1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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 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

Gold Lukáš Souček
 Czech Republic
Silver Marcel Schelbert
  Switzerland
Bronze Xavier Ravenet
 France

Results

Final

12 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lukáš Souček  Czech Republic 49.08
2nd, silver medalist(s) Marcel Schelbert   Switzerland 49.43
3rd, 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

11 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

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

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

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
7 Gennadiy Gorbenko  Ukraine DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

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