1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11 and 12 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Lukáš Souček
  Czech Republic
Silver Marcel Schelbert
   Switzerland
Bronze Xavier Ravenet
  France

Results

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Final

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12 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Lukáš Souček   Czech Republic 49.08
  Marcel Schelbert    Switzerland 49.43
  Xavier Ravenet   France 49.63
4 Jiří Mužík   Czech Republic 50.18
5 Thomas Goller   Germany 50.37
6 Bartosz Gruman   Poland 50.55
7 Marians Zigmunds   Latvia 51.13
8 Aleksandr Belyayev   Russia 51.68

Heats

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11 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marcel Schelbert    Switzerland 49.64 Q
2 Xavier Ravenet   France 50.61 Q
3 Bartosz Gruman   Poland 50.80 q
4 Matthew Douglas   Great Britain 52.14
5 Panagiótis Mandelidis   Greece 52.46
6 Francesco Filisetti   Italy 52.64

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jiří Mužík   Czech Republic 51.21 Q
2 Thomas Goller   Germany 51.59 Q
3 Aleksandr Belyayev   Russia 51.86 q
4 Juan Herrero   Spain 51.99
5 Filip Faems   Belgium 52.01
6 Leonid Vershinin   Belarus 52.47
7 Brian Liddy   Ireland 52.77

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lukáš Souček   Czech Republic 50.61 Q
2 Marians Zigmunds   Latvia 51.74 Q
3 Marcel Lopuchovský   Slovakia 51.97
4 Sebastian Aryee   Germany 52.16
5 Karol Radke   Poland 52.42
6 Bilal Cantürk   Turkey 53.16
Gennadiy Gorbenko   Ukraine DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

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  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, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)