužík	CZE	50.18
5	Thomas Goller	GER	50.37
6th	Bartosz Gruman	POLE	50.55
7th	Marians Zigmunds	LAT	51.13 ONLY
8th	Alexander Belyayev	RUS	51.68

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Luciano Di Pardo	ITA	8: 34.24
2	Vincent Le Dauphin	FRA	8: 36.92
3	Konstantin Tomsky	RUS	8: 37.81
4th	Domenico D'Ambrosio	ITA	8: 41.37
5	Christian Knoblich	GER	8: 42.26
6th	José Luis Blanco	ESP	8: 42.86
7th	Gaël Pencréach	FRA	8: 43.16
8th	Alexei Palagushin	RUS	8: 44.87

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United Kingdom	Daniel Money Marlon Devonish Jamie Henthorn Julian Golding	38.99
2	Poland	Marcin Krzywański Dariusz Adamczyk Piotr Balcerzak Ryszard Pilarczyk	39.27
3	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Eduard Martin Patrick Weimer Uwe Eisenbeis	39.45
4th	Italy	Francesco Scuderi Giulio Ibba Michele Paggi Alessandro Attene	39.71
5	France	Jérôme Éyana David Patros Ruddy Zami Sébastien Jamain	39.74
6th	Russia	Alexander Rodchenko Sergei Bychkov Leonard Korjukow Sergei Slukin	40.55
7th	Sweden	Niklas Broström Niklas Sjöstrand Mathias Krigh Peter Häggström	41.27
	Norway	Kenneth Halhjem Thomas Mellin-Olsen Martin Blekkerud Vegar Hollås	DNF

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Poland	Ryszard Pilarczyk Piotr Długosielski Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek	3: 03.07 ONLY
2	Czech Republic	David Nikodým Lukáš Souček Jan Štefja Jiří Mužík	3: 04.13 ONLY
3	Germany	Thomas Goller Maik Dear Lars Figura Carlos Gachanja	3: 04.32
4th	France	Xavier Ravenet Philippe Bouche Marc Raquil Robert Loubli	3: 04.80
5	United Kingdom	Clayton Archer Richard Knowles Nick Budden Mark Hylton	3: 05.77
6th	Sweden	Mattias Norling Johan Lannefors Björn Engström Jimisola Laursen	3: 07.27
7th	Italy	Domenico Rao Andrea Longo Alessandro Attene Walter Pirovano	3:08.00
8th	Finland	Jouni Haatainen Kim Meller Jyrki Niemelä Petri Pohjonen	3: 15.02

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Staffan beach	SWE	2.28
2	Martin Buss	GER	2.24
3	Marcin Kaczocha	POLE	2.24
4th	Ivan Wogul	RUS	2.24
5	Mustapha Raïfak	FRA	2.21
6th	Mika Polku	FIN	2.18
6th	Szymon Kuźma	POLE	2.18
8th	Tomáš place	CZE	2.18

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (noun)
1	Yevgeny Smiryagin	RUS	5.70
2	Monxtu Miranda	ESP	5.50
3	Petr Špaček	CZE	5.50
4th	Vesa Rantanen	FIN	5.50
5	Khalid Lachheb	FRA	5.50
6th	Andrea Giannini	ITA	5.40
7th	Pavel Burlachenko	RUS	5.40
8th	Piotr Buciarski	THE	5.20
8th	Michel Gigandet	SUI	5.20

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carlos Calado	POR	8.32
2	Kirill Sosunov	RUS	8.30
3	Oleksiy Lukashevytsch	UKR	8.09
4th	Bogdan Țăruş	ROU	7.96
5	Roman Shchurenko	UKR	7.94
6th	Diego Boschiero	ITA	7.61
7th	Anastásios Makrinikólas	GRE	7.54
8th	Marko Rajic	YUG	7.52

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Vyacheslav Taranov	RUS	16.95
2	Marat Safiulin	RUS	16.29
3	Tayo Erogbobgo	GBR	16.28
4th	Dmitri Vasilyev	BLR	16.21
5	Ronald Servius	FRA	16.17
6th	Álvaro Bartolomé	ESP	16.16
7th	Sergei Ismajlov	UKR	16.02
8th	Colomba Fofana	FRA	15.83

