1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 11 July 1997. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Frank Busemann   Germany
Silver	Sven Pieters   Belgium
Bronze	Andrey Kislykh   Russia

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: 2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Frank Busemann	Germany	13.54w
	Sven Pieters	Belgium	13.56w
	Andrey Kislykh	Russia	13.56w
4	Jerome Crews	Germany	13.69w
5	Ross Baillie	Great Britain	13.94w
6	Matti Niemi	Finland	13.97w
7	Damien Greaves	Great Britain	14.25w
	Robert Kronberg	Sweden	DNF

Semifinals

11 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Wind: 1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sven Pieters	Belgium	13.70	Q
2	Robert Kronberg	Sweden	13.77	Q
3	Jerome Crews	Germany	13.88	Q
4	Damien Greaves	Great Britain	13.96	Q
5	Luca Giovannelli	Italy	13.98
6	Vitaliy Balykin	Russia	14.12
7	Peter Coghlan	Ireland	14.66
8	Ivan Bitzi	Switzerland	14.68

Semifinal 2

Wind: 3.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrey Kislykh	Russia	13.56w	Q
2	Frank Busemann	Germany	13.77w	Q
3	Ross Baillie	Great Britain	13.90w	Q
4	Matti Niemi	Finland	13.98w	Q
5	Zhivko Videnov	Bulgaria	14.06w
6	Balázs Kovács	Hungary	14.15w
7	Zoran Miljuš	Croatia	14.18w
8	Stefan Heinas	Sweden	14.19w

Heats

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

Heat 1

Wind: 0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frank Busemann	Germany	13.85	Q
2	Zhivko Videnov	Bulgaria	13.95	Q
3	Damien Greaves	Great Britain	13.97	Q
4	Balázs Kovács	Hungary	14.02	Q
5	Ivan Bitzi	Switzerland	14.15	q
6	Vitaliy Balykin	Russia	14.16	q
7	Blaž Korent	Slovenia	14.56

Heat 2

Wind: 2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Andrey Kislykh	Russia	13.59	Q
2	Jerome Crews	Germany	13.74	Q
3	Ross Baillie	Great Britain	13.92	Q
4	Matti Niemi	Finland	13.93	Q
5	Stefan Heinas	Sweden	14.20	q
6	Kenneth Halhjem	Norway	14.24
7	Javier Vega	Spain	14.36

Heat 3

Wind: 0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sven Pieters	Belgium	13.56	Q
2	Robert Kronberg	Sweden	13.85	Q
3	Luca Giovannelli	Italy	14.06	Q
4	Peter Coghlan	Ireland	14.08	Q
5	Zoran Miljuš	Croatia	14.15	q
6	Serhat Ulucan	Turkey	15.70
7	Philippe Lamine	France	16.63
	Daniel Carrillo	Spain	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (1)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   Croatia (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Great Britain (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (2)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   Turkey (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