1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Medalists

Gold	Andrzej Krawczyk  Poland
Silver	Timo Sinervo  Finland
Bronze	Kirill Chuprinin  Ukraine

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Andrzej Krawczyk	Poland	x	57.84	58.10	59.54	x	x	59.54
	Timo Sinervo	Finland	55.30	54.52	57.20	x	56.24	x	57.20
	Kirill Chuprinin	Ukraine	54.50	x	56.78	x	54.68	55.46	56.78
4	Tolga Köseoglu	Estonia	54.46	56.72	56.24	x	x	x	56.72
5	Alexander Forst	Germany	54.96	x	55.80	56.44	54.62	x	56.44
6	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	55.60	x	x	53.46	55.06	54.74	55.60
7	Róland Varga	Hungary	47.06	54.36	54.24	52.60	x	54.68	54.68
8	Stefanos Konstas	Greece	53.00	x	54.40	52.42	x	53.94	54.40
9	Linus Bernhult	Sweden	52.80	53.04	53.58				53.58
10	Mike van der Bilt	Netherlands	46.30	53.02	x				53.02
11	Valeriy Borisov	Belarus	52.94	x	50.18				52.94
12	Aleksandr Malasevich	Belarus	52.06	52.08	52.34				52.34

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Andrzej Krawczyk	Poland	58.10	Q
2	Linus Bernhult	Sweden	54.22	Q
3	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	54.08	Q
4	Stefanos Konstas	Greece	53.98	Q
5	Valeriy Borisov	Belarus	53.72	Q
6	Alexander Forst	Germany	52.78	Q
7	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	51.80
8	Stéphane Nativel	France	51.02
9	Igor Tuchak	Russia	49.72

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Timo Sinervo	Finland	57.08	Q
2	Mike van der Bilt	Netherlands	56.18	Q
3	Kirill Chuprinin	Ukraine	55.56	Q
4	Tolga Köseoglu	Estonia	55.20	Q
5	Róland Varga	Hungary	54.76	Q
6	Aleksandr Malasevich	Belarus	53.46	Q
7	Yves Niaré	France	50.34
8	Bjørn Olsson	Norway	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (2)  Estonia (1)  Finland (1)  France (2)

Germany (1)  Greece (1)  Hungary (2)  Netherlands (1)

Norway (1)  Poland (1)  Russia (1)

Sweden (1)  Turkey (1)  Ukraine (1)

References

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, retrieved 24 October 2014