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Conny Karlsson	FIN	19.48
2	Gunnar Pentecost	GER	19.11
3	Andreas Gustafsson	SWE	19.09
4th	Ville Tiisanoja	FIN	19.01
5	Przemysław Zabawski	POLE	18.72
6th	Andrei Michnewitsch	BLR	18.72
7th	Pavol Pankúch	SCK	18.42
8th	Leif Dolonen Larsen	NOR	17.96

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andrzej Krawczyk	POLE	59.54
2	Timo Sinervo	FIN	57.20
3	Kyrylo Tschuprynin	UKR	56.78
4th	Tolga Köseoglu	GER	56.72
5	Alexander Forst	GER	56.44
6th	Róbert Fazekas	HUN	55.60
7th	Roland Varga	HUN	54.68
8th	Stefanos Konstas	GRE	54.40

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ivan Zichan	BLR	77.46
2	Szymon Ziółkowski	POLE	73.68
3	Mikalai Aulasewitsch	BLR	72.40
4th	Mikko Dannbäck	FIN	70.48
5	Roman Konewzow	RUS	70.30
6th	Stefan Paukner	GER	69.56
7th	Ihor Tuhaj	UKR	68.96
8th	Edi Marioni	ITA	68.00

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Pietari Skyttä	FIN	81.58
2	Matti Narhi	FIN	80.72
3	Christian Nicolay	GER	78.18
4th	Ēriks Rags	LAT	78.12
5	Igor Lisowski	BLR	77.72
6th	Laurent Dorique	FRA	74.84
7th	Dominique Pausé	FRA	73.70
8th	Stuart Faben	GBR	72.96

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Klaus Isekenmeier	GER	7926
2	Oleksandr Jurkov	UKR	7888
3	Pierre-Alexandre Vial	FRA	7866
4th	Attila Zsivoczky	HUN	7804
5	Robert Jung	GER	7775
6th	Bart Bennema	NED	7598
7th	Marc Magrans	ESP	7471
8th	Martin Jelínek	CZE	7341

Results women

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Nora Ivanova	BUL	11.50
2	Esther Möller	GER	11.53
3	Marie-Joëlle Dogbo	FRA	11.54
4th	Manuela Levorato	ITA	11.56
5	Katia Benth	FRA	11.56
6th	Tetjana Bonenko	UKR	11.66
7th	Jelena Tischkowa	RUS	11.79
8th	Vyara Georgieva	BUL	11.80

Wind: +1.6 m / s

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hana Benešová	CZE	22.57
2	Shanta Ghosh	GER	22.80
3	Katia Benth	FRA	23.19
4th	Annemarie Kramer	NED	23.24
5	Fabé Dia Longo	FRA	23.29
6th	Tetjana Bonenko	UKR	23.31
7th	Olga Maximowa	RUS	23.87
8th	Natallja Salahub	BLR	23.93

Wind: +1.7 m / s

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Allison Curbishley	GBR	50.85
2	Hana Benešová	CZE	51.82
3	Claudia Angerhausen	GER	53.45
4th	Larissa Bolenok	RUS	53.79
5	Brigita Langerholc	SLO	53.80
6th	Riikka Niemelae	FIN	54.06
7th	Heidi Suomi	FIN	54.20
8th	Annamária Bori	HUN	54.58

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	2: 01.72
2	Dorota Fiut	POLE	2: 02.44
3	Olga Goncharova	RUS	2: 02.72
4th	Claudia Gesell	GER	2: 03.76
5	Virginie Fouquet	FRA	2: 04.39
6th	Judit Varga	HUN	2: 04.78
7th	Claudia Salvarani	ITA	2: 05.32
8th	Irina Krakoviak	LTU	2: 08.15

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Andrea Šuldesová	CZE	4: 13.92
2	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 14.70
3	Natalia Ivanova	UKR	4: 15.43
4th	Oxana Belyakova	RUS	4: 16.20
5	Marta Domínguez	ESP	4: 16.95
6th	Brigitta Tusai	HUN	4: 17.17
7th	Doreen Walter	GER	4: 17.48
8th	Celine Rajot	FRA	4: 18.03

