1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 13 July 1997. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Simone Zanon   Italy
Silver	Rachid Berradi   Italy
Bronze	Sergey Lukin   Russia

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Simone Zanon	Italy	13:45.60
	Rachid Berradi	Italy	13.47.08
	Sergey Lukin	Russia	13:48.04
4	Mikhail Yeginov	Russia	13:49.08
5	Neil Caddy	Great Britain	13:58.84
6	Iván Sánchez	Spain	14:00.68
7	Sergey Lebed	Ukraine	14:01.15
8	Kristen Bowditch	Great Britain	14:07.13
9	Eryk Szostak	Poland	14:07.17
10	Samuli Vasala	Finland	14:08.39
11	Laurent Vapaille	France	14:17.89
12	Badre Din Zioini	France	14:18.31
13	Mehmet Kara	Turkey	14:20.37
14	Angelo Pacheco	Portugal	14:26.39
15	Iván Pérez	Spain	14:36.39
16	Carsten Schütz	Germany	14:38.81
17	Adrian Maghiar	Romania	14:40.83
	Sander Schutgens	Netherlands	DNF
	Dariusz Kruczkowski	Poland	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•   Finland (1)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Great Britain (2)
•   Italy (2)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Spain (2)
•   Turkey (1)
•   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, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014