1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 10 kilometres walk

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

Medalists

Gold	Olga Panfyorova  Russia
Silver	María Vasco  Spain
Bronze	Susana Feitor  Portugal

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Panfyorova	Russia	43:33
	María Vasco	Spain	44:01
	Susana Feitor	Portugal	44:26
4	Valentina Savchuk	Ukraine	44:26
5	Sofia Avoila	Portugal	45:48
6	Eva Pérez	Spain	46:05
7	Mónika Pesti	Hungary	46:20
8	Melanie Seeger	Germany	46:34
9	Gillian O'Sullivan	Ireland	50:19
10	Margarita Nazarova	Russia	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

Germany (1)  Hungary (1)

Ireland (1)  Portugal (2)

Russia (2)  Spain (2)

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