5000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Oxana Belyakova	RUS	15: 45.22
2	Cristina Casandra	ROU	15: 46.59
3	Marta Domínguez	ESP	15: 49.96
4th	Annemari Sandell	FIN	15: 50.94
5	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	15: 55.74
6th	Ingvild Larsen	NOR	15: 56.92
7th	Galina Bogomolova	RUS	15: 58.60
8th	Jenny Framme	SWE	16: 10.95

10,000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Olivera Jevtić	YUG	32: 44.22
2	Annemari Sandell	FIN	32: 48.57
3	Stine Larsen	NOR	33: 11.09
4th	Anikó Kálovics	HUN	33: 27.41
5	Svetlana Bajgulowa	RUS	33: 29.05
6th	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	33: 41.51
7th	Galina Bogomolova	RUS	33: 48.42
8th	Sonja Deckers	BEL	33: 54.22

10 km walking

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Olga Panfjorova	RUS	43:33
2	Maria Vasco	ESP	44:01
3	Susana Feitor	POR	44:26
4th	Valentina Savchuk	UKR	44:26
5	Sofia Avoila	POR	45:48
6th	Eva Perez	ESP	46:05
7th	Mónika Pesti	HUN	46:20
8th	Melanie Seeger	GER	46:24

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Irina Korotja	RUS	12.97
2	Diane Allahgreen	GBR	13.03
3	Johanna Halkoaho	FIN	13.35
4th	Aurelia Trywiańska	POLE	13.50
5	Sandra Turpin	POR	13.53
6th	Evelina Peltola	FIN	13.56
7th	Natalia Davidenko	RUS	13.82
	Elena Ovcharova	UKR	DNF

Wind: +1.9 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rikke Rønholt	THE	57.22
2	Vicki Jamison	GBR	57.43
3	Małgorzata Pskit	POLE	57.68
4th	Lara Rocco	ITA	57.88
5	Orsolya Dóczi	HUN	58.41
6th	Anastasia Lemechowa	RUS	58.68
7th	Cornelia Spycher	SUI	59.28
8th	Dagmar Votočková	CZE	59.37

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Germany	Esther Möller Shanta Ghosh Nancy necklace Silke Eichmann	43.94
2	Russia	Jelena Tischkowa Irina Korotja Olga Maximowa Julija Wertjanowa	44.41
3	Italy	Elena Apollonio Elena Sordelli Manuela Grillo Manuela Levorato	44.73
4th	Sweden	Sofi Hildenborg Victoria Gunnarsson Camilla Johansson Annika Amundin	45.17
	France	Doris Deruel Sandra Citté Marie Joëlle Dogbo Katia Benth	DNF

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United Kingdom	Vicki Jamison Joanne Sloane Jeina Mitchell Allison Curbishley	3: 32.81
2	Germany	Nicole Marahrens Shanta Ghosh Claudia Gesell Claudia Angerhausen	3: 33.77
3	Czech Republic	Jitka Burianová Eva Kasalová Andrea Šuldesová Hana Benešová	3: 33.83
4th	Finland	Kirsi Kemppainen Riikka Niemelä Marika Engdal Heidi Suomi	3: 34.88
5	Russia	Tatiana Levina Lyudmila Goncharova Larissa Bolenok Irina Rossichina	3: 35.21
6th	Hungary	Alice Kun Judit Varga Orsolya Dóczi Annamária Bori	3: 35.89
7th	Italy	Federica Selis Lara Rocco Claudia Salvarani Manuela Caddeo	3: 36.94

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Yulia Lyachova	RUS	1.97
2	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	1.93
3	Daniela Rath	GER	1.91
4th	Amewu Mensah	GER	1.91
5	Emelie Fardigh	SWE	1.88
6th	Wita Stjopina	UKR	1.85
	Olga Kitschanova	RUS	1.85
8th	Marta Mendía	ESP	1.80
	Lina Pöldots	EST	1.80

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (noun)
1	Ester Szemeredi	HUN	4.10
2	Janet Zach	GER	4.05
3	Sabine Schulte	GER	3.80
	Monique de Wilt	NED	3.80
5	Rhian Clark	GBR	3.80
6th	Yulia Zigankova	RUS	3.80
7th	Šárka Mládková	CZE	3.70
8th	Louise Brændstrup	THE	3.70

