1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres race walk event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Aigars Fadejevs
 Latvia
Silver Paquillo Fernández
 Spain
Bronze Artur Meliashkevich
 Belarus

Results

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Final

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10 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aigars Fadejevs  Latvia 1:19:58
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paquillo Fernández  Spain 1:21:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Artur Meliashkevich  Belarus 1:22:26
4 Yevgeniy Shmalyuk  Russia 1:22:38
5 Andreas Erm  Germany 1:22:55
6 Anthony Gillet  France 1:23:10
7 Lorenzo Civallero  Italy 1:23:45
8 Pavel Nikolayev  Russia 1:24:25
9 José Alejandro Cambil  Spain 1:24:44
10 Vitaliy Stetsyshyn  Ukraine 1:25:38
11 Gintaras Andriuškevičius  Lithuania 1:26:58
12 Silviu Casandra  Romania 1:27:18
13 Roman Magdziarczyk  Poland 1:27:36
14 Trond Nymark  Norway 1:29:44
15 Pierce O'Callaghan  Ireland 1:40:24
Ivan Trotskiy  Belarus DQ
João Vieira  Portugal DNF
Sérgio Vieira  Portugal DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 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)