1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 July 1997. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Luciano Di Pardo   Italy
Silver	Vincent Le Dauphin   France
Bronze	Konstantin Tomskiy   Russia

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Luciano Di Pardo	Italy	8:34.24
	Vincent Le Dauphin	France	8:36.92
	Konstantin Tomskiy	Russia	8:37.81
4	Domenico D'Ambrosio	Italy	8:41.37
5	Christian Knoblich	Germany	8:42.26
6	José Luis Blanco	Spain	8:42.86
7	Gaël Pencreach	France	8:43.16
8	Aleksey Palagushin	Russia	8:44.87
9	Ahmed Mohamed	Sweden	8:50.09
10	Carlos Suárez	Spain	8:56.69
11	Tomasz Sikorski	Poland	9:06.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

•   France (2)
•   Germany (1)
•   Italy (2)
•   Poland (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (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