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	6.57
2	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	6.43
3	Sofia Schulte	GER	6.39
4th	Heli Koivula	FIN	6.33
5	Stephanie Hort	GER	6.27
6th	Irina Melnikova	RUS	6.26
7th	Camilla Johansson	SWE	6.24
8th	Sarah Gautreau	FRA	6.21

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Cristina Nicolau	ROU	14.22
2	Anja Valant	SLO	13.98
3	Heli Koivula	FIN	13.88
4th	Cosmina Boaje	ROU	13.72
5	Tatiana Drozdova	RUS	13.67
6th	Anna Rodowitsch	UKR	13.47
7th	Olha Boyko	UKR	13.43
8th	Natallia Kostyuchenko	BLR	13.25

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.27
2	Corrie de Bruin	NED	18.06
3	Janina Karoltschyk	BLR	17.98
4th	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	17.56
5	Katarzyna Żakowicz	POLE	17.45
6th	Lieja Koeman	NED	16.82
7th	Martína de la Puente	ESP	16.72
8th	Jelena Klotschichina	RUS	16.50

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Corrie de Bruin	NED	57.72
2	Kathleen Herring	GER	56.78
3	Janina Karoltschyk	BLR	56.36
4th	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	56.06
5	Anna Russakova	RUS	55.28
6th	Lieja Tunks	NED	54.62
7th	Katja Tenhonen	FIN	53.22
8th	Wolha Zander	BLR	52.52

Hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mihaela Melinte	ROU	70.26
2	Simone Mathes	GER	64.38
3	Lyn Sprules	GBR	61.70
4th	Cristina Fechita	ROU	60.88
5	Kirsten Münchow	GER	58.86
6th	Weronika Ushakova	RUS	58.64
7th	Marina Savitskaya	BLR	57.38
8th	Irina Kuznetsova	RUS	56.98

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Taina Uppa	FIN	56.48
2	Alina Serdyuk	BLR	55.56
3	Merja Pitkänen	FIN	55.24
4th	Kirsty Morrison	GBR	54.14
5	Evfemija Štorga	SLO	53.36
6th	Oxana Dudlina	RUS	52.36
7th	Carmen Filip	ROU	52.12
8th	Vigdís Guðjónsdóttir	ISL	52.10

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Kathleen Gutjahr	GER	6130 PB
2	Yulia Akulenko	UKR	6117 PB
3	Diana Korizkaya	RUS	6014
4th	Elizaveta Shaligina	RUS	5937
5	Lyudmyla Kovalyova	UKR	5833 PB
6th	Annelies de Meester	BEL	5777 PB
7th	Enikõ Kiss	HUN	5623 PB
8th	Julie Hollman	GBR	5595 PB

Medal table

Medal table (final score after 43 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Russia	7th	3	5	15th
02	Germany	5	8th	7th	20th
03	United Kingdom	5	2	3	10
04th	Italy	4th	2	2	8th
05	Finland	3	3	3	9
06th	Czech Republic	3	2	2	7th
07th	Poland	2	5	4th	11
08th	Romania	2	2	1	5
09	Spain	1	4th	1	6th
010	Ukraine	1	3	3	7th
011	Belarus	1	1	4th	6th
12	Netherlands	1	1	1	3
	Portugal	1	1	1	3
	Sweden	1	1	1	3
15th	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Denmark	1	0	0	1
	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Latvia	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	BR Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
021st	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
022nd	France	0	1	4th	5
023	Belgium	0	1	1	2
024	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
025th	Norway	0	0	1	1
total		43	43	44	130

Web links

• Results on the EAA website, 10. – 13. July 1997, Turku, accessed March 18, 2017

Footnotes

1. ↑ according to engl. Wiki 652
2. ↑ A proof of this could not be found, but is obvious, since there is otherwise only a smaller football stadium in Turku.
3. ↑ 1st European Athletics U23 Championships 1997 ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on european-athletics.org, dTurku / FIN, 10 - 13 July 1997, accessed September 24, 2013 (no longer available) 
4. ↑ Statistics Handbook with the results of the 1st to 7th U23 European Championships, (PDF; 1.7 MB) on the EAA website, 14.-17. July 2011, Ostrava, accessed September 2, 2013