1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997. [1] [2]

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Medalists

Gold Reyes Estévez
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver Carlos García
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze Alexandru Vasile
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

Results

Final

12 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Reyes Estévez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:42.37
Silver medal icon.svg Carlos García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:43.24
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexandru Vasile Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:43.36
4 Dirk Heinze Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:44.81
5 Juha Kukkamo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:45.16
6 David Salvati Flag of France.svg  France 3:45.25
7 Andrew Walker Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:45.85
8 Sami Valtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:45.97
9 Mauro Casagrande Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:46.09
10 Miroslav Suchý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3:47.01
11 Frédéric Chocteau Flag of France.svg  France 3:47.18
12 Thomas Suter Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3:47.28

Heats

10 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Carlos García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:44.56Q
2 David Salvati Flag of France.svg  France 3:44.88Q
3 Mauro Casagrande Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:45.23Q
4 Juha Kukkamo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:45.65Q
5 Dirk Heinze Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:45.66q
6 Sebastian Miller Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:46.33
7 Daniel Oniciuc Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:49.27
8 Evaldas Martinka Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 3:52.22
9 Danko Radomirović Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 3:55.36
10 Abdülkadir Türk Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:58.01

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Reyes Estévez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:43.14Q
2 Alexandru Vasile Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 3:43.55Q
3 Miroslav Suchý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3:44.88Q
4 Andrew Walker Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:44.89Q
5 Frédéric Chocteau Flag of France.svg  France 3:45.22q
6 Thomas Suter Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3:45.29q
7 Sami Valtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:46.22q
8 Ben Reese Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:46.75
9 Jakub Fijałkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:47.24

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014