1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 11, 12, and 13 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Julian Golding
  Great Britain
Silver Alessandro Attene
  Italy
Bronze Ryszard Pilarczyk
  Poland

Results edit

Final edit

13 July
Wind: 0.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Julian Golding   Great Britain 20.46
  Alessandro Attene   Italy 20.68
  Ryszard Pilarczyk   Poland 20.87
4 Paul Brizzel   Ireland 20.99
5 Dan Money   Great Britain 20.99
6 Venancio José   Spain 21.13
7 Gábor Dobos   Hungary 21.14
8 Jean-David Bastien   France 21.14

Semifinals edit

12 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1 edit

Wind: 1.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ryszard Pilarczyk   Poland 20.85 Q
2 Dan Money   Great Britain 20.93 Q
3 Jean-David Bastien   France 21.03 Q
4 Venancio José   Spain 21.09 Q
5 Uwe Eisenbeis   Germany 21.11
6 Gabriel Burtea   Romania 21.41
7 Patric Clerc    Switzerland 21.49
8 Martin Duda   Czech Republic 21.78

Semifinal 2 edit

Wind: 1.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Julian Golding   Great Britain 20.50 Q
2 Alessandro Attene   Italy 20.79 Q
3 Paul Brizzel   Ireland 20.95 Q
4 Gábor Dobos   Hungary 21.11 Q
5 Aleksandr Slyunkov   Belarus 21.17
6 Vitaly Seniv   Ukraine 21.22
7 Hans-Peter Welz   Austria 21.38
8 Aldo Tonazzi    Switzerland 21.46

Heats edit

11 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1 edit

Wind: 3.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Julian Golding   Great Britain 20.44 w Q
2 Jean-David Bastien   France 21.07 w Q
3 Gábor Dobos   Hungary 21.10 w Q
4 Aleksandr Slyunkov   Belarus 21.14 w q
5 Martin Duda   Czech Republic 21.32 w q
6 Panagiótis Sarris   Greece 21.35 w
7 Tommy Kafri   Israel 21.57 w

Heat 2 edit

Wind: 0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ryszard Pilarczyk   Poland 20.72 Q
2 Uwe Eisenbeis   Germany 21.16 Q
3 Venancio José   Spain 21.17 Q
4 Martin Blekkerud   Norway 21.69
5 Michele Paggi   Italy 21.73
6 Sergey Bychkov   Russia 21.86

Heat 3 edit

Wind: 2.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alessandro Attene   Italy 20.85 w Q
2 Paul Brizzel   Ireland 20.96 w Q
3 Gabriel Burtea   Romania 21.19 w Q
4 Patric Clerc    Switzerland 21.33 w q
5 Hans-Peter Welz   Austria 21.34 w q
Konstadinos Vogiatzákis   Greece DNF

Heat 4 edit

Wind: 1.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dan Money   Great Britain 21.08 Q
2 Vitaly Seniv   Ukraine 21.37 Q
3 Aldo Tonazzi    Switzerland 21.39 Q
4 Martin Lachkovics   Austria 21.48
5 Ruddy Zami   France 21.51
6 Unai Landa   Spain 21.74
7 Vegar Hollas   Norway 21.82
8 Géza Pauer   Hungary 21.88

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  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)