1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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]}

Medalists

Gold	Reyes Estévez   Spain
Silver	Carlos García   Spain
Bronze	Alexandru Vasile   Romania

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Reyes Estévez	Spain	3:42.37
	Carlos García	Spain	3:43.24
	Alexandru Vasile	Romania	3:43.36
4	Dirk Heinze	Germany	3:44.81
5	Juha Kukkamo	Finland	3:45.16
6	David Salvati	France	3:45.25
7	Andrew Walker	Ireland	3:45.85
8	Sami Valtonen	Finland	3:45.97
9	Mauro Casagrande	Italy	3:46.09
10	Miroslav Suchý	Czech Republic	3:47.01
11	Frédéric Chocteau	France	3:47.18
12	Thomas Suter	Switzerland	3:47.28

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carlos García	Spain	3:44.56	Q
2	David Salvati	France	3:44.88	Q
3	Mauro Casagrande	Italy	3:45.23	Q
4	Juha Kukkamo	Finland	3:45.65	Q
5	Dirk Heinze	Germany	3:45.66	q
6	Sebastian Miller	Poland	3:46.33
7	Daniel Oniciuc	Romania	3:49.27
8	Evaldas Martinka	Lithuania	3:52.22
9	Danko Radomirović	Yugoslavia	3:55.36
10	Abdülkadir Türk	Turkey	3:58.01

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Reyes Estévez	Spain	3:43.14	Q
2	Alexandru Vasile	Romania	3:43.55	Q
3	Miroslav Suchý	Czech Republic	3:44.88	Q
4	Andrew Walker	Ireland	3:44.89	Q
5	Frédéric Chocteau	France	3:45.22	q
6	Thomas Suter	Switzerland	3:45.29	q
7	Sami Valtonen	Finland	3:46.22	q
8	Ben Reese	Great Britain	3:46.75
9	Jakub Fijałkowski	Poland	3:47.24

Participation

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

•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Romania (2)
•   Spain (2)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Yugoslavia (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, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014