1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's javelin 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 women's javelin throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Taina Uppa  Finland
Silver	Alina Serdyuk  Belarus
Bronze	Merja Pitkänen  Finland

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Taina Uppa	Finland	55.40	55.72	53.74	x	56.48	x	56.48
	Alina Serdyuk	Belarus	50.28	54.64	51.46	51.06	55.56	52.54	55.56
	Merja Pitkänen	Finland	53.62	55.24	54.50	x	x	x	55.24
4	Kirsty Morrison	Great Britain	45.12	49.00	50.88	52.18	52.24	54.14	54.14
5	Evfemija Štorga	Slovenia	50.54	52.68	53.36	51.08	x	x	53.36
6	Oksana Dudlina	Russia	52.36	x	x	x	x	x	52.36
7	Carmen Filip	Romania	46.38	50.46	47.68	47.78	48.32	52.12	52.12
8	Vigdís Guðjónsdóttir	Iceland	48.72	47.94	52.10	48.46	48.74	48.20	52.10

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 8 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (1)  Finland (2)

Great Britain (1)  Iceland (1)

Romania (1)  Russia (1)

Slovenia (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