1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10, 11 and 12 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Mark Hylton
  Great Britain
Silver Piotr Haczek
  Poland
Bronze Kjell Provost
  Belgium

Results

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Final

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12 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mark Hylton   Great Britain 45.71
  Piotr Haczek   Poland 45.72
  Kjell Provost   Belgium 45.99
4 Quincy Douglas   Norway 46.47
5 Jimisola Laursen   Sweden 46.48
6 Richard Knowles   Great Britain 46.63
7 Carlos Gachanja   Germany 46.80
8 Piotr Długosielski   Poland 46.91

Semifinals

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11 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mark Hylton   Great Britain 46.25 Q
2 Jimisola Laursen   Sweden 46.69 Q
3 Piotr Haczek   Poland 46.70 Q
4 Carlos Gachanja   Germany 46.91 Q
5 Andriy Tverdostup   Ukraine 47.30
6 Robert Loubli   France 47.38
7 Zsolt Szeglet   Hungary 47.74
8 Alessandro Bracciali   Italy 48.68

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kjell Provost   Belgium 46.82 Q
2 Quincy Douglas   Norway 46.93 Q
3 Piotr Długosielski   Poland 47.17 Q
4 Richard Knowles   Great Britain 47.44 Q
5 Tommi Hartonen   Finland 47.55
6 Walter Pirovano   Italy 47.60
7 Jan Štejfa   Czech Republic 47.62
Boštjan Horvat   Slovenia DQ

Heats

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10 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kjell Provost   Belgium 46.53 Q
2 Quincy Douglas   Norway 47.21 Q
3 Piotr Długosielski   Poland 47.40 Q
4 Zsolt Szeglet   Hungary 47.41 Q
5 Alessandro Bracciali   Italy 47.88 q
6 Johan Lannefors   Sweden 48.02
7 Oleg Kovalyov   Russia 48.38

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mark Hylton   Great Britain 47.05 Q
2 Jimisola Laursen   Sweden 47.22 Q
3 Piotr Haczek   Poland 47.27 Q
4 Robert Loubli   France 47.66 Q
5 Andriy Tverdostup   Ukraine 47.78 q
6 Boštjan Horvat   Slovenia 47.95 q
7 Georgios Batsikas   Greece 48.93

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Richard Knowles   Great Britain 47.05 Q
2 Jan Štejfa   Czech Republic 47.17 Q
3 Carlos Gachanja   Germany 47.18 Q
4 Walter Pirovano   Italy 47.44 Q
5 Tommi Hartonen   Finland 47.68 q
6 Rostislav Mestechkin   Ukraine 48.27

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 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)