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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lukáš Souček  Czech Republic 49.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Schelbert   Switzerland 49.43